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prEN 50402:2013

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Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible or toxic gases or vapours or of oxygen - Requirements on the functional safety of fixed gas detection systems

Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible or toxic gases or vapours or of oxygen - Requirements on the functional safety of fixed gas detection systems

2015-02-11: WI cancelled following 3-year timeframe * to be replaced by PR=58531.

Elektrische Geräte für die Detektion und Messung von brennbaren oder toxischen Gasen und Dämpfen oder Sauerstoff - Anforderungen an die funktionale Sicherheit von ortsfesten Gaswarnsystemen

Appareils électriques pour la détection et la mesure des gaz ou vapeurs combustibles ou toxiques ou de l'oxygène - Exigences relatives à la sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes fixes de détection de gaz

Električne naprave za odkrivanje in merjenje gorljivih ali strupenih plinov, hlapov ali kisika - Zahteve za funkcionalno varnost vgrajenih sistemov za odkrivanje plina

General Information

Status
Not Published
Publication Date
02-Feb-2015
Withdrawal Date
02-Aug-2015
ICS
13.320 - Alarm and warning systems
Technical Committee
CLC/TC 31 - Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres - General requirements
Drafting Committee
CLC/SC 31-9 - Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible gases to be used in industrial
Current Stage
4098 - Decision to drop project - Standstill maintained / released - Enquiry
Completion Date
11-Feb-2015
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EN 50402:2005 - Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible or toxic gases or vapours or of oxygen - Requirements on the functional safety of fixed gas detection systems
Effective Date
28-Jan-2023
Revises
EN 50402:2005/A1:2008 - Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible or toxic gases or vapours or of oxygen - Requirements on the functional safety of fixed gas detection systems
Effective Date
28-Jan-2023

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Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible or toxic gases or
vapours or of oxygen - Requirements on the functional safety of fixed gas detection
systems
Elektrische Geräte für die Detektion und Messung von brennbaren oder toxischen Gasen
und Dämpfen oder Sauerstoff - Anforderungen an die funktionale Sicherheit von
ortsfesten Gaswarnsystemen
Appareils électriques pour la détection et la mesure des gaz ou vapeurs combustibles ou
toxiques ou de l'oxygène - Exigences relatives à la sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes
fixes de détection de gaz
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 50402:2013
ICS:
13.230 Varstvo pred eksplozijo Explosion protection
13.320 Alarmni in opozorilni sistemi Alarm and warning systems
oSIST prEN 50402:2013 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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oSIST prEN 50402:2013
 DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 50402

NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 13.320 Will supersede EN 50402:2005 + corr. Jan.2009 + A1:2008


English version


Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible
or toxic gases or vapours or of oxygen -
Requirements on the functional safety of fixed gas detection systems



Appareils électriques pour la détection et la Elektrische Geräte für die Detektion und
mesure des gaz ou vapeurs combustibles Messung von brennbaren oder toxischen
ou toxiques ou de l'oxygène - Gasen und Dämpfen oder Sauerstoff -
Exigences relatives à la sécurité Anforderungen an die funktionale Sicherheit
fonctionnelle des systèmes fixes de von ortsfesten Gaswarnsystemen
détection de gaz



This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for CENELEC enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2013-10-18.

It has been drawn up by CLC/SC 31-9.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal
Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without
any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German). A
version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own
language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they
are aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change
without notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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© 2013 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
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2 Foreword . 6
3 Introduction . 7
4 1 Scope . 8
5 2 Normative references . 9
6 3 Terms and definitions . 9
7 4 General requirements .
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