Standards for the Pressure Equipment Directive
General information about the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU
Directive 2014/68/EU (the Pressure Equipment Directive, or PED) has regulated the provision of pressure equipment within the EU since 27 June 2014. In a broader sense, it covers the following pressure equipment:
- Vessels (e.g., pressure tanks, boilers)
- Piping (including pipes, fittings, and valves)
- Steam boilers
- Safety accessories (e.g., safety valves, bursting discs)
- Pressure-related equipment components
The directive lays down the essential safety requirements for products with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0.5 bar. As a regulation of the so-called "New Legislative Framework" the PED defines only the essential requirements – detailed technical specifications for this are developed by the European standardisation organisations CEN and CENELEC in the scope of harmonised standards.
If a manufacturer's products subsequently comply with harmonised standards (or parts thereof) ‘the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union’ , these products are presumed to conform to the essential safety requirements according to Annex I of the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU. By affixing the CE marking, the manufacturer declares that the product meets the applicable requirements and is the visible consequence of a whole process that includes the conformity assessment in the broader sense.
Harmonised standards for the Pressure Equipment in the EU Official Journal
A publication of harmonised standards as references in the EU Official Journal for the PED occurs at irregular intervals by means of so-called implementing decisions, which amend the existing list of harmonised standards for Directive 2014/68/EU.
Within the framework of such a decision standards created on behalf of the Commission are added. This can be done by adding new standards that are listed in the EU Official Journal for the first time, or by including direct successor documents if the predecessor standard no longer corresponds to the state of the art and had to be adapted to changed requirements. An ad hoc adjustment at short notice can also be made via amending standards, which only include a targeted adjustment of a specific section of the ‘basic standard’.
When new successor standards are adopted, the predecessors are removed from the EU Official Journal after a transitional period. This is currently 18 months in order to give manufacturers sufficient time to adapt to the changed safety and health requirements.
Don't miss any news on standards and publications relating to the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU.
- Register now for the CE-InfoService to receive direct information on new and revised standards and on the end of transition periods.
- Background information on the topic "Presumption of conformity" and other aspects of standardisation can be found in our free technical article "Standards topicality vs. presumption of conformity".
- The consolidated list of standards with presumption of conformity to the Pressure Equipment Directive includes a list of all ATEX standards in the EU Official Journal and are always updated by the EU Commission promptly after publication of new standards
- In our "Pressure Equipment Directive (EU)’" data package, the standard data on the Safexpert Live Server is updated promptly as soon as an implementing decision amends the list of harmonised standards or the end of a transition period has been reached.
- The Commission's PED Guidelines provide valuable explanations for interpreting individual contents of Directive 2014/68/EU and also list important standards for application
Updates in the EU Official Journal (EN)
Updates in the Official Journal
Below we have listed the implementing decisions with amended standard data for the Pressure Equipment directive, which contains the most important information as well as a link to the full text of the legal act.
2025-01-31, Commission Implementing Decision 2025/165
The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU) was updated on 2025-01-31:
EU Official Journal: C/2025/464
Publication date: 2025-01-31
Legal basis: Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU)
NEW: 2 standards have been published in the OJEU for the first time
SUCCESSOR: For 9 standards amendments were published
AMENDMENT: For the standardEN 13480-3:2017 an amendment was published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITION PERIOD): 9 standards will be removed with transition period as per 2026-07-31
2022-10-03, Commission Implementing Decision 2022/1844
The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU) was updated on 2022-10-03:
EU Official Journal: C/2022/6895
Publication date: 2022-10-03
Legal basis: Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU)
SUCCESSOR: For 11 standards direct successors were published
AMENDMENT: For 3 standards amendments were published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL TIME): 11 standards will be removed with transition period as per 2024-04-03
2021-12-21, Commission Implementing Decision 2021/2272
The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the directive on Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU) was updated on 2021-12-21:
EU Official Journal: C/2021/9433
Publication date: 2021-12-21
Legal basis: Directive on Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU)
NEW: 2 Standards were published in the Official Journal for the first time
SUCCESSOR: For 11 standards direct successors were published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL TIME): 7 standards will be removed with transition period as per 2023-06-21
2021-10-12, Commission Implementing Decision 2021/1801
The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the directive on Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU) was updated on 2021-10-12:
EU Official Journal: 2021/L 361
Publication date: 2021-10-12
Legal basis: Directive on Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU)
SUCCESSOR: 2 Standard were published for the first time
AMENDED: For 1 standard an amendment was published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL TIME): 2 standards will be removed with transition period as per 2023-04-12
2021-02-10, Commission Implementing Decision 2021/15
The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the directive on Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU) was updated on 2021-02-10:
EU Official Journal: C/2021/857
Publication date: 2021-02-10
Legal basis: Directive on Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU)
SUCCESSOR: 9 Standard were published for the first time
AMENDED: For 8 standards amendments were published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL TIME): 9 standards will be removed with transition period as per 08/10/2022
2020-04-20, Commission Implementing Decision 2020/542
The list of harmonised standards which give presumption of conformity for the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU was updated on 20.4.2020:
EU Official Journal: C/2020/2269
Publication date: 20.04.2020
Legal basis: Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU
NEW: 9 Standard were published for the first time
AMENDED: 4 - One entry has been amended (additions concerning additional amendments to EN 13445-3), 3 standards now only give presumption of conformity together with newly published amendments.
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL TIME): For 6 standards the removal from the EU Official Journal was announced as per 20.4.2021