For further reading on PED please visit:
The official EU site on PED
For further information on CEN harmonised standards please visit: European harmonised standards
Furthermore we would like to refer to the publication of "Guidelines on the interpretation of the pressure equipment directive" by the British Valve an Actuator Manufacturers' Association (BVAA). For orders you can send an e-mail to the BVAA.
The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA) publishes a document that can be purchased on their website. The document is titled "Valve Purchasers' Guide to the European Pressure Equipment Directive" and has number 196.
EEMUA and EUROPIA publish piping PED guide, 5-11-2001
The European Petroleum Industry Association (Europia) and the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association have published a guide to the use of ISO15649 and ANSI/ASME B31.3 for piping in Europe in compliance with the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED). The guide identifies and defines a set of common additional and modified requirements to ISO 15649 and ANSI/ASME B31.3 necessitated by the PED. It includes an actions checklist, and tables identifying key requirements of the PED and the corresponding clauses of the ISO/ANSI-ASME standards, together with supplementary information. The European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED), Directive 97/23/EC, entered into force on 29 November 1999 and will be mandatory throughout the European Economic Area (EEA) from 30 May 2002.