(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 CEN and 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). 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.

(3)

In particular, CEN and CENELEC were requested to draft a standard on the design and testing of equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres – part 0: General requirements as indicated in Chapter I.1 of the standardisation programme agreed between CEN and CENELEC and the Commission and attached to request BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92. 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 BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92, CENELEC revised standard ‘EN 60079-0:2012 + A11:2013 Explosive atmospheres - Part 0: Equipment - General requirements (IEC 60079-0:2011 Modified + IS1:2013)’. As a result of that revision CENELEC submitted to the Commission standard ‘EN IEC 60079-0:2018: Explosive atmospheres - Part 0: Equipment - General requirements (IEC 60079-0:2017)’.

(5)

The Commission together with CENELEC has assessed whether the standard ‘EN IEC 60079-0:2018’ drafted by CENELEC complies with the request BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92.

(6)

The standard ‘EN IEC 60079-0:2018’ satisfies the requirements which it aims to cover and which are set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the reference of that standard in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(7)

Standard ‘EN IEC 60079-0:2018’ replaces standard ‘EN 60079-0:2012’. It is therefore necessary to withdraw the reference to standard ‘EN 60079-0:2012’ from the Official Journal of the European Union. In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to prepare for application of the revised standard, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the reference to standard ‘EN 60079-0:2012’.

(8)

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,