Subsequent design type approvals

An application for a subsequent design type approval shall meet the requirements of 6.2.2.5.4.8 and
6.2.2.5.4.9, provided a manufacturer is in the possession of an initial design type approval. In such a
case, the manufacturer's quality system according to 6.2.2.5.3 shall have been approved during the
initial design type approval and shall be applicable for the new design.

 
The application shall include:
(a)       The name and address of the manufacturer and in addition, if the application is submitted 
by   an authorised representative, its name and address;
 
(b)         Details of any refusal of approval of a similar application by any other competent 
authority;
 
(c)         Evidence that initial design type approval has been granted; and
 
(d)         The technical documentation, as described in 6.2.2.5.4.3 (h).
 

Procedure for design type approval

The inspection body shall:
(a) Examine the technical documentation to verify that:
(i) the design is in accordance with the relevant provisions of the standard, and
(ii) the prototype lot has been manufactured in conformity with the technical
documentation and is representative of the design;
(b) Verify that the production inspections have been carried out as required in accordance with
6.2.2.5.5;
(c) Select pressure receptacles from a prototype production lot and supervise the tests of these
pressure receptacles as required for design type approval;
(d) Perform or have performed the examinations and tests specified in the pressure receptacle
standard to determine that:
(i) the standard has been applied and fulfilled, and
(ii) the procedures adopted by the manufacturer meet the requirements of the standard;
and
(e) Ensure that the various type approval examinations and tests are correctly and competently
carried out.
After prototype testing has been carried out with satisfactory results and all applicable requirements of
6.2.2.5.4 have been satisfied, a design type approval certificate shall be issued, which shall include the
name and address of the manufacturer, results and conclusions of the examination, and the necessary
data for identification of the design type.
If the manufacturer is denied a design type approval, the competent authority shall provide written
detailed reasons for such denial.

Modifications to approved design types
The manufacturer shall either:
(a) Inform the issuing competent authority of modifications to the approved design type, where
such modifications do not constitute a new design, as specified in the pressure receptacle
standard; or
(b) Request a subsequent design type approval where such modifications constitute a new design
according to the relevant pressure receptacle standard. This additional approval shall be given
in the form of an amendment to the original design type approval certificate.

 

Upon request, the competent authority shall communicate to any other competent authority,
information concerning design type approval, modifications of approvals and withdrawn approvals.

Production inspection and certification

General requirements
An inspection body, or its delegate, shall carry out the inspection and certification of each pressure
receptacle. The inspection body selected by the manufacturer for inspection and testing during
production may be different from the inspection body used for the design type approval testing.
Where it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the inspection body that the manufacturer has
trained competent inspectors, independent of the manufacturing operations, inspection may be
performed by those inspectors. In such a case, the manufacturer shall maintain training records of the
inspectors.
The inspection body shall verify that the inspections by the manufacturer, and tests performed on
those pressure receptacles, fully conform to the standard and the requirements of ADR. Should nonconformance
in conjunction with this inspection and testing be determined, the permission to have
inspection performed by the manufacturer's inspectors may be withdrawn.
The manufacturer shall, after approval by the inspection body, make a declaration of conformity with
the certified design type. The application of the pressure receptacle certification marks shall be
considered a declaration that the pressure receptacle complies with the applicable pressure receptacle
standards and the requirements of this conformity assessment system and ADR. The inspection body
shall affix or delegate the manufacturer to affix the pressure receptacle certification marks and the
registered mark of the inspection body to each approved pressure receptacle.
A certificate of compliance, signed by the inspection body and the manufacturer, shall be issued
before the pressure receptacles are filled.

Records

Design type approval and certificate of compliance records shall be retained by the manufacturer and
the inspection body for not less than 20 years.

Approval system for periodic inspection and test of pressure receptacles

Definition

For the purposes of this section:
Approval system means a system for competent authority approval of a body performing periodic
inspection and test of pressure receptacles (hereinafter referred to as "periodic inspection and test
body"), including approval of that body’s quality system.

General requirements

Competent authority

The competent authority shall establish an approval system for the purpose of ensuring that the
periodic inspection and test of pressure receptacles conform to the requirements of ADR. In instances
where the competent authority that approves a body performing periodic inspection and test of a
pressure receptacle is not the competent authority of the country approving the manufacture of the
pressure receptacle, the marks of the approval country of periodic inspection and test shall be
indicated in the pressure receptacle marks (see 6.2.2.7).
The competent authority of the country of approval for the periodic inspection and test shall supply,
upon request, evidence demonstrating compliance to this approval system including the records of the
periodic inspection and test to its counterpart in a country of use.
The competent authority of the country of approval may terminate the approval certificate referred to
in 6.2.2.6.4.1, upon evidence demonstrating non-compliance with the approval system.

 

The competent authority may delegate its functions in this approval system, in whole or in part.

The competent authority shall ensure that a current list of approved periodic inspection and test bodies
and their identity marks is available.

Periodic inspection and test body

 
The periodic inspection and test body shall be approved by the competent authority and shall:
 
(a) Have a staff with an organizational structure, capable, trained, competent, and skilled, to 
satisfactorily perform its technical functions;
 
(b)         Have access to suitable and adequate facilities and equipment;
 
(c)   Operate in an impartial manner and be free from any influence which could prevent it from   
doing so;
 
(d)         Ensure commercial confidentiality;
 
(e) Maintain clear demarcation between actual periodic inspection and test body functions and 
unrelated functions;
 
(f)          Operate a documented quality system accordance with 6.2.2.6.3;
 
(g)         Apply for approval in accordance with 6.2.2.6.4;
 
(h)         Ensure that the periodic inspections and tests are performed in accordance with 
6.2.2.6.5; and
 
(i)          Maintain an effective and appropriate report and record system in accordance with 
6.2.2.6.6.
 

Quality system and audit of the periodic inspection and test body

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