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The Slovak experience with the PED – The Slovak experience with the PED – transition and lessons learnttransition and lessons learnt

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Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing

• central body of state administration

• elaborates and submits conceptions to the government

• cooperates with ministries and other central bodies

• ensures in cooperation with ministries exchange of information

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• designates a legal entity for provision of the development, approval and issuance of standards

• designates STN suitable for conformity assessment

• announces the changes in lists of European harmonized standards

• grants and withdraws authorization and notification

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• regularly checks the existence and fulfilment of conditions for authorized or notified body

• publishes information of standards

• publishes information of authorization or notification granting or withdrawal, including the contents of authorization or notification

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Legal basis

• up to now 28 NAD´s are implemented to our legal system

• most of them are transposed as Government Ordinance

• CPD and Packaging and Packaging Waste are transposed as Acts

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Pressure Equipment Directive

• Queen Mary Theresa issued rule for checking steam locomotives

• Act No. 112/1871 on testing and periodical controls for steam generators

• In 1920 the Act No. 449 on testing of steam generators

• Government Ordinance No. 53/1952 on guarantee safety and economy of technical equipment

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• Act No. 174/1968 on state securing occupational safety and health at work, safety of pressure, lifting, electrical and gas technical equipments and on expert competence

• Public Notice 74/1996 devided pressure equipment to categories

• Act 95/2000 cancelled Public Notice 74/96

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• Act No. 330/1996 on safety and protection of health at work

• safety of technical equipment

• Public Notice 159/2001 on essential safety requirements for working tools

• safety of working tools

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• Government Ordinance No. 576/2001 on safety requirements and conformity assessment procedures for pressure equipment

• GO 329/2003 amended 576/2001

• 5 Notified Bodies

• 2 Recognized Third-Party Organizations

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• SKTC-104, TSÚ Piešťany (1299)• SKTC-115, VUZ PI Bratislava (1297)• SKTC-125, VÚD Žilina (1358)• SKTC-169, TI Bratislava (1354)• SKTC-174, Reaktortest Trnava• SKTC-175, TUV STC Bratislava (1353)• SKTC-176, Prvá zváračská a.s. Bratislava

Notified Bodies for PED

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• all notified bodies in Slovakia are accredited by SNAS for whole scope of their notification

• they are active in standardization work

• working group of notified bodies for PED was established

• participation on NBF

• SOSMT regularly checks them

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Thank you for your attention

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