Ensuring operational safety - apply for a permit to erect and operate installations with pressure equipment

• Submit the application for permission for the installation requiring monitoring to the competent authority with the necessary documents, including the test report of the approved inspection body (ZÜS).
• If there is a permit requirement 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 permit under the Federal Immission Control Act.
• The competent authority shall take its decision after examination and inform you thereof.
   

The competent authorities in Rhineland-Palatinate are the Labour Supervision Departments of the Structural and Licensing Authorities North and South.

Regional Offices Trade Inspectorate of the Structure and Approval Directorate North (SGD North) or South (SGD South)

• The plant for which you are applying for the permit must be an installation requiring a permit.
• They must build and operate state-of-the-art filling systems.
• Your documentation must be complete, plausible and meaningful.
• The test report of the approved inspection body (ZÜS) must confirm that the requested installation can be operated safely if the measures specified in the documents, including the tests, are complied with.

Informal application with the following information:

• Last name, first name, company name
• Address of the applicant
• Contact information (e-mail, telephone, fax)
• Type of permission:
  • Construction and operation
  • Modification and operation
  • Partial permission
• Indication of the place of operation

Documents to be able to assess the plant:

• Subject matter of the application

• Description of the plant
• Safety equipment for toxic gases
• Safety equipment for flammable gases
• Description of the plant technology and interaction with other plants
• Piping and instrumentation flow diagram (P&ID diagram)
• Safety Data Sheets
• Description of the mode of operation
• Lay-out
• Site plan
• Floor plan/technical plan
• ExZone Plan
• Explosion protection concept
• Information on fire protection
• Calculation of production costs
• Other installations
• Test report of an approved inspection body (ZÜS)
  • The test report must confirm that the system can be operated safely if the above measures are observed.

• file number and indication of the approval authority of a building permit that has already been issued, or
• Information on the approval authority in the case of a building permit that has yet to be applied for or has already been applied for

The permit expires if:

• you have not started the construction of the installation within two years of the permit being granted,
• you have interrupted the construction of the installation for two years or more, or
• 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.

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

Contradiction:

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

• In Rhineland-Palatinate, objections can also be filed in electronic form.

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance required: No

Online services available: No

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

• LV 49 Publication of the State Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (LASI)

The permission of the North or South Structural and Licensing Authorities does not include the building permit. You must apply for this separately.

• Framework conditions for electronic communication at the Structure and Approval Directorate South Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP)
• Framework conditions for electronic communication at the Structure and Approval Directorate North Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP)

11.01.2023