Errichtung und Betrieb einer überwachungsbedürftigen Anlage nach Betriebssicherheitsverordnung Erlaubnis von Anlagen mit Druckgeräten

If you have a filling system for pressurized gases or make certain changes to it, you require a permit from the competent authority.

Filling systems with pressure equipment in which transportable pressure equipment is filled with a filling capacity of more than 10 kilograms per hour for delivery to others are systems that require monitoring.

You require a permit from the competent authority if you wish to

• wish to erect and put into operation or
• wish to change the design or mode of operation in such a way that the safety of the system is affected.

Permission may be granted subject to the following restrictions:

• limited,
• limited in time,
• subject to conditions or
• with conditions.

If the installation requiring a permit is part of an installation requiring a permit no separate permit is issued. The approval includes the permit.

Informal application with the following details:

• Surname, first name, company name
• Address of the applicant
• Contact information (e-mail, telephone, fax)
• Type of permit:
  • Establishment and operation
  • Modification and operation
  • Partial permit
• Specification of the operating site

Documents required to assess the installation:

• Subject of the application

• Description of the installation
• Safety equipment for toxic gases
• Safety equipment for flammable gases
• Description of the system technology and interaction with other systems
• Piping and instrumentation flow diagram (P&I flow diagram)
• Safety data sheets
• Description of operation
• General plan
• Site plan
• Floor plan/technical plan
• Ex zone plan
• Explosion protection concept
• Information on fire protection
• Calculation of production costs
• Other installations
• Test report from an approved inspection body (ZÜS)
  • The test report must confirm that the system can be operated safely if the specified measures are complied with.

• The facility for which you are applying for a permit must be a facility requiring a permit.
• You must construct and operate filling systems in accordance with the state of the art.
• Your documentation must be complete, plausible and meaningful.
• The test report from the approved inspection body (ZÜS) must confirm that the system applied for can be operated safely if the measures specified in the documents, including the tests, are complied with.

Administrative fees will be charged in accordance with the applicable administrative cost regulations.

• Submit the application for approval of the system requiring monitoring with the required documents including the test report from the approved monitoring body (ZÜS) to the responsible authority.
• If a permit is required in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act, you will receive the application documents back, as a permit in accordance with the Industrial Safety Ordinance will then also be checked as part of the necessary permit in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act.
• The competent authority will make its decision after examination and inform you of this.

The permit expires if:

• you have not commenced construction of the installation within two years of the permit being issued,
• you have interrupted the construction of the installation for two years or longer or
• you have not operated the installation for a period of three years.

You can apply to the licensing authority for an extension of the deadlines for important reasons.

The publication (LV 49) contains a list of the required application documents for systems with pressure equipment (filling systems) in Annex 2.

Appeal:

• You can appeal against the decision within one month of notification.
• You must submit the appeal to the competent authority in writing or for the record.

• Construction and operation of a system requiring monitoring in accordance with the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health Permit for systems with pressure equipment

• Permits are required for the construction, operation or modification of the design and operation of filling systems for compressed gases(systems with pressure equipment) with a filling capacity of more than 10 kilograms per hour in transportable pressure equipment for delivery to Other filling systems are so-called "systems requiring monitoring" that must be assembled, installed and operated in accordance with the state of the art.
• The permit can be
  • granted subject to conditions,
  • limited,
  • limited in time and
  • be subject to conditions.
• Application: informally in writing or electronically
• An application for a partial permit is possible.
• Responsible: Occupational health and safety departments of the regional councils

The occupational health and safety departments of the Darmstadt, Giessen and Kassel regional councils are responsible.

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: No