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Gaseous Fuel Safety Act.

Country/Territory
Estonia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002 (2004)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Natural gas Emissions
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 July 2002.
Abstract

The scope of this Act shall be to ensure the safety of persons, property and the environment by providing requirements for: (a) gaseous fuels, appliances burning gaseous fuels, fittings of appliances burning gaseous fuels, and gaseous fuel installations; (b) the placing on the market, putting into service and the use of appliances burning gaseous fuels and of fittings of appliances burning gaseous fuels, and for the procedure for the conformity assessment and attestation thereof; and (c) the construction, putting into service and use of gaseous fuel installations. A gaseous fuel which is odourless after production may be placed on the market after a clearly detectable odour component has been added to it which enables its presence in the air to be recognised after the gas content of the air has reached one fifth of the minimum detonation limit of the gaseous fuel.

Full text
English
Website
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References - Legislation

Repealed by

Equipment Safety Act (2015)

Legislation | Estonia | 2015 (2019)

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Public health, Natural gas, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX