prBAS EN 13385:2027

This document specifies the minimum requirements for inspection at time of filling of battery vehicles and multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) for compressed and liquefied gases. The elements of battery vehicles and MEGCs covered by this document are: — seamless steel or seamless aluminium alloy cylinders or tubes, and — composite cylinders or tubes (hoop-wrapped or fully-wrapped) with a water capacity up to 3000 l. This document is not applicable to MEGCs using tanks as elements. This document is not applicable to the automotive components of a battery trailer. NOTE Acetylene battery-vehicles are covered by EN 13720 [1].