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BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 764-3:2002Pressure equipment Part 3:Definition of parties involvedThe European Standard EN 764-3:2002 has the status of a British StandardICS 01.040.23;23.020.30NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 764-3:2002This British Standard,having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee,was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 13 June 2002 BSI 13 June 2002ISBN 0 580 39864 1National forewordThis British Standard is the official English language version of EN 764-3:2002.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PVE/1,Pressure vessels,which has the responsibility to:A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.Cross-referencesThe British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled“International Standards Correspondence Index”,or by using the“Search”facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract.Users of this publication are responsible for their correct application.Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.aid enquirers to understand the text;present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation,or proposals for change,and keep the UK interests informed;monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front cover,an inside front cover,the EN title page,pages 2 to 5 and a back cover.The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when thedocument was last issued.Amendments issued since publicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 764-3May 2002ICS 01.040.23;23.020.30English versionPressure equipment-Part 3:Definition of parties involvedEquipements sous pression-Partie 3:Dfinition desparties impliquesDruckgerte-Teil 3:Definition der beteiligten ParteienThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 April 2002.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration.Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions(English,French,German).A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria,Belgium,Czech Republic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre:rue de Stassart,36 B-1050 Brussels 2002 CENAll rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref.No.EN 764-3:2002 EEN 764-3:2002(E)2ContentspageForeword.31Scope.42Terms and definitions.4w w w.b z f x w.c o mEN 764-3:2002(E)3ForewordThis document EN 764-3:2002 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 54 Unfired pressure vessels,the secretariat of which is held by BSI.This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard,either by publication of an identical text orby endorsement,at the latest by November 2002,and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latestby November 2002.This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission(EC)and theEuropean Free Trade AssociationThis European Standard consists of seven parts which are:Part 1Definitions of pressure,temperature and volume;Part 2Quantities,symbols and units;Part 3Definition of parties involved;Part 4Establishment of technical delivery conditions for metallic materials;Part 5Inspection documentation of metallic materials and compliance with the material specification;Part 6Operating instructions;Part 7Safety systems for unfired pressure equipment.According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations,the national standards organizations of the followingcountries are bound to implement this European Standard:Austria,Belgium,Czech Republic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland and the United Kingdom.w w w.b z f x w.c o mEN 764-3:2002(E)41 ScopeThis European Standard defines terms and definitions of parties involved in the design,manufacture,testing andinspection of pressure equipment and assemblies addressed by the European Directive 97/23/EC.2 Terms and definitions2.1material manufacturerindividual or organisation that produces material in the basic product forms used in the manufacture of pressureequipment2.2material supplierindividual or organisation,that may or may not be the material manufacturer,who supplies material or parts used inthe manufacture of pressure equipment and assemblies2.3manufacturerindividual or organisation that is responsible for the design,fabrication,testing,inspection,installation of pressureequipment and assemblies where relevantNOTE 1The manufacturer can subcontract one or more of the above mentioned tasks under its responsibility.NOTE 2In EU member states the manufacturer is responsible for compliance with the Pressure Equipment Directive97/23/EC.For those manufacturers outside of the EU their authorized representative inside the EU assumes this responsibility.2.4designer,fabricator and/or installer,subcontractor of the manufacturerindividual or organisation that respectively performs design,fabrication,testing,installation where relevant,ofpressure equipment under contract to the manufacturer2.5first partyindividual or organisation that designs,manufactures or supplies the pressure equipment or the assembly2.6second partyindividual or organisation that uses and/or operates the pressure equipment or the assembly2.7third partyindividual or organisation independent of the first and second partyNOTEInspectors of the suppliers of material,manufacturers,fabricators/installers or their subcontractors are not third partyinspectors.2.8user and/or operatorindividual or organisation that uses and/or operates pressure equipment or assemblies2.9purchaserindividual or organisation that buys pressure equipment,assemblies or pressure parts on behalf of the user and/oroperator or for its own usew w w.b z f x w.c o mEN 764-3:2002(E)52.10inspectorindividual who is independent from production responsible for carrying out inspections to verify that therequirements of the technical specification(s)are met2.11responsible authoritycompetent organisation which is independent of the manufacturer.For application within the jurisdiction of theEuropean Union this organisation may be a notified body,a recognised third-party organisation or an userinspectorate.For application outside the jurisdiction of the European Union this organisation may be a governmentregulating body or an independent inspection authority.For the purpose of this standard all these organisationshave been collectively termed responsible authority(RA)2.12notified bodyorganisation according to the Article 12 of the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/ECNOTEThe names and tasks of the notified bodies are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.2.13recognized third-party organizationorganisation according to the Article 13 of the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/ECNOTEThe names and tasks of the recognised third-party organisations are published in the Official Journal of theEuropean Communities.2.14user inspectorateorganisation according to the Article 14 of the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/ECA user inspectorate acts exclusively for the group of which it is part.The names and tasks of the user inspectorateare not published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.The designation of an user inspectorate isoptional for the Member States.w w w.b z f x w.c o mBS EN 764-3:2002BSI389 Chiswick High RoadLondonW4 4ALBSI British Standards InstitutionBSI is the independent national body responsible for preparing British Standards.It presents the UK view on standards in Europe and at the international level.It is incorporated by Royal Charter.RevisionsBritish Standards are updated by amendment or revision.Users of British Standards should make sure that they possess the latest amendments or 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