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This Part of the European Standard specifies the requirements for the establishment of the technical delivery conditions in form of: - European harmonized Standard for material; _ European approval for material (EAM); - Particular material appraisal for metallic materials for pressure equipment in all product forms, and is restricted to steel at present. Welding consumables are not covered by this standard.This Part of this European Standard specifies the materials for pressure equipment to comply with the requirements of the relevant pressure equipment material specification. This Part describes how this shall be applied to materials intended for the manufacturing of pressure bearing parts and attachments to them.