(1)

In accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), products which are in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II to that Directive, covered by those standards or parts thereof.

(2)

By letter BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92 of 12 December 1994, the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) for the drafting and revision of harmonised standards in support of Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) (‘the request’). That Directive was replaced by Directive 2014/34/EU without changing the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 94/9/EC. Those requirements are currently set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU.

(3)

In particular, CEN and Cenelec were requested to draft new standards on the design and testing of equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres as indicated in Chapter I of the standardisation programme agreed between CEN and Cenelec and the Commission and attached to the request. CEN and Cenelec were also requested to revise the existing standards with a view to aligning them to the essential health and safety requirements of Directive 94/9/EC.

(4)

On the basis of the request, CEN drafted the harmonised standard EN 17348:2022 -Requirements for design and testing of vacuum cleaners for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. CEN also amended the following harmonised standard, the reference of which is published by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 (4): EN 60079-29-1:2016 – Explosive atmospheres – Part 29-1: Gas detectors – Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases. This resulted in the adoption of the two following amendments: EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016/A11:2022.

(5)

The Commission, together with CEN, has assessed whether standards EN 17348:2022 as well as EN 60079-29-1:2016 as amended by EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016/A11:2022 comply with the request.

(6)

Harmonised standards EN 17348:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016 as amended by EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016/A11:2022 satisfy the requirements which they aim to cover and which are set out in Directive 2014/34/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the reference of those standards and of the amendments to standard EN 60079-29-1:2016 in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(7)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 provides in Annex I thereto the references of harmonised standards conferring a presumption of conformity with Directive 2014/34/EU. In order to ensure that the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/34/EU are listed in one act, the references of harmonised standards EN 17348:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016 as amended by EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016/A11:2022 should be included in that Annex.

(8)

It is necessary to withdraw from the L series of the Official Journal of the European Union the reference of harmonised standard EN 60079-29-1:2016, given that it has been amended. It is therefore appropriate to delete that reference from Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668.

(9)

In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to prepare for application of harmonised standard EN 60079-29-1:2016 as amended by EN 60079-29-1:2016/A1:2022 and EN 60079-29-1:2016/A11:2022 it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the reference of the harmonised standard EN 60079-29-1:2016.

(10)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11)

Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication,