Rulefinder provides affordable online access to essential legislative texts and standards with additional background support and interpretations from our team of compliance experts. 

Always up to date, it gives you the information you need to design, manufacture, or assess products against EU and UK legislation, including EN and ISO standards.    

This easy-to-use tool is designed by our engineers for other engineers. 

Industrial standards covered by Rulefinder

 

EU and UK Legislation: 
  • The EU Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 
  • UK ‘PE(S)R’ 
Guidelines including: 
  • EU Working Party Guidelines (from the forum of EU Notified Bodies for PED) 
  • EU Commission’s PED Application Guide 
  • EU Commission ‘Blue Guide’ for all Directives 
EN and ISO standards (Refrigeration):
  • Both original PDF and html with active links 
  • Current and superseded editions 
  • Table of dates: publication, EU/UK harmonisation, expiry of presumption of conformity

Marine industry standards covered by Rulefinder

 

EN and ISO standards for both SMALL and LARGE craft
  • Both original PDF and html with active links
  • Current and superseded editions
  • Table of dates: publication, EU/UK harmonisation, expiry of presumption of conformity
EU and UK Legislation:
  • The EU Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) and UK ‘RCR’
  • Small craft MGN from MCA
Guidelines including:
  • RSG Guidelines (from the forum of EU Notified Bodies for RCD)
  • EU Commission’s RCD Application Guide (known as the ‘CC document’)
  • EU Commission ‘Blue Guide’ for all Directives

Created to make it easier to understand and apply the standards

  • Contents are thoroughly reviewed and updated  
  • You’ll find informed specialist insights from our team to help you to understand and apply the contents. These insights are provided as you read a text, so you can quickly and easily see any related issues the industry has found and how we recommend resolving them  
  • Intelligent hyperlinks provide a pop-up summary of what the link is about before you commit to leaving your current position. That means there is no wasting time following irrelevant links. The links are NOT located in an appendix, they are right at the clause where it’s relevant 
  • Rulefinder holds previously viewed pages in memory to make browsing back and forward between pages quick and easy