European foreword

This document (EN 12312‑5:2021+A1:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 274 “Aircraft ground support equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2025.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 9 December 2024.

This document supersedes EN 12312‑5:2021.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its Member States.

For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

EN 12312 , Aircraft ground support equipment — Specific requirements, consists of the following parts:

— Part 1: Passenger stairs;
— Part 2: Catering vehicles;
— Part 3: Conveyor belt vehicles;
— Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges;
— Part 5: Aircraft fuelling equipment (this document);
— Part 6: Deicers and de-icing/anti-icing equipment;
— Part 7: Air-craft movement equipment;
— Part 8: Maintenance or service stairs and platforms;
— Part 9: Container/Pallet loaders;
— Part 10: Container/Pallet transfer transporters;
— Part 11: Container/Pallet dollies and loose load trailers;
— Part 12: Potable water service equipment;
— Part 13: Lavatory service equipment;
— Part 14: Disabled/incapacitated passenger boarding vehicles;
— Part 15: Baggage and equipment tractors;
— Part 16: Air start equipment;
— Part 17: Air conditioning equipment;
— Part 18: Nitrogen or Oxygen units;
— Part 19: Aircraft jacks, axle jacks and hydraulic tail stanchions;
— Part 20: Electrical ground power units.

Annexes C and D are normative; Annexes A, B, E and ZA are informative.

The main changes compared to the previous edition EN 12312‑5:2005+A1:2009 are the following ones:

a) Amendment A1:2009 was incorporated;
b) the Introduction was updated in relation to the deviation from recommended criteria;
c) the Scope was updated to cover reasonably foreseeable misuse;
d) Clause 2, Normative references, was updated;
e) the list of hazards was updated to exclude hazards due to traffic and repair and was moved to Annex A;
f) Clause 5, Safety requirements and/or measures, was completely revised and changed;
g) Subclause 5.6.5 Ergonomic aspects on AFE for fuel supply, was added
h) Subclause 6.1, Marking, and Subclause 6.2 Additional marking, were changed;
i) Clause 7, Verification of requirements, was updated;
j) Annex D, Ancillary equipment to access the aircraft fuelling panel (refuelling ladder), was added;
k) Annex ZA referring to the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC was replaced by Annex ZA referring to the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 12312-5:2021+A1:2025

Aircraft ground support equipment. Specific requirements - Aircraft fuelling equipment

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Published:

31 Jan 2025