European Commission Amends Harmonised Standards for Coating Materials Machinery

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The European Commission has issued an implementing decision amending harmonised standards on application equipment for coating materials, machinery for supply and circulation of liquid coating materials, explosion suppression systems, and automatic electrostatic application systems for ignitable liquid coating materials. The decision revises several harmonised standards, including EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021/A1:2025, and EN 50176:2025. These standards aim to cover essential requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU. The Commission has assessed the standards and determined that they satisfy the requirements, leading to the publication of their references in the Official Journal of the European Union. This decision will enter into force on the date of its publication and will apply from 12 March 2027.

Key Takeaways:

  • The European Commission has adopted an implementing decision amending harmonised standards for coating materials machinery.
  • The revised standards include EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021/A1:2025, and EN 50176:2025.
  • These standards aim to cover essential requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU.
  • The Commission has assessed the standards and determined that they satisfy the requirements.
  • The decision will enter into force on the date of its publication.
  • The revised standards will apply from 12 March 2027.
  • Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 is amended to include the references of the new harmonised standards.
  • The references of the outdated harmonised standards EN 1953:2013, EN 12621:2006+A1:2010, EN 14373:2021, and EN 50176:2009 are deleted from Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668.
  • The decision includes a deferred withdrawal of the references of harmonised standards EN 1953:2013, EN 12621:2006+A1:2010, EN 14373:2021, and EN 50176:2009.

Statistics:

  • The European Commission has revised 4 harmonised standards for coating materials machinery.
  • The revised standards include EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021/A1:2025, and EN 50176:2025.
  • The standards aim to cover essential requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU.
  • The decision will enter into force on the date of its publication.
  • The revised standards will apply from 12 March 2027.

Sources:

  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/1810 of 11 September 2025.
  • Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation.
  • Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
  • Commission Implementing Decision C(2023) 4798 of 20 July 2023 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation.