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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-68/annex-I/division-1/division-n6/division-2.2/division-2.2.1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/68",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-68",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1/division/n6/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The pressure equipment shall be designed for loadings appropriate to its intended use and other reasonably foreseeable operating conditions. In particular, the following factors shall be taken into account:\ninternal/external pressure,\nambient and operational temperatures,\nstatic pressure and mass of contents in operating and test conditions,\ntraffic, wind, earthquake loading,\nreaction forces and moments which result from the supports, attachments, piping, etc.,\ncorrosion and erosion, fatigue, etc.,\ndecomposition of unstable fluids.\nVarious loadings which can occur at the same time shall be considered, taking into account the probability of their simultaneous occurrence.",
  "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/2014/68/annex/I/division/1/division/n6/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:42.605150+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."
}