{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-406/annex-IV/part-2/division-4/division-4.2/division-4.2.9/division-4.2.9.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-406/annex-IV/part-2/division-4/division-4.2/division-4.2.9/division-4.2.9.2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/406",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 406/2010 of 26 April 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 79/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of hydrogen-powered motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-406",
  "path": "annex/IV/part/2/division/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.9/division/4.2.9.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.2.9.2",
  "heading": "Procedure",
  "text": "The containers, with the composite wrapping free of any protective coating, shall be hydrostatically cycle tested in the following sequence:\n(a)Condition for 48 hours with a temperature ≥ 85 °C and a relative humidity ≥ 95 per cent;\n(b)Pressure cycle between ≤ 2,0 MPa and ≥ 1,25 times nominal working pressure at a temperature ≥ 85 °C and a relative humidity ≥ 95 per cent, for 1,5 times the number of filling cycles calculated in accordance with section 2.7.6.;\n(c)Stabilise at ambient conditions;\n(d)Condition the container and test fluid to a temperature ≤ – 40 °C as measured on the container surface and in the fluid;\n(e)Pressure cycle at ≤ – 40 °C between ≤ 2,0 MPa and ≥ nominal working pressure, for 1,5 times the number of filling cycles calculated in accordance with section 2.7.6.;\n(f)Leak test in accordance with section 4.2.11.;\n(g)Burst test in accordance with section 4.2.1.2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Applies to type 4 containers and type 3 with welded metal liners."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/406/annex/IV/part/2/division/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.9/division/4.2.9.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:48.674921+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."
}