Ensuring operational safety - apply for permission to set up and operate systems with pressure equipment

Prerequisites

• The system for which you are applying for permission must be a system that requires permission.
• You must build and operate filling systems using state-of-the-art technology.
• Your documents must be complete, plausible and meaningful.
• The test report from the approved monitoring body (ZÜS) must confirm that the system applied for can be operated safely if the measures specified in the documents, including the tests, are adhered to.

Documents required

Informal application with the following information:

• Last name, first name, company name
• Applicant's address
• Contact information (email, telephone, fax)

The application must indicate which type of permit you are seeking:

• Construction and operation
• Modification and operation
• Partial permission
• Indication of the operating location

Attach the following documents so that the system can be assessed:

• Subject of the application
• Description of the facility
• Safety equipment for toxic gases
• Safety equipment for flammable gases
• Description of the system technology and interaction with other systems
• Piping and instrument flow diagram (P&ID flow diagram)
• Safety data sheets
• Description of operation
• Overview plan
• Site plan
• Floor plan/technical plan
• Ex zone plan
• Explosion protection concept
• Fire protection information
• Calculation of manufacturing costs
• Other facilities
• Test report from an approved monitoring body (ZÜS). The test report must confirm that the system can be operated safely if the measures mentioned are adhered to.

Please note

The application documents can also be submitted in digital form.

Deadlines

The permission expires if:

• You have not started construction of the facility within two years of the permit being granted


• You have interrupted the construction of the system for two years or longer


• You have not operated the system for a period of three years

For important reasons, you can apply to the licensing authority for an extension of the deadlines.

Procedure

• Submit the application for approval of the system requiring monitoring with the necessary documents, including the test report from the approved monitoring body (ZÜS), to the responsible authority informally in writing or electronically.
• An application for partial permission is possible.
• If there is a requirement for approval under the Federal Immission Control Act, you will receive the application documents back, as a permit under the Industrial Safety Ordinance will then be checked as part of the necessary approval under the Federal Immission Control Act.
• The responsible authority will make its decision after examining it and inform you of it.

Processing time

The competent authority must decide on the application within three months of receiving it.

Fees

Fees are charged for processing the permit application in accordance with the fee schedule for the areas of occupational safety and plant and product safety (ArbSchGebO HA).


The amount of the fee depends on the time required to examine the application documents and prepare the permit.

Legal remedies

Contradiction:

• You can object to the decision within one month of the announcement.


• You must submit the objection to the responsible authority in writing or for recording.

Legal basis

§ 18 (1) No. 2 Industrial Safety Ordinance (BetrSichV)

LV 49 - Explanations and instructions for carrying out the approval procedures in accordance with Section 18 of the Industrial Safety Ordinance

Filling systems for compressed gases in which portable pressure devices with a filling capacity of more than 10 kilograms per hour are filled are systems that require monitoring. These must be assembled, installed and operated according to the state of the art.
You need permission from the responsible authority if you have a filling system:

• want to build and put into operation
• want to change the design or mode of operation in such a way that the safety of the system is influenced

Permission may be granted to you subject to the following restrictions:

• limited
• limited
• under conditions
• with conditions

If the facility requiring a permit is part of a facility requiring a permit, no separate permit will be issued. Approval includes permission.