#32026D0989EU updates standard for liquid fuel tank overfill prevention devices
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This decision updates the EU list of harmonised standards for overfill prevention devices used on static tanks for liquid fuels. It adds the revised standard EN 13616-1:2025, covering overfill prevention devices with a closure device, under the EU rules for equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres. Manufacturers and conformity assessment teams can use the new standard to show that relevant products meet EU safety requirements. The older EN 13616-1:2016 standard will be removed from the EU list, but only from 5 October 2027, giving manufacturers time to adjust designs, testing, and documentation.
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Key Changes
- Adds EN 13616-1:2025 to the EU harmonised standards list for equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres
- Removes the older EN 13616-1:2016 standard from the list from 5 October 2027
- Gives manufacturers a transition period to update compliance documentation and product testing
Obligations
What this law requires
Manufacturers of overfill prevention devices with closure devices for static tanks for liquid fuels that rely on harmonised standards for presumption of conformity under Directive 2014/34/EU should use EN 13616-1:2025 as the updated harmonised standard once its reference is published in the Official Journal.
Manufacturers and conformity assessment teams should stop relying on EN 13616-1:2016 for presumption of conformity after its reference is withdrawn from Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668.
Manufacturers using the transition period should prepare product designs, testing, and conformity documentation for overfill prevention devices with closure devices to align with EN 13616-1:2025 before EN 13616-1:2016 is removed from the harmonised standards list.