Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive
Information on the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive
The TPED looks at the transportable pressure equipment approved for the inland transport of dangerous goods by road and rail within the European Economic Area market.
The TPED applies to you if you design or manufacture certain types of transportable pressure equipment approved for the inland transport of dangerous goods by road and rail and you want to place this equipment on the market within the European Economic Area.
What does the directive cover?
The TPED refers applies to all receptacles (eg cylinders, bundles of cylinders, tubes, pressure drums, cryogenic receptacles) and tanks (eg demountable tanks, tank containers, tanks of tank vehicles, portable tanks, tanks of tank wagons, tanks of battery wagons) used for ADR Class 2 gases and for listed dangerous substances of other classes, including their valves and other accessories.
The Directives states which equipment requires examination by a notified body and states the risk category for the type of equipment.
Our Services
Lloyd's Register Verification Limited is a notified body for the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive. We have the capability to cover all aspects of the TPEDs conformity modules, including:
We realise how important it is to your business to have efficient turnaround of design appraisal certification to meet your timescales. Our design appraisal engineers, inspection personnel and quality system auditors are located throughout the world to provide convenient, services in local language, covering a wide variety of codes and standards.
TPED Legislation and Training
For information on the recent changes to the TPED legislation, please click here.
Lloyd's Register has developed a training course which takes attendees through the changes to the legislation. The course also gives a broad understanding of the TPED as well as the other Transport of Dangerous Goods legislation (e.g. ADR/RID) and explains their complementary nature. For more information on the course, please click here or send us an email at ukenergy@lr.org
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