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EIGA Update

October 2023

Save the date!

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Save the date of next Winter Summit in your agenda: 23 to 25 January 2024, Antwerp.

This year we will focus on Enabling Hydrogen together!

Invitations will be launched mid-October 2023 on our website.

News

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Where to stay when you visit EIGA

EIGA has negotiated a preferred hotel room rate at the DoubleTree by Hilton. You can make your booking at a rate of 149€/night in 2023 and 154€/night for 2024 (including city taxes but without breakfast). If you want to be sure to have a hotel booking, don’t wait and book it quickly. Brussels is often fully booked. If you no longer need the booking, you should cancel it yourself.
Members may find the booking link in the extranet section.

PFAS

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a proposal to ban PFAS from the environment. PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a large class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have been observed to contaminate groundwater, surface water and soil.
This proposal comes from some 5 Member States (Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden)…

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New publications

Doc27 - Centrifugal Compressors for Oxygen Service

The purpose of the publication is to provide general guidance on the design, manufacturing, installation and operation of centrifugal oxygen compressors, thereby safeguarding personnel and equipment as well as ensuring reduced downtime from this equipment. It is intended for those involved at all stages of centrifugal oxygen compressors including those who specify, design, install, operate…

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Doc91 - Use of Pressure Relief Devices for Gas Cylinders

This publication provides guidance as to when pressure relief devices are required for gas cylinders used in Europe. It is intended to supplement the information provided in transport regulations such as ADR and to provide additional background information on the subject.

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Doc099 - Good Manufacturing Practice Guide Part I for Medicinal Gases

To assist the Medical Gas Industry in the interpretation of the overall requirements of the EC legislation with respect to GMP, this EIGA GMP Guide has been prepared. It has been structured so that it integrates the specific requirements of the Annex 6 of the EC GMP Guide into the parts of the main text…

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Doc099 - Good Manufacturing Practice Guide Part II for Medical Gases: Basic Requirements for Active Substances Used as Starting Materials

This publication covers the requirements regarding the manufacturing of the active pharmaceutical ingredients, (API) in Good Manufacturing Practice condition in the field of medicinal gases manufacturing.
In this publication, manufacturing includes all operations of receipt of materials, production, packaging, repackaging, labelling, relabelling, quality control, release, storage and distribution of active substances and the related controls.

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Doc151- Prevention of Excessive Pressure during Filling of Cryogenic Vessels

This publication is intended to provide guidance to the filler/owner of either transportable or static cryogenic tanks, detailing the systems and procedures that can be used to prevent them being over pressurized during filling (i.e., causing a catastrophic failure by excessive pressure).

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Doc152- Comparison of European, US & Japanese pharmacopoeia monographs Comparison of European, US & Japanese Pharmacopoeia Monographs for Medicinal Gases

To provide a cross reference between the three sets of published monographs to enable a comparison of the requirements for each method

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Doc203 - Typical Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance Cases in the Medical Gases Industry

Guide to harmonise the approach of EIGA members to classification and reporting of post-marketing cases and reporting to EU authorities in the same manner

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Doc238 - Prevention of Plant Instrument and Utility Gas System Cross Contamination

This publication applies to HYCO plants and provides design and safeguards requirements of utility and instrument gas systems. It identifies the potential hazards resulting from the connections between gases, instrument gases, and the process.

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Doc244 - Reciprocating Cryogenic Pumps and Pump Installations for Hydrogen and Liquified Natural Gas

This publication covers cryogenic reciprocating pumps and pump installations for hydrogen and LNG service.

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PP46 - Position and Hydrogen & Gas Package

As Trilogues have commenced, the European Industrial Gases Association, EIGA, would like to share its two main concerns in relation to the gas and hydrogen package

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TB18 - Long Time Durability of Steel Gas Cylinders  

This Technical Bulletin provides information on the lifespan of gas cylinders, regarding the design, in-service practices, maintenance and lifespan expectations of gas cylinders. It is intended to assist in discussions relating to the lifespan of gas cylinders.

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TB50 - Pressure Reducing Valves

If the supply pressure in cylinders/bundles is higher than the end user installation service pressure, using a pressure reducing valve with a built-in, pre-set, pressure reducer, is a popular solution to avoid the re-design of a customer installation.

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TP 050/23 - The Legal Framework in Europe for the Transport of Gases

(Revision of TP 050/17)
This Training Package gives an overview of the legal framework in Europe for the transport of gases. It explains how transport regulations in Europe are developed from the United Nations Model Recommendation on the transport of dangerous goods and how the various modes of transport regulations link together. It also…

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