{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1497/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1497/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/1497",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1497/2007 of 18 December 2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, standard leakage checking requirements for stationary fire protection systems containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1497",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Visual and manual checks",
  "text": "1. To identify damage and signs of leakage, certified personnel shall carry out visual checks of operating controls, containers, components and connections which are under pressure.\n2. Any presumption of fluorinated greenhouse gas leakage in the fire protection system shall be checked by certified personnel.\n3. One or more of the following situations shall constitute a presumption of leakage:\n(a) a fixed leakage detection system indicates leakage;\n(b) a container shows a loss in pressure, adjusted for temperature, of more than 10 %;\n(c) a container shows a loss in extinguishant quantity of more than 5 %;\n(d) other signs indicating charge loss.\n4. Pressure gauges and weight-monitoring devices shall be checked once every 12 months to ensure their proper functioning.",
  "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/eur/2007/1497/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:31.964916+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."
}