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PRESS RELEASE No 52/23

Luxembourg, 23 March 2023

Judgment of the Court in Case C-653/21 | Syndicat Uniclima

Fire safety in establishments open to the public: Member States may not impose additional requirements on pressure equipment bearing the CE marking for the purposes of making that equipment available on the national market

By an order adopted in 2019, the French Minister for the Interior amended a 1980 order on safety against the risks of fire and panic in establishments open to the public, to allow, subject to certain safety requirements, the use, in those establishments, of equipment using flammable refrigerants, such as refrigerators, freezers or air conditioners.

The order at issue makes the use of equipment using flammable refrigerants, in those establishments, subject to compliance with a certain number of requirements. However, it provides that equipment with the CE marking is not subject to those requirements, provided that that equipment is hermetically sealed.

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