{"id":3433,"date":"2026-09-07T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/ped-directive-and-periodic-inspections\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:51:26","slug":"ped-directive-and-periodic-inspections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/en\/ndt-technologies-and-standards\/plant-standards-and-asset-integrity\/ped-directive-and-periodic-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"PED Directive and periodic inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:36%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-immagine_con_sonda_e_procedura_di_taratura_e_calibrazione-web-960x960-1.webp?resize=960%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Calibration procedure of a probe for thickness measurement\" class=\"wp-image-984\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-width:1px;border-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-immagine_con_sonda_e_procedura_di_taratura_e_calibrazione-web-960x960-1.webp?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-immagine_con_sonda_e_procedura_di_taratura_e_calibrazione-web-960x960-1.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-immagine_con_sonda_e_procedura_di_taratura_e_calibrazione-web-960x960-1.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-immagine_con_sonda_e_procedura_di_taratura_e_calibrazione-web-960x960-1.webp?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:4%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-right-radius:6px;border-bottom-right-radius:6px;border-left-color:#225f78;border-left-width:6px;background-color:#ebf1f4;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#225f78;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.408), 18px);font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6\">The PED is a European directive, not an inspection code. The article defining its scope names three precise activities: design, manufacture and conformity assessment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.6\">\n<li style=\"list-style:none\"><strong style=\"color:#225f78\">\u2713<\/strong> Directive 2014\/68\/EU, known as the PED<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"list-style:none\"><strong style=\"color:#225f78\">\u2713<\/strong> Threshold stated in Art. 1(1): PS greater than 0.5 bar <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"list-style:none\"><strong style=\"color:#225f78\">\u2713<\/strong> Pressure equipment and assemblies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"list-style:none\"><strong style=\"color:#225f78\">\u2713<\/strong> Transposed in Italy by Legislative Decree of 15 February 2016, no.  26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the references in this section, the PED Directive is the one of a different nature. API codes are technical documents published by an industry association and become binding when a contract or a local requirement invokes them. The PED, by contrast, is a legislative act of the European Union, transposed into national law and therefore mandatory within its scope.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scope is set by Article 1, paragraph 1: <em>\u201cThis Directive shall apply to the design, manufacture and conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0,5 bar\u201d<\/em>. In Italian: the directive applies to the design, manufacture and conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0.5 bar. There are therefore three activities and one threshold, stated without ambiguity.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light popmake-4066 popmake-739\" style=\"border-width:1px;min-height:250px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"250\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-727 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banner_technical_support_choose_products.png?resize=1200%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banner_technical_support_choose_products.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banner_technical_support_choose_products.png?resize=300%2C63&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banner_technical_support_choose_products.png?resize=1024%2C213&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banner_technical_support_choose_products.png?resize=768%2C160&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#d3d6dc\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-15701bb7 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-ti-fg-color is-style-default has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(21.536px, 1.346rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.374), 35px);\"><strong>Need help choosing the right product?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b507c051 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button popmake-4066 popmake-739\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ti-accent-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One clarification is appropriate, because popular summaries circulate wordings that do not belong to the text. The adjective <em>stationary<\/em>, for example, appears in summary material but not in Article 1(1) quoted above: it should not therefore be presented as the text of the directive. Likewise, from the fact that the article names design, manufacture and conformity assessment, no statement follows about in-service inspections, which must be sought in the full text of the directive, in the transposing decree and in the applicable national legislation.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The references in brief<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th style=\"background-color:#225f78;color:#ffffff;padding:10px\">Item<\/th><th style=\"background-color:#225f78;color:#ffffff;padding:10px\">Indication<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Act<\/td><td>Directive 2014\/68\/EU (PED)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scope<\/td><td>Design, manufacture and conformity assessment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Subject<\/td><td>Pressure equipment and assemblies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Threshold<\/td><td>Maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0.5 bar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Italian transposition<\/td><td>Legislative Decree of 15 February 2016, no. 26 (Official Gazette no. 53 of 4\/3\/2016)  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to read the directive and the inspection codes together<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:36%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-strumento_CX_applicazione_misura_spessore_su_parti_di_carpenteria-web-1200x1200-1.webp?resize=1200%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thickness measurement on a steel structural element\" class=\"wp-image-1014\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-width:1px;border-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-strumento_CX_applicazione_misura_spessore_su_parti_di_carpenteria-web-1200x1200-1.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-strumento_CX_applicazione_misura_spessore_su_parti_di_carpenteria-web-1200x1200-1.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-strumento_CX_applicazione_misura_spessore_su_parti_di_carpenteria-web-1200x1200-1.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-strumento_CX_applicazione_misura_spessore_su_parti_di_carpenteria-web-1200x1200-1.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ultrasuonindt.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dakota_ndt-strumenti_di_misura_ad_ultrasuoni-strumento_CX_applicazione_misura_spessore_su_parti_di_carpenteria-web-1200x1200-1.webp?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:4%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In plant practice the two worlds coexist. The directive accompanies the equipment at the moment it is designed, manufactured and placed on the market; the inspection codes, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/en\/ndt-technologies-and-standards\/plant-standards-and-asset-integrity\/api-510-pressure-vessels\/\">API 510<\/a> for vessels, concern equipment already in service. Knowing which of the two is being invoked avoids most misunderstandings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the instrument side, in both cases the thickness figure has value only if it is traceable: instrument set with calibration blocks of known thickness, repeatable procedure, measurement point identified and recorded. This is the minimum condition for a reading to be comparable with the previous ones and to stand up in a technical discussion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended instruments<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th style=\"background-color:#225f78;color:#ffffff;padding:10px\">Instrument<\/th><th style=\"background-color:#225f78;color:#ffffff;padding:10px\">Use<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/en\/products\/thickness-gauges\/dakota-cmx1-dl-corrosion-and-coating-gauge\/\">Dakota CMX1-DL<\/a><\/td><td>Corrosion gauge with A-Scan, one- or two-point calibration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/prodotti\/misuratori-di-spessore\/dakota-cmx3-dl-corrosione-con-a-scan\/\">Dakota CMX3-DL<\/a><\/td><td>Extended modes for measurement through coating and temperature compensation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/en\/products\/thickness-gauges\/dakota-mx2-dl-a-scan-b-scan-corrosion-gauge\/\">Dakota MX2-DL<\/a><\/td><td>A-Scan and B-Scan with storage of the recorded points<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/prodotti\/sonde-e-accessori\/blocchetti-calibrazione\/\">Calibration blocks<\/a><\/td><td>Thickness references of known value for setting the instrument<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1757400401\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What does the PED Directive apply to?<\/strong><p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Article 1, paragraph 1 of Directive 2014\/68\/EU establishes that it applies to the design, manufacture and conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0.5 bar.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1757400402\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">How was it transposed in Italy?<\/strong><p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">By Legislative Decree of 15 February 2016, no. 26, published in Official Gazette no. 53 of 4 March 2016.  <\/p><\/div><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1757400403\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is the directive enough to cover every obligation on a piece of equipment?<\/strong><p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">No. This page reports the scope stated in Article 1(1) and does not exhaust the content of the directive. The obligations concerning a specific piece of equipment must be derived from the full text, from the transposing decree and from the applicable national legislation.  <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/en\/ndt-technologies-and-standards\/plant-standards-and-asset-integrity\/\">Plant standards and asset integrity<\/a> or write to us from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/en\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information and contacts <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roder.it\">Systems division and sensor integration partner : www.roder.it<\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasuonindt.it\/chi-siamo\/\">More information about RODER SRL : about us<\/a><br\/>Contact for general information : <a href=\"mailto:info@roder.it\">info@roder.it<\/a><br\/>Contact for information about these products : <a href=\"mailto:info@roder.it\">info@roder.it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The information contained on this web page is provided for information purposes only. Although it has been compiled with the utmost care, it does not constitute a contractual offer or a binding commitment to supply. It may contain transcription, translation or typographical errors. For precise and up-to-date information, please contact our company directly.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Some images on this website have been intentionally generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is because, for many applications and projects, it is not possible to disclose photographs of the installation or of the actual system due to confidentiality agreements, confidentiality clauses and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PED is a European directive, not an inspection code. 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