Date: 2025-09-12Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1810 of 11 September 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 as regards harmonised standards on application equipment for coating materials, machinery for supply and circulation of liquid coating materials, explosion suppression systems and automatic electrostatic application systems for ignitable liquid coating materials
**Executive Summary:**
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2025/1810 amends Implementing Decision EU 2022/1668 regarding harmonised standards for equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. It updates standards for application equipment for coating materials, machinery for liquid coating materials, explosion suppression systems, and automatic electrostatic application systems. The decision comes into force upon publication, with deletions of old standards effective from 12 March 2027.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Purpose:** To update harmonised standards in line with Directive 2014/34/EU for equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres.
* **Amended Standards:**
* Revises and replaces EN 1953:2013 with EN 1953:2025 for application equipment for coating materials.
* Revises and replaces EN 12621:2006+A1:2010 with EN 12621:2025 for machinery for liquid coating materials.
* Revises and amends EN 14373:2021 with EN 14373:2021+A1:2025 for explosion suppression systems.
* Revises and replaces EN 50176:2009 with EN 50176:2025 for automatic electrostatic application systems.
* **Official Journal Updates:**
* Adds references to the updated harmonised standards (EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021+A1:2025, EN 50176:2025) to Annex I of Implementing Decision EU 2022/1668.
* Deletes references to the previous standards (EN 1953:2013, EN 12621:2006+A1:2010, EN 14373:2021, EN 50176:2009) from Annex I of Implementing Decision EU 2022/1668, effective 12 March 2027.
* **Conformity Presumption:** Compliance with the updated harmonised standards provides a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/34/EU.
* **Entry into Force:** The decision is effective from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**Manufacturers:**
* *Impact:* Manufacturers of application equipment for coating materials, machinery for liquid coating materials, explosion suppression systems, and automatic electrostatic application systems must comply with the updated standards to ensure their products conform to Directive 2014/34/EU.
* *Action Required:* Review and update product designs and manufacturing processes to meet the requirements of EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021+A1:2025 and EN 50176:2025. They also need to be aware of the date from which the old standards are no longer valid (12 March 2027).
**Member States:**
* *Impact:* Member states must recognise and enforce the updated harmonised standards.
* *Action Required:* Update national regulations and guidance to reflect the changes introduced by this implementing decision.
**European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC):**
* *Impact:* CEN and CENELEC are responsible for developing and maintaining the harmonised standards.
* *Action Required:* Ensure the availability and accessibility of the updated standards to relevant stakeholders.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining the scope of the Union's powers.
European Parliament: The directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A body composed of government ministers from each EU member state.
Directive 2014/34/EU: A directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
CEN: The European Committee for Standardization.
Cenelec: The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1810 12.9.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION(EU) 2025/1810
of 11 September 2025
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 as regards harmonised standards on application
equipment for coating materials, machinery for supply and circulation of liquid coating materials,
explosion suppression systems and automatic electrostatic application systems for ignitable liquid
coating materials
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on
European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC,
95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council(1), and in particular Article 10(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), products
which are in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in
the Official Journal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential health and safety
requirements set out in Annex II to that Directive covered by those standards or parts thereof.
(2) By Commission Implementing Decision C(2023) 4798(3), the Commission made a request to the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) to
revise the harmonised standards and to complete the work on the draft standards in support of Directive 2014/34/EU
(the ‘request’). The requested harmonised standards were to address the essential requirements set out in Article 4 of
Directive 2014/34/EU and in Annex II to that Directive.
(3) On the basis of the request, CEN revised the following harmonised standard, the reference of which is published by
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668(4): EN 1953:2013 – Atomising and spraying equipment for
coating materials – Safety requirements. This resulted in the adoption of the harmonised standard EN 1953:2025 –
Application equipment for coating materials – Safety requirements.
(4) On the basis of the request, CEN revised the following harmonised standard, the reference of which is published by
Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668: EN 12621:2006+A1:2010 – Machinery for the supply and circulation of
coating materials under pressure – Safety requirements. This resulted in the adoption of the harmonised standard
EN 12621:2025 – Machinery for supply and circulation of liquid coating materials – Safety requirements.
(1) OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1025/oj.
(2) Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the
Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (OJ L 96,
29.3.2014, p. 309, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/34/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Decision C(2023) 4798 of 20 July 2023 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for
Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation as regards equipment and protective systems
intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in support of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 of 28 September 2022 on harmonised standards for equipment and protective
systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres drafted in support of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament
and of the Council (OJ L 251, 29.9.2022, p. 6, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2022/1668/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1810/oj 1/4EN
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(5) On the basis of the request, CEN revised and amended the following harmonised standard, the reference of which is
published by Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668: EN 14373:2021 – Explosion suppression systems. This
resulted in the adoption of harmonised standard EN 14373:2021/A1:2025 – Explosion suppression systems.
(6) On the basis of the request, CEN revised the following harmonised standard, the reference of which is published by
Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668: EN 50176:2009 – Stationary electrostatic application equipment for
ignitable liquid coating material – Safety requirements. This resulted in the adoption of harmonised standard
EN 50176:2025 – Automatic electrostatic application system for ignitable liquid coating materials – Safety
requirements.
(7) The Commission, together with CEN, has assessed whether the standards EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025,
EN 14373:2021/A1:2025 and EN 50176:2025 comply with the request.
(8) The standards EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021/A1:2025 and EN 50176:2025 satisfy the
requirements they aim to cover, and which are set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU. It is therefore
appropriate to publish the references of those standards in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(9) Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 provides the references of harmonised standards conferring a
presumption of conformity with Directive 2014/34/EU. In order to ensure that the references of harmonised
standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/34/EU are listed in one act, the references of harmonised standards
EN 1953:2025, EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021/A1:2025 and EN 50176:2025 should be included in that Annex.
(10) It is necessary to withdraw from the L series of the the Official Journal of the European Union the references of
harmonised standards EN 1953:2013, EN 12621:2006+A1:2010, EN 14373:2021 and EN 50176:2009, given that
they have been revised. It is therefore appropriate to delete those references from Annex I to Implementing Decision
(EU) 2022/1668.
(11) In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to prepare for application of harmonised standards EN 1953:2025,
EN 12621:2025, EN 14373:2021/A1:2025 and EN 50176:2025, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the
references of harmonised standards EN 1953:2013, EN 12621:2006+A1:2010, EN 14373:2021 and
EN 50176:2009.
(12) Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13) Compliance with the harmonised standards confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential
requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such
standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the date of its
publication,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Point (1) of the Annex to this Decision shall apply from 12 March 2027.
Done at Brussels, 11 September 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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ANNEX
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 is amended as follows:
(1) rows 10, 12, 28 and 61 are deleted;
(2) the following rows are inserted in sequential order:
‘10a. EN 1953:2025
Application equipment for coating materials – Safety requirements.’
‘12a. EN 12621:2025
Machinery for supply and circulation of liquid coating materials – Safety requirements.’
‘28a. EN 14373:2021/A1:2025
Explosion suppression systems.’
‘61a. EN 50176:2025 – Automatic electrostatic application system for ignitable liquid coating materials –
Safety requirements.’.
4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1810/oj