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Dealing with the ATEX Directive

Process Industry News, June/July 2008

One of the new minefields for a product manager is the mandatory European Community (IEC) Harmonised Safety Compliance Directives and Standards, with the most current ATEX directive 94/9/EC. ATEX standard for "Atmosphere Explosives", and it is the law in the EU since July 2003. In this informative technical article, Moore Industries Senior Certifications Engineer Gus Elias helps you negotiate the maze of national and international rules and regulations associated with ATEX.

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