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SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017/A1:2022

(Amendment)

Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)

Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)

NEXT ACTION: TB ACTION BY 2020-01-31 (prep doc for BT meeting - Feb2021)
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Explosionsfähige Atmosphäre - Teil 29-1: Gasmessgeräte - Anforderungen an das Betriebsverhalten von Geräten für die Messung brennbarer Gase (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)

Atmosphères explosives - Partie 29-1: Détecteurs de gaz - Exigences d'aptitude à la fonction des détecteurs de gaz inflammables (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)

Eksplozivne atmosfere - 29-1. del: Javljalniki plina - Zahteve za delovanje javljalnikov vnetljivih plinov (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
09-Oct-2022
ICS
13.320 - Alarm and warning systems
29.260.20 - Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres
Technical Committee
EXP - Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
19-May-2022
Due Date
24-Jul-2022
Completion Date
10-Oct-2022
Directive
2014/34/EU - Directive 2014/34/EU Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast)
Ref Project
EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 - Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases

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SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017 - Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases (IEC 60079-29-1:2016 , modified)
Effective Date
18-Dec-2018
Amended By
SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017/A11:2022 - Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases
Effective Date
22-Jun-2021

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017/A1:2022
01-november-2022
Eksplozivne atmosfere - 29-1. del: Javljalniki plina - Zahteve za delovanje
javljalnikov vnetljivih plinov (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)
Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of
detectors for flammable gases (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)
Explosionsfähige Atmosphäre - Teil 29-1: Gasmessgeräte - Anforderungen an das
Betriebsverhalten von Geräten für die Messung brennbarer Gase (IEC 60079-29-
1:2016/A1:2020)
Atmosphères explosives - Partie 29-1: Détecteurs de gaz - Exigences d'aptitude à la
fonction des détecteurs de gaz inflammables (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022
ICS:
13.320 Alarmni in opozorilni sistemi Alarm and warning systems
29.260.20 Električni aparati za Electrical apparatus for
eksplozivna ozračja explosive atmospheres
SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017/A1:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017/A1:2022


EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM May 2022
ICS 29.260.20

English Version
Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance
requirements of detectors for flammable gases
(IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)
Atmosphères explosives - Partie 29-1: Détecteurs de gaz - Explosionsfähige Atmosphäre - Teil 29-1: Gasmessgeräte -
Exigences d'aptitude à la fonction des détecteurs de gaz Anforderungen an das Betriebsverhalten von Geräten für
inflammables die Messung brennbarer Gase
(IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020) (IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60079-29-1:2016; it was approved by CENELEC on 2020-04-28. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the
status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.


European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2022 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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SIST EN 60079-29-1:2017/A1:2022
EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 31/1525/FDIS, future IEC 60079-29-1/A1, prepared by IEC/TC 31 "Equipment
for explosive atmospheres" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022-11-13
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2025-05-13
document have to be withdrawn


Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document is read in conjunction with EN 60079-29-1:2016/A11:2022.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CENELEC by the
European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential
requirements of EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZZ, included in this
document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2020 was approved by CENELEC as
a European Standard without any modification.



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EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 (E)
Annex ZZ
(informative)

Relationship between this European Standard and the essential requirements
of Directive 2014/34/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request
[M/BC/CEN/92/46] to provide one voluntary means of conforming to essential requirements of
Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the
harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems
intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres [2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements
of that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European Standard and
Annex II of Directive 2014/34/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Essential Requirements of Clause(s) / sub-clause(s)
Remarks / Notes
Directive 2014/34/EU of this EN
1.5.5 - 1.5.7 whole standard except 4.2.9
and 5.4.23
1.5.8 4.2.9, 5.4.23

WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.

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 IEC 2020
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 31 Equipment for explosive
atmospheres
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
31/1525/FDIS 31/1533/RVD

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SIST EN 60079-29-1:2008
Explosive atmospheres -- Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases
EN 60079-29-1:2007

This part of IEC 60079-29 specifies general requirements for construction, testing and performance, and describes the test methods that apply to portable, transportable and fixed apparatus for the detection and measurement of flammable gas or vapour concentrations with air. The apparatus, or parts thereof, are intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (see 3.1.8) and in mines susceptible to firedamp. This standard is also applicable when an apparatus manufacturer makes any claims regarding any special features of construction or superior performance that exceed these minimum requirements. In these cases, all such claims should be verified and the test procedures should be extended or supplemented, where necessary, to verify the performance claimed by the manufacturer. When verifying the superior performance of one criterion, other performance criteria are not required to meet the standards minimum requirements, however, these reduced claimed performance criteria (as confirmed in the manufactures Installation Manual) should also be verified. (e.g. temperature range of 0 °C to 60 °C; 0 °C to 40 °C at ±10 % accuracy and 40 °C to 60 °C at ±15 % (manufacturers claimed accuracy). The additional tests should be agreed between the manufacturer and test laboratory and identified and described in the test report. This standard is applicable to flammable gas detection apparatus intended to provide an indication, alarm or other output function; the purpose of which is to give a warning of a potential explosion hazard and in some cases, to initiate automatic or manual protective action(s). This standard is applicable to apparatus, including the integral sampling systems of aspirated apparatus, intended to be used for commercial, industrial and non-residential safety applications. This standard does not apply to external sampling systems, or to apparatus of laboratory or scientific type, or to apparatus used only for process control purposes. It also does not apply to open path (line of sight) area monitors. For apparatus used for sensing the presence of multiple gases, this standard applies only to the detection of flammable gas or vapour. This standard supplements and modifies the general requirements of IEC 60079-0. Where a requirement of this standard conflicts with a requirement of IEC 60079-0, the requirement of IEC 60079-29-1 will take precedence.

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kSIST FprEN 50724:2023(Main)
Fixed Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detectors (UGLD) - General requirements and test methods
EN 50724:2023

This document will refer to UGLD for ultrasonic gas leak detectors.
This standard specifies general requirements for construction, testing and performance, and describes test methods that apply to UGLD.

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