Certificates and Permits

ATEX Directive 94/9 / EC requires that equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres be duly certified. Also, a quality managementsystem must be implemented at the manufacturing plant. The ATEX certificate is issued on the quality management system. Another ATEX directive 99/92 / EC sets out the requirements for occupational health and safety of persons working in potentially explosive environments. Both directives are mandatory. The manufacturer, authorized person by the manufacturer, the importer must accept the declaration of conformity of the CE for each product. The declaration of conformity is accepted on the basis of the ATEX certificate for equipment, a certified quality management system, technical product documentation. The CE Declaration of Conformity states how the manufacturer fulfills all safety requirements. The equipment must bear the CE mark. Equipment of categories 1 and 2 must have an EU type approval certificate (EC type approval) issued by a notified certification body. In case of absence of electrical equipment in the product, the EC type test certificate (EC type approval) is required only for category 1 equipment. If the risk analysis for explosive areas indicates that there are no potential sources of ignition, the product is not subjected to the ATEX directive, in which case a declaration of conformity and Ex marking is not needed. These can be products used in purely pneumatic systems, for example valves, silencers, or manometers.

• * design and manufacture of equipment, components and systems; * installation, monitoring, maintenance and repair of equipment and systems, and also * competence of persons. IECEx certification is applied in areas where there is a risk of fire and / or explosion due to flammable gases, liquids and dust, and which are called explosive atmospheres (explosive areas). Explosive zones are part of almost every industry, from transport, food and textiles to oil and mining. IECEx covers a wide range of devices, systems and services used in explosive environments and verifies them for compliance with international standards developed by the IEC Technical Committee.

The Intergazsert system operates to organise and carry out work on voluntary confirmation of conformity in the form of voluntary certification of products, design processes (including research), production, construction, installation, adjustment, operation (use), storage, transportation, sales and disposal of these products, services, management systems.

The main priorities of voluntary certification in the INTERGAZCERT System:

 • certification of compliance of objects of certification with technical regulations, documents on standardization, terms of contracts;

• confirmation of functional indicators, as well as indicators of product quality, submitted by the applicant for certification;

• assistance to purchasers, including consumers, in a competent choice of products, services;

• increasing the competitiveness of products, works (services) in the Russian and international markets;

• creation of conditions for ensuring the free movement of goods across the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as for the implementation of international economic, scientific and technical cooperation and international trade;

• stimulation of technical, economic progress;

• protection of consumers from the manufacturer's (seller, executor, contractor) dishonesty.

Basic principles of voluntary certification in the INTERGAZCERT System:

 • the unity of the system and rules for confirming competence;

• uniformity of application of the requirements of regulatory documents during certification;

• availability of information on the procedure for the implementation of confirmation of conformity to interested parties;

• uniformity of the list of forms and schemes for certification objects subject to voluntary certification;

• agreement with the applicant for certification of the timing of voluntary certification and the acceptability of the applicant's costs for certification;

• inadmissibility of coercion to carry out voluntary confirmation of conformity, including in a certain system of voluntary certification;

• inadmissibility of restricting competition in the course of certification;

• independence of certification bodies from manufacturers, contractors and customers, the leadership of industry manufacturers' associations or corporations;

• inadmissibility of substituting voluntary certification for compulsory confirmation of conformity;

• the application of voluntary confirmation of conformity in an equal manner and to the same extent, regardless of the country and/or place of origin of the products, the design (including research), manufacturing, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, storage, transport, sale and disposal, performance of works and provision of services, types or features of transactions and/or persons who are manufacturers, performers, vendors, purchasers;

• protection of the property interests of applicants, observance of commercial secrets in relation to information obtained in the implementation of confirmation of conformity.

The certificate of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping indicates that products, technical devices and products that have been certified in comply with regulatory documents and will not harm the life, health and property of citizens, will be of high quality and safety. Obviously,the RS, assuming such responsibility, must be exactly sure in the actual capabilities of the company receiving the certificate. And verification of certification of services is not one-time limited. Throughout the validity period of the certificate, routine inspection checks are carried out.

Certificates of GOST R are official documents issued on a special form, which has a degree of protection, which indicate that the products presented meet the quality standards accepted in the territory of the Russian Federation, i.e. GOSTs.