Hazardous Locations

Certification Procedure
Directive 2014/34/EU certification procedure (European ATEX) IECEx certification procedure

Zone 0 and / or 20 Zone 1 and / or 21 Zone 2 and / or 22 All hazardous locations

Electrical and non electrical Electrical equipment Non electrical equipment Electrical and non electrical Equipment Components Units Verification
equipment (category 1) (category 2) (category 2) equipment (category 3) IECEx OD-009 IECEx OD-009 IECEx OD-033

OR OR OR OR
Conformity
EU type examination Unit verification EU type examination Unit verification Acknowledgement Unit verification Statement / Unit Verification Certificate of Certificate of Certificate of
(annex III) (annex IX) (annex III) (annex IX) receipt of file (annex IX) Type examination (annex IX) Conformity CoC Conformity CoC Conformity CoC
Certificate

OR OR Development stage

Production stage

Production quality Production Conformity to type Product quality

Internal control of Internal control of Quality assessment Quality assessment
assurance (annex IV) verification (annex V) (annex VI) assurance (annex VII)
production (annex VII) production (annex VII) Report QAR Report QAR
QAN* QAN* QAN* QAN*

Notified Body (mandatory) Manufacturer

Notified Body acting as privat-law Certification Body (voluntary) IECEx Certification Body ExCB *QAN: Quality Assessment Notification

Equipment Categories + Groups, Protection Level, Marking (Examples)

Zones, Security Level Electrical equipment (ATEX)

Gas NB1) II 2G Ex db IIB T4 Gb

Equipment Equipment categories Equipment EPL level Dust NB1) II 2D Ex tb IIIB T 120° C Db
Zone Atmosphere Security level
group ATEX (ATEX) group IECEx IECEx
1) NB = Notified Body Number, 1258 or 0477
Gas Dust Gas/Dust Gas Dust Gas Dust Gas Dust

always, long term, often,

Non electrical equipment (ATEX)
0 20 during rare malfunctions II 1G 1D II III Ga Da
as cloud
Gas NB1) II 2G Ex h IIB T4 Gb
on occasion in normal
1 21 during expected malfunctions II 2G, 1G 2D, 1D II III Gb Db Dust NB1) II 2D Ex h IIIB T 110° C Db
operation; as cloud
none or short-term in 1) NB = Notified Body Number, 1258 or 0477
2 22 in normal operation II 3G, 2G, 1G 3D, 2D, 1D II III Gc Dc
normal operation
IECEx
during rare malfunctions I M1 I Ma
Mining Gas Ex db IIB T4 Gb
until de-energizing of the equipment I M2 I Mb
Dust Ex tb IIIB T 120° C Db

Applicable Standards Ingress Protection of

Protection Principle Gas Dust Standard
Enclosures
Mining Protection against solids, 1st digit
Zones 0 1 2 20 21 22 IEC/EN 60079-10-1
I Methane, coal dust
Equipment Protection Level EPL Ga Gb Gc Da Db Dc IP Tests
Electrical Equipment 0 No protection
General requirements • • • • • • IEC/EN 60079-0 Protection against solid foreign
1
objects (Ø ≥ 50 mm)
Flameproof enclosures da db dc IEC/EN 60079-1
Protection against solid foreign
pxb pxb Gas Groups (typical) 2
Pressurized enclosures pzc pzc IEC/EN 60079-2 objects (Ø ≥ 12.5 mm)
pyb pyb
IIA Butane, Propane Protection against solid foreign
Powder filled q q IEC/EN 60079-5 3
IIB Ethylene objects (Ø ≥ 2.5 mm)
Liquid immersion o o IEC/EN 60079-6 IIC Acetylene, Hydrogen
Protection against solid foreign
Increased safety eb ec IEC/EN 60079-7 4
objects (Ø ≥ 1.0 mm)
Intrinsically safe ia ib ic ia ib ic IEC/EN 60079-11 5 Dust protected, no harmful deposit
nA 6 Dust tight, no ingress of dust
Non-sparking equipment, Restricted breathing,
nR IEC/EN 60079-15
Enclosed sparking equipment
nC
Dust Groups Protection against liquids, 2nd digit
Encapsulation ma mb mc ma mb mc IEC/EN 60079-18
IIIA Flying combustible
Intrinsically safe systems ia ib ic ia ib ic IEC/EN 60079-25 IIIB Non conductive dust IP Tests
IIIC Conductive dust
Equipment protection level EPL Ga or _a 0 No protection
IEC/EN 60079-26
Two independent types of protection EPL “Gb” _b+_b
1 Protection against vertically falling drops
op is op is
Protection against optical radiation op is op sh op sh IEC/EN 60079-28 Protection against drops falling up
2
op pr op pr to 15° from vertical

Enclosures ta tb tc IEC/EN 60079-31 Protection against splashing water

Gas Temperature class 3
falling up to 60° from vertical
Non electrical equipment
T Max. Surface Temperature Protection against splashing water
T6 85° C 4
General requirements h h h h h h ISO/EN 80079-36 from any direction
T5 100° C
Non electrical type of protection constructional 5 Protection against water jets
T4 135° C
safety “c”, control of ignition source “b”, liquid • • • • • • ISO/EN 80079-37
T3 200° C 6 Protection against powerful water jets
immersion “k”
T2 300° C
Flameproof enclosures • • • • IEC/EN 60079-1 T1 450° C Protection against temporary
7
immersion in water
Pressurised enclosures • • • • IEC/EN 60079-2
Protection against continuous
Enclosures • • • IEC/EN 60079-31 8
immersion in water

• = Standard Applicable Protection against high pressure

9
and temperature water jets

Eurofins Electrosuisse Product Testing AG Eurofins Product Testing Italy S.r.l.

www.eurofins-electrosuisse.ch www.eurofins.it/EPTI Notified Body ATEX no. 1258 International CB procedure with CB test certificate
Switzerland Italy Notified Body ATEX no. 0477 International IECEx system with certificate

NB 1258 NB 0477