IMPORTANTLEGALNOTICE-Theinformationonthissiteissubjecttoadisclaimerandacopyrightnotice.31997L0023Directive97/23/ECoftheEuropeanParliamentandoftheCouncilof29May1997ontheapproximationofthelawsoftheMemberStatesconcerningpressureequipmentOfficialJournalL181,09/07/1997P.0001-0055DIRECTIVE97/23/ECOFTHEEUROPEANPARLIAMENTANDOFTHECOUNCILof29May1997ontheapproximationofthelawsoftheMemberStatesconcerningpressureequipmentTHEEUROPEANPARLIAMENTANDTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANUNION,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,andinparticularArticle100athereof,HavingregardtotheproposalsfromtheCommission(1),HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee(2),ActinginaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle189boftheTreaty(3),inthelightofthejointtextapprovedbytheConciliationCommitteeon4February1997,1.Whereastheinternalmarketisanareawithoutinternalfrontiersinwhichthefreemovementofgoods,persons,servicesandcapitalisensured;2.Whereastherearedifferencesinthecontentandscopeofthelaws,regulationsandadministrativeprovisionsinforceintheMemberStateswithregardtothesafetyandprotectionofhealthofpersonsand,whereappropriate,domesticanimalsorproperty,wherepressureequipmentnotcoveredbypresentCommunitylegislationisconcerned;whereasthecertificationandinspectionproceduresforsuchequipmentdifferfromoneMemberStatetoanother;whereassuchdisparitiesmaywellconstitutebarrierstotradewithintheCommunity;3.Whereastheharmonizationofnationallegislationistheonlymeansofremovingthesebarrierstofreetrade;whereasthisobjectivecannotbeachievedsatisfactorilybytheindividualMemberStates;whereasthisDirectiveonlylaysdownindispensablerequirementsforthefreecirculationoftheequipmenttowhichitisapplicable;4.Whereasequipmentsubjecttoapressureofnotmorethan0,5bardoesnotposeasignificanthazardduetopressure;whereasthereshouldnotthereforebeanyobstacletoitsfreemovementwithintheCommunity;whereasthisDirectiveappliestoequipmentsubjecttoamaximumallowablepressurePSexceeding0,5bar;5.WhereasthisDirectiverelatesalsotoassembliescomposedo...