Gas Appliance | Gas fuel combustion equipment

EU 2016/426 is a European gas appliance regulation that applies to gas appliances and accessories designed for hot water production, refrigeration, lighting, heating, washing and cooking purposes.

The European Gas Appliances Directive (GAD 2009/142/EC) issued in March 2017 was replaced by the Gas Appliances Regulation (GAR 2016/426) has been updated and applied from April 2018.

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  Scope

  Gas-fired cooking, heating, hot water, refrigeration, and laundry equipment are included, and generally used household and commercial products excluding industrial products.

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  Excluded scope

  • Products used in industrial processes carried out in industrial sites
  • Products used in aircraft and railroads
  • Research purpose products for temporary use in the laboratory

• Conformity assessment procedure

  

  In the case of products that are continuously produced, the manufacturer must evaluate the suitability by combining one of Modules C2, D, E, and F according to Module B-Production Type.

  Module B (Production Type) +	Module C2	EU-Type Inspection + Formal conformity based on internal production management and product inspection under supervision at random cycles
  	Module D	EU-Type Inspection + Form conformity based on quality assurance of the production process
  	Module E	EU-Type Inspection + Form conformity based on product quality assurance
  	Module F	EU-Type Inspection + Form conformity based on product verification

  In the case of products produced in single units or in small quantities, the manufacturer can also be evaluated for conformity with Module G (Unit Verification).