scope:

This document specifies the safety, design, construction, and performance requirements and testing for manually operated taps and presetting taps for burners and appliances burning one or more gaseous fuels, hereafter referred to as "taps".

This document is applicable to taps with declared maximum inlet pressures up to and including 50 kPa and of nominal connection sizes up to and including DN 50 for use with one or more fuel gases.

This European standard specifies general product requirements for the following controls:

- automatic shut-off valves;

- automatic burner control systems;

- flame supervision devices;

- gas/air ratio controls;

- pressure regulators;

- manual taps;

- mechanical thermostats;

- multifunctional controls;

- pressure sensing devices;

- valve proving systems;

- automatic vent valves.

This European standard applies for control functions that are not covered by a specific control standard for burners and appliances burning one or more gaseous fuels or liquid fuels.

This European Standard applies also for safety accessories and pressure accessories with a product of the maximum allowable pressure PS and the volume V of less than 600 000 kPa · dm³ (6 000 bar · L) or with a product of PS and DN of less than 300 000 kPa (3 000 bar).

This European Standard is applicable to reset functions used for reset from lockout, e.g. due to ignition failure or temperature cut-out in burners and appliances (see Annex M).

This European Standard establishes methodologies for the determination of a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and the determination of a Performance Level (PL) (see Annex J, Annex K and Annex L).

This European Standard gives guidelines for environmental aspects (see Annex N).

This European Standard does not apply to mechanical controls for use with liquid fuels.

The protection against environmental impact in open air (i.e. capable of withstanding UV radiation, wind, rain, snow, dirt deposits, condensation, ice and hoar frost (see IEV 441-11-05:2005), earthquake and external fire) is not covered by this standard.

This European Standard should be used in conjunction with the specific control standard (see Bibliography).

This document is not applicable to:

a) manual operated shut-off valves conforming to EN 331:2015;

b) controls which use auxiliary energy (e.g. electrical energy supplied externally).