Aspects of ATEX and IECEx

READING THE (ATEX) INSTRUCTIONS A question we regularly get asked at Baseefa, and one which directly affects both manufacturers and installers of Ex Equipment, is about the permissible form in which the manufacturer may pass instructions to customers. First of all, let me emphasise that no Notified Body is in a position to give a legal interpretation of the ATEX Directive, or of any other directive. Therefore, in what follows, I am trying to present information that I believe is already, at least partially, in the public domain and which I believe best represents the views which have been expressed by DG Enterprise of the European Commission in relation to the supply of instructions.