LPG equipment and accessories - Transportable refillable LPG cylinders - Disposal

Adopted by the Council as a standard on 13/04/2026

Committee: Fuel Equipment and Fire Safety

Sector: Mechanical and Metals

Project Method: Not Available

Project Type: New

International Classification for Standards (ICS)

Code	Classification
13.030.50	Recycling
23.020.30	Pressure vessels
23.020.35	Gas cylinders

Adopted Standard

	Standards / Amendment / Corrigendum
1	EN 12816:2010

Scope

This European Standard specifies methods for the safe gas freeing and disposal of refillable LPG cylinders manufactured from steel, composite materials and aluminium, of water capacity 0,5 litres up to and including 150 litres.
This European Standard is applicable to the following:
- welded and brazed steel LPG cylinders with a specified minimum wall thickness (see EN 1442 and EN 12807 or equivalent standard);
- welded steel LPG cylinders without specified minimum wall thickness (see EN 14140 or equivalent standard);
- welded aluminium LPG cylinders (see EN 13110 or equivalent standard);
- composite LPG cylinders (see EN 14427 or equivalent standard).
This European Standard is intended to be applied to cylinders complying with ADR (including pi marked cylinders) and also to existing non ADR cylinder populations.