EN 12972:2015

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Inspections and tests
5 Procedures and documentation for inspections and tests
Annex A (informative) - Applicable items of tank
        inspection - Survey Table
Annex B (informative) - Technical data for type approval
Annex C (informative) - Hydraulic pressure testing with
        gases - hazards and precautions
Annex D (informative) - Certificate of initial, periodic and
        intermediate inspection and exceptional check
Annex E (normative) - Tank plates for fixed tanks
        (tank vehicles) and demountable tanks for the
        transport of dangerous goods
Annex F (normative) - Tank plates for tank containers or
        portable tanks for the transport of dangerous goods
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This European Standard specifies testing, inspection and marking for the type approval, initial inspection, periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional check of metallic tanks (shell and equipment) of fixed tanks (tank vehicles), demountable tanks, rail tank wagons, portable tanks and tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods.This European Standard is not applicable to battery-vehicles and battery-wagons comprising cylinders, tubes, pressure drums, bundles of cylinders and multiple element gas containers (MEGCs), independent of whether the elements are receptacles or tanks.It is essential that the requirements of the applicable regulations for the transport of dangerous goods prevail in all cases over those of this standard.