National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13480‑1:2024. It supersedes BS EN 13480‑1:2017+A1:2019, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PVE/10, Piping systems.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

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This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

This publication has been prepared under a mandate given to the European Standards Organizations by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. It is intended to support requirements of the EU legislation detailed in the European Foreword. A European Annex, usually Annex ZA or ZZ, describes how this publication relates to that EU legislation.

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Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 9 July 2024.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC 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 translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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 United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 13480‑1:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 267 “Industrial piping and pipelines”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

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 December 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2024.

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 supersedes EN 13480‑1:2017.

This new edition incorporates the Amendments which have been approved previously by CEN members, and the corrected pages up to Issue 2 without any further technical change. Annex Y provides details of significant technical changes between this European Standard and the previous edition.

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.

This European Standard EN 13480 for metallic industrial piping consists of eight interdependent and not dissociable Parts which are:

Part 1: General;
Part 2: Materials;
Part 3: Design and calculation;
Part 4: Fabrication and installation;
Part 5: Inspection and testing;
Part 6: Additional requirements for buried piping;
CEN/TR 13480‑7, Guidance on the use of conformity assessment procedures;
Part 8: Additional requirements for aluminium and aluminium alloy piping.

Although these Parts may be obtained separately, it should be recognized that the Parts are inter-dependant. As such the manufacture of metallic industrial piping requires the application of all the relevant Parts in order for the requirements of the Standard to be satisfactorily fulfilled.

This European Standard will be maintained by a Maintenance MHD working group whose scope of working is limited to corrections and interpretations related to EN 13480. The contact to submit queries can be found at https://unm.fr/en/maintenance-agencies/maintenance-agency-en-13480/. A form for submitting questions can be downloaded from the link to the MHD website. After subject experts have agreed an answer, the answer will be communicated to the questioner. Interpretation sheets will be posted on the website of the MHD.

Amendments to this new edition may be issued from time to time and then used immediately as alternatives to rules contained herein. These amendments will be consolidated within EN 13480:2024 in accordance with the maintenance system of EN 13480 series approved by CEN/BT Decision C172/2021.

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.

1 Scope

This document specifies the requirements for industrial piping systems and supports, including safety systems, made of metallic materials with a view to ensure safe operation.

This document is applicable to metallic piping above ground, ducted or buried, irrespective of pressure.

This document is not applicable to:

Pipelines and their accessories;
Stream waterways such as penstocks, pressure tunnels, pressure shaft for hydro-electric-installations and their related specific accessories;
Piping for vehicles covered by the EEC type approval procedures as laid down in Directives 70/156/EEC [1], 74/150/EEC [2] and 92/61/EEC [3];
Items specifically designed for nuclear use, failure of which can cause an emission of radioactivity;
Well-control equipment used in the petroleum, gas or geothermal exploration and extraction industry and in underground storage which is intended to contain and/or control well pressure, including the piping;
Piping of blast furnaces including the furnace cooling, hot blast recuperators, dust extractors and blast furnace exhaust gas scrubbers and direct reducing cupolas including the furnace cooling, gas converters and vacuum furnaces and pans for melting, re-melting de-gassing and casting of steel and non ferrous metals;
Enclosures for high voltage electrical equipment such as switchgear, control gear and transformers;
Pressurized pipes for the containment of transmission systems such as for electrical power and telephone cables;
Permanently fixed piping for ships, rockets, aircraft and mobile offshore units;
Internal piping in medical devices as specified in the Directive 93/142/EEC [4] concerning medical devices;
Internal piping of boilers and piping integral to pressure vessels.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions, symbols and units

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Symbols and units

4 Interdependency of the parts of the series

5 Classification of piping

5.1 General

5.2 Piping of category 0

5.3 Piping operating ≤ 0,5 bar

5.4 Special cases

6 Requirements for Piping systems

7 Accessories

7.1 Industrial valves

7.2 Safety systems

Bibliography

BS EN 13480-1:2024

Metallic industrial piping - General

Current

Published:

31 Aug 2024