SIST EN 13385:2026

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2026
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13385:2002
Premične plinske jeklenke - Baterijska vozila in večprekatni zabojniki za pline
(MEGC) za stisnjene in utekočinjene pline (razen acetilena) - Kontrola med
polnjenjem
Transportable gas cylinders - Battery vehicles and multiple-element gas containers
(MEGCs) for compressed and liquefied gases (excluding acetylene) - Inspection at time
of filling
Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Batterie-Fahrzeuge und Gascontainer mit mehreren
Elementen (MEGCs) für verdichtete und verflüssigte Gase (außer Acetylen) - Prüfung
zum Zeitpunkt des Füllens
Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Véhicules-batteries et conteneurs à gaz à éléments
multiples (CGEM), pour gaz comprimés et liquéfiés (à l’exception de l’acétylène) -
Inspection au moment du remplissage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13385:2025
ICS:
23.020.35 Plinske jeklenke Gas cylinders
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13385
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 23.020.35 Supersedes EN 13385:2002
English Version
Transportable gas cylinders - Battery vehicles and
multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) for compressed
and liquefied gases (excluding acetylene) - Inspection at
time of filling
Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Véhicules-batteries et Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Batterie-Fahrzeuge und
conteneurs à gaz à éléments multiples (CGEM), pour Gascontainer mit mehreren Elementen (MEGCs) für
gaz comprimés et liquéfiés (à l'exception de verdichtete und verflüssigte Gase (außer Acetylen) -
l'acétylène) - Inspection au moment du remplissage Prüfung zum Zeitpunkt des Füllens
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 November 2025.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Inspection at time of filling . 7
4.1 Inspection prior to filling . 7
4.2 Immobilisation and earthing . 8
4.2.1 Immobilisation . 8
4.2.2 Earthing . 8
4.3 Inspection during filling . 9
4.4 Disconnection . 9
4.5 Inspection after filling . 9
Bibliography . 10

European foreword
This document (EN 13385:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 23 “Transportable
gas cylinders”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2026.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 13385:2002.
a) added MEGCs to the scope;
b) revised all definition to be aligned with EN ISO 10286;
c) revised the Bibliography;
d) clarified definition of leak tight;
e) introduced a valve per cylinder/tube, which is not intended to be operated during use.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
Battery vehicles and MEGCs require inspection at time of filling, both before and after the filling process,
in order to ensure that all components are suitable for the intended filling conditions and are free of
defects and contamination that can affect the integrity of the battery vehicle or MEGC.
This document can also be used as guideline for battery wagons.
NOTE Where there is no risk of ambiguity, gas cylinders, tubes and bundles of cylinders are addressed with the
collective term ‘cylinder’ within this document.
1 Scope
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].
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN ISO 10286:2025, Gas cylinders — Vocabulary (ISO 10286:2025)
EN ISO 18119, Gas cylinders - Seamless steel and seamless aluminium-alloy gas cylinders and tubes -
Periodic inspection and testing (ISO 18119)
EN ISO 11623, Gas cylinders - Composite cylinders and tubes - Periodic inspection and testing (ISO 11623)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 10286 and the following
apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
bundle of cylinders
DEPRECATED: cylinder bundle, cylinder pack
pressure receptacle comprising an assembly of cylinders or cylinder shells that are fastened together and
which are interconnected by a manifold and transported as a unit, having a total water capacity not
exceeding 3 000 l
Note 1 to entry: RID/ADR [6] limit the water capacity of bundles intended for transport of toxic gases to 1 000 l
Note 2 to entry: In this document, the term “bundle”
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