Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

3.  The aim of the technical documentation is to enable conformity with the requirements of the ATEX Directive to be assessed and the design, manufacture and operation of the equipment or protective system to be understood.

The documentation shall contain:

• a general description of the product;

• conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and layouts of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.;

• descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of said drawings and layouts and the operation of the equipment or protective system;

• a list of the standards referred to in Article 5 of the ATEX Directive, applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential requirements of the ATEX Directive where the standards referred to in that Article have not been applied;

• results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc.;

• test reports.