Dealing with the ATEX Directive -
Negotiating the Maze of National and
International Rules and Regulations
can Baffle a Product Manager.
One of the new minefields for a product manager is the mandatory European Community (EC) Harmonised Safety Compliance Directives and
Standards, with the most current being ATEX directive 94/9/EC. ATEX stands for “Atmosphere Explosives” (said in French) and it is the law in the
EU since July of 2003.