Committee work and standardisation

Employees at the Gas Test Laboratory are represented in the following European, international and German committees, among others:

• CEN/TC 48 (Domestic gas-fired water heaters)
• CEN/TC 49 (Gas cooking appliances)
• CEN/TC 58 and ISO TC161 (Safety and control devices for burners and appliances burning gaseous or liquid fuels)
• CEN/TC 69 (Industrial valves)
• CEN/TC 106 (Large kitchen appliances using gaseous fuels)
• CEN/TC 109 (Central heating boilers using gaseous fuels)
• CEN/TC 180 (Decentralized gas heating)
• CEN/TC 181 (Appliances and leisure vehicle installations using liquefied petroleum gas and appliances using natural gas for outdoor use)
• CEN/TC 208 (Elastomeric seals for joints in pipework and pipelines)
• CEN/TC 234 (Gas infrastructure)
• CEN/TC 237 (Gas meters)
• CEN/TC 238 (Test gases, test pressures, appliance categories and gas appliance types)
• CEN/TC 268 (Specific hydrogen technologies applications)
• CEN/CLC JTC 17 (Gas appliances with combined heat and power)
• CLC TC 61 and IEC TC 61 (Safety of household and similar electrical appliances)
• CLC TC 72 and IEC TC 72 (Automatic electrical controls)
• CLC TC 216 (Gas detectors)

as well as the German mirror committees of the DIN in the respective standards committees of the NAGAS, NHRS, FNH, NAA, NAW and the DKE as well as the applicable technical committees of the DVGW. 

Moreover, employees of the Gas Test Laboratory are actively involved in European committees associated with the European directives and regulations:

• GADAC (Gas Appliance Directive Advisory Committee)
• "ECO BED-AC" Boiler Efficiency Directive Advisory Committee
• CEN SECTOR FORUM GAS UTILISATION
• CEN/CLC ECO CG (Ecodesign Coordination Group)