EN 60079-1:2004

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60079-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2004
ICS 29.260.20 Supersedes EN 50018:2000 + A1:2002

English version
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres
Part 1: Flameproof enclosures 'd'
(IEC 60079-1:2003)
Matériel électrique pour atmosphères Elektrische Betriebsmittel für
explosives gazeuses gasexplosionsgefährdete Bereiche
Partie 1: Enveloppes antidéflagrantes 'd' Teil 1: Druckfeste Kapselung 'd'
(CEI 60079-1:2003) (IEC 60079-1:2003)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2004-03-01. CENELEC members are bound to
comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and
notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

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Switzerland and United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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Ref. No. EN 60079-1:2004 E
Foreword
The text of document 31A/114/FDIS, future edition 5 of IEC 60079-1, prepared by SC 31A,
Flameproof enclosures, of IEC TC 31, Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres, was submitted
to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60079-1 on 2004-03-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 50018:2000 + A1:2002.
This standard is to be read in conjunction with EN 60079-0.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2004-12-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2007-03-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60079-1:2003 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 61508 NOTE Harmonized in EN 61508 series (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
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