Division 7.4 Hydrostatic test pressure

For pressure vessels, the hydrostatic test pressure referred to in point 3.2.2 shall be no less than either of the following:

• that corresponding to the maximum loading to which the pressure equipment may be subject in service taking into account its maximum allowable pressure and its maximum allowable temperature, multiplied by the coefficient 1,25,

• the maximum allowable pressure multiplied by the coefficient 1,43, whichever is the greater.