The inspection body shall carry out periodic audits within the duration of the authorisation to make
sure that the applicant maintains and applies the quality system. The following provisions shall be
met:
(a) A minimum of two audits shall be carried out in a 12 month period;
(b) The inspection body may require additional visits, training, technical changes, modifications of
the quality system, restrict or prohibit the inspections and tests to be done by the applicant;
(c) The inspection body shall assess any changes in the quality system and decide whether the
modified quality system will still satisfy the requirements of the initial audit or whether a full
reassessment is required;
(d) The auditors of the inspection body shall be competent to carry out the assessment of
conformity of the product covered by the quality system; and
(e) The inspection body shall provide the applicant with a visit or audit report and, if a test has
taken place, with a test report.

In cases of non conformity with the relevant requirements the inspection body shall ensure that
corrective measures are taken. If corrective measures are not taken in due time, the inspection body
shall suspend or withdraw the permission for the in-house inspection service to carry out its activities.
The notice of suspension or withdrawal shall be transmitted to the competent authority. A report shall
be provided to the applicant giving detailed reasons for the decisions taken by the inspection body.

Documents

The technical documentation shall enable an assessment to be made of conformity with the relevant
requirements.

Documents for type approval

The applicant shall provide as appropriate:
(a) The list of standards used for the design and manufacture;
(b) A description of the type including all variations;
(c) The instructions according to the relevant column of table A of Chapter 3.2 or a list of
dangerous goods to be transported for dedicated products;
(d) A general assembly drawing or drawings;
(e) The detailed drawings, including the dimensions used for the calculations, of the product, the
service equipment, the structural equipment, the marking and/or the labelling necessary to
verify the conformity;
(f) The calculation notes, results and conclusions;
(g) The list of the service equipment with the relevant technical data and information on the safety
devices including the calculation of the relief capacity if relevant;
(h) The list of material requested in the standard for manufacture used for every part, sub-part,
lining, service and structural equipment and the corresponding material specifications or the
corresponding declaration of conformity to ADR;
(i) The approved qualification of permanent joining process;
(j) The description of the heat treatment process(es); and
(k) The procedures, descriptions and records of all relevant tests listed in the standards or ADR for
the type approval and for the manufacture.

 

Documents for the supervision of manufacture

The applicant shall make available as appropriate:
(a) The documents listed in 1.8.7.7.1;
(b) A copy of the type approval certificate;
(c) The manufacturing procedures including test procedures;
(d) The manufacturing records;
(e) The approved qualifications of permanent joining operators;
(f) The approved qualifications of the non destructive test operators;
(g) The reports of the destructive and non destructive tests;
(h) The heat treatment records; and
(i) The calibration records.

Documents for initial inspection and tests

The applicant shall make available as appropriate:
(a) The documents listed in 1.8.7.7.1 and 1.8.7.7.2;
(b) The material certificates of the product and any sub-parts;
(c) The declarations of conformity and material certificates of the service equipment; and
(d) A declaration of conformity including the description of the product and all the variations
adopted from the type approval.

Documents for periodic inspections, intermediate inspections and exceptional checks

The applicant shall make available as appropriate:
(a) For pressure receptacles, the documents specifying special requirements when the
manufacturing and periodic inspections and tests standards so require;
(b) For tanks:
(i) the tank record; and
(ii) one or more of the documents mentioned in 1.8.7.7.1 to 1.8.7.7.3.

 

Documents for the assessment of in-house inspection service

The applicant for in-house inspection service shall make available the quality system documentation
as appropriate:
(a) The organizational structure and responsibilities;
(b) The relevant inspection and test, quality control, quality assurance and process operation
instructions, and systematic actions that will be used;
(c) The quality records, such as inspection reports, test data, calibration data and certificates;
(d) The management reviews to ensure the effective operation of the quality system arising from
the audits in accordance with 1.8.7.6;
(e) The process describing how customer and regulation requirements are met;
(f) The process for control of documents and their revision;
(g) The procedures for dealing with non-conforming products; and
(h) The training programmes and qualification procedures for relevant personnel.

Products manufactured, approved, inspected and tested according to standards

The requirements of 1.8.7.7 are considered to have been complied with if the following standards, as
relevant, are applied:
 
Applicable subsection
and paragraph

References

Title of the document

1.8.7.7.1 den 1.8.7.7.4’e

EN 12972:2007

Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing,
inspection and marking of metallic tanks

 

Procedures for conformity assessment of gas cartridges

When assessing the conformity of gas cartridges, one of the following procedures shall be applied:
(a) The procedure in section 1.8.7 for non-UN pressure receptacles, with the exception of 1.8.7.5;
or
(b) The procedure in sub-sections 1.8.8.1 to 1.8.8.7.
1.8.8.1

General provisions

The supervision of manufacture shall be carried out by an Xa body and the tests as required in 6.2.6
shall be carried out either by that Xa body or by an IS-body approved by that Xa body; for definition
of Xa and IS bodies see definitions in 6.2.3.6.1. Conformity assessment shall be carried out by the
competent authority, its delegate or its approved inspection body of a Contracting Party to ADR.

By the application of 1.8.8, the applicant shall demonstrate, ensure and declare on his sole
responsibility the conformity of gas cartridges with the provisions of 6.2.6 and all further applicable
provisions of ADR.

The applicant shall
(a) Carry out a design type examination of each type of gas cartridges (including materials to be
used and variations of that type, e.g. volumes, pressures, drawings and closing and release
devices) according to 1.8.8.2;
(b) Operate an approved quality system for design, manufacture, inspection and testing according
to 1.8.8.3;
(c) Operate an approved testing regime according to 1.8.8.4 for the tests required in 6.2.6;
(d) Apply for the approval of his quality system for supervision of manufacture and for testing to
one Xa body of his choice of the Contracting Party; if the applicant is not established in a
Contracting Party he shall apply to one Xa body of a Contracting Party prior to first transport
into a Contracting Party;
(e) If the gas cartridge is finally assembled from parts manufactured by the applicant by one or
more other enterprise(s), provide written instructions how to assemble and fill the gas
cartridges to meet the provisions of his type examination certificate.

 

Where the applicant and enterprises assembling or filling gas cartridges according to the instructions
of the applicant, can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Xa body conformity with the provisions of
1.8.7.6 excluding 1.8.7.6.1 (d) and 1.8.7.6.2 (b), they may establish an in-house inspection service
which may perform part or all of the inspections and tests specified in 6.2.6.
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