{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-34/annex-II/division-1/division-1.0/division-1.0.6",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/34",
  "legislation_title": "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 (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-34",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1/division/1.0/division/1.0.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.0.6",
  "heading": "Instructions",
  "text": "(a) All equipment and protective systems must be accompanied by instructions, including at least the following particulars:\na recapitulation of the information with which the equipment or protective system is marked, except for the batch or serial number (see point 1.0.5), together with any appropriate additional information to facilitate maintenance (e.g. address of the repairer, etc.);\ninstructions for safe:\nputting into service,\nuse,\nassembling and dismantling,\nmaintenance (servicing and emergency repair),\ninstallation,\nadjustment;\nwhere necessary, an indication of the danger areas in front of pressure-relief devices;\nwhere necessary, training instructions;\ndetails which allow a decision to be taken beyond any doubt as to whether an item of equipment in a specific category or a protective system can be used safely in the intended area under the expected operating conditions;\nelectrical and pressure parameters, maximum surface temperatures and other limit values;\nwhere necessary, special conditions of use, including particulars of possible misuse which experience has shown might occur;\nwhere necessary, the essential characteristics of tools which may be fitted to the equipment or protective system.\n(b) The instructions must contain the drawings and diagrams necessary for the putting into service, maintenance, inspection, checking of correct operation and, where appropriate, repair of the equipment or protective system, together with all useful instructions, in particular with regard to safety.\n(c) Literature describing the equipment or protective system must not contradict the instructions with regard to safety aspects.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/34/annex/II/division/1/division/1.0/division/1.0.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:46.936587+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}