3.1.

The manufacturer shall lodge an application for assessment of his quality system with the notified body of his choice, for the pressure equipment concerned. The application shall include: the name and address of the manufacturer and, if the application is lodged by the authorised representative, his name and address as well, the technical documentation for one model of each type of pressure equipment intended to be manufactured. The technical documentation shall, wherever applicable, contain at least the following elements: a general description of the pressure equipment, conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and diagrams of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc., descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and diagrams and the operation of the pressure equipment, a list of the harmonised standards the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential safety requirements of this Directive where those harmonised standards have not been applied. In the event of partly applied harmonised standards, the technical documentation shall specify the parts which have been applied, results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc., test reports, the documentation concerning the quality system, a written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other notified body.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.