ʻO ka palapala hōʻoia ʻo ATEX e pili ana i ka "Equipment and Protection Systems for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres" (94/9/EC) kuhikuhi i ʻae ʻia e ka European Commission ma Malaki 23, 1994.
Hoʻopili kēia kuhikuhi i kaʻu a me nā mea hana ʻole.ʻOkoʻa i ke kuhikuhi mua, aia nā mea hana mīkini a me nā mea uila, a hoʻonui i ka lewa hiki ke pahū i ka lepo a me nā kinoea puhi ahi, nā mahu a me nā noe i ka lewa.ʻO kēia kuhikuhi ke kuhikuhi "hoʻokokoke hou" i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ATEX 100A, ke kuhikuhi pale pahū ATEX o kēia manawa.Hōʻike ia i nā koi ʻenehana no ka noi ʻana i nā mea hana i manaʻo ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lewa hiki ke pahū - nā pono olakino a me ka palekana a me nā kaʻina loiloi conformity e pono e hahai ʻia ma mua o ka kau ʻana o nā mea hana ma ka mākeke ʻEulopa i loko o ke ʻano o kona hoʻohana.
Loaʻa ʻia ʻo ATEX mai ka huaʻōlelo 'ATmosphere EXplosibles' a he palapala koi ia no nā huahana āpau e kūʻai ʻia ma ʻEulopa.Aia ʻo ATEX i ʻelua mau kuhikuhi ʻEulopa e kauoha ana i ke ʻano o nā mea hana a me nā kūlana hana i ʻae ʻia i kahi pōʻino.
ʻO ka ATEX 2014/34/EC Directive, i kapa ʻia ʻo ATEX 95, pili i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana a me nā huahana a pau i hoʻohana ʻia i nā wahi pahū.Hōʻike ka ATEX 95 Directive i nā pono olakino a me ka palekana e pili ana i nā mea pahū a pau (loaʻa iā mākouPahū Hōʻoia Damper Actuator) a me nā huahana palekana e hui i mea e kūʻai aku ai ma ʻEulopa.
ʻO ka ATEX 99/92/EC Directive, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ATEX 137, ke kuhikuhi nei i ka pale ʻana i ke olakino a me ka palekana o nā limahana e ʻike mau ana i nā wahi hana pahū.'Ōlelo ke kuhikuhi:
1. Nā koi kumu no ka pale ʻana i ka palekana a me ke olakino o nā limahana
2. Ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā wahi i loaʻa i kahi lewa hiki ke pahū
3. Pono e hui pū ʻia nā wahi i loaʻa i kahi lewa pahū me kahi hōʻailona hōʻailona