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What is the ATEX Directive ....

Directive  94/9/EC (in force since 01.07.2003), which refers mainly to  manufacturers of products intended for use in potentially explosive  atmospheres and Directive 1999/92/EC (in force since 10.09.2003), which  can be considered a legal fence within which to insert to the Directive  94/9/EC, are turning to the risk of an explosive atmosphere (ATmospheres  EXplosive) in the workplace, but while the Directive 94/9/EC is aimed  at 'equipment and / or instrument of work, Directive 1999/92/EC  addresses people and work environment that surrounds it. Is for this  reason that the two Directives are better identified with the name ATEX,  although the Directive 1999/92/EC proposes a cut framework law and the  Directive 94/9/EC is presented as a regulation, and applied with the use  of harmonized standards.

Directives are defined in accordance  with the principles of the New Approach and the Global Approach, and as  such are designed to completely replace existing legislation in each  Member in their respective fields of application. These directives have  the dual aim of ensuring the free movement of goods through technical  harmonization of entire product sectors and to ensure a high level of  protection of public interest objectives specified in Article 95  paragraph 3 of the EC Treaty.

Title VIIIa bis, introduced by  Legislative Decree 233/03, which "prescribes measures for the protection  of the health and safety of workers potentially at risk from explosive  atmospheres", EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE defines as "a mixture with the ' air,  under atmospheric conditions, of flammable substances in the form of  gases, vapors, mists or dusts in which, after ignition has occurred,  combustion spreads to the entire unburned mixture. "

The U.S.  legislation is more precise, the Handbook of the National Fire  Protection Association (NFPA): "Every industrial process that reduces an  explosive material and some material not normally explosives to a state  of division into very fine particles, has a potential for serious risk  of fire or explosion. "

In particular, 'MORE' OF 0.8 mm 5% OF  DUST ON THE SURFACE OF A ROOM IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF EXPLOSION,  "according to the rules of NFPA 654, relating to Prevention of Fire and  Dust Explosions occur during the production, processing, handling of  fine fuels.


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