Ensuring operational safety - applying for a permit to install and operate gas filling systems

• Submit the application for approval of the system requiring monitoring with the required documents including the test report from the approved monitoring body (ZÜS) to the responsible authority.
• If a permit is required in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act, you will receive the application documents back, as a permit in accordance with the Industrial Safety Ordinance will then also be checked as part of the necessary permit in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act.
• The competent authority will make its decision after examination and inform you.

The responsible authorities in Rhineland-Palatinate are the trade supervisory departments of the North and South structural and licensing authorities.

Regional offices for trade supervision of the Struktur und Genehmigungsdirektion Nord (SGD Nord) or South (SGD South)

• The facility for which you are applying for a permit must be a facility requiring a permit.
• You must construct and operate filling stations in accordance with the state of the art.
• Your documentation must be complete, plausible and meaningful.
• The test report from the approved inspection body (ZÜS) must confirm that the system applied for can be operated safely if the measures specified in the documents, including the tests, are complied with.

Informal application with the following details:

• Surname, first name, company name
• Address of the applicant
• Contact information (e-mail, telephone, fax)
• Type of permit
  • Construction and operation
  • Modification and operation or
  • Partial permit
• Specification of the operating site

Documents required to assess the installation:

• Subject of the application
• Description of the installation
• Description of the plant technology and interaction with other plants
• Piping and instrumentation flow diagram (P&I flow diagram)
• Safety data sheets
• Description of mode of operation
• Permanently manned position for operation without supervision
• Overview plan
• Site plan
• Floor plan/technical plan
• Ex-zone plan
• Explosion protection concept
• Information on fire protection
• Calculation of production costs
• Other installations
• Test report from an approved inspection body (ZÜS)
  • The test report must confirm that the system can be operated safely if the specified measures are complied with.

• File number and details of the approval authority for a building permit already granted or
• the approval authority in the case of a building permit still to be applied for or a building permit already applied for

The permit expires if:

• you have not commenced construction of the installation within two years of the permit being issued,
• you have interrupted the construction of the installation for two years or longer or
• you have not operated the installation for a period of three years.

You can apply to the licensing authority for an extension of the deadlines for important reasons.

• § Section 18 (1) No. 3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV)

Appeal:

• You can appeal against the decision within one month of notification.
• You must submit the appeal to the competent authority in writing or for the record.

• In Rhineland-Palatinate, objections can also be submitted in electronic form.

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: No

The publication (LV 49) contains a list of the required application documents for gas filling systems in Annex 3.

• LV 49 Publication of the Länder Committee for Occupational Safety and Safety Technology (LASI)

The permit from SGD Nord or Süd does not include planning permission. This must be applied for separately.

• Framework conditions for electronic communication at the Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Süd Rheinland-Pfalz (RLP)
• Framework conditions for electronic communication at the Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Nord Rheinland-Pfalz (RLP)

11.01.2023