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Issues related to cylinder filling inspections 01: Queries regarding cylinder filling licenses. Image: Question: According to Article 8.4 of the new “Technical Specifications for Cylinder Safety” (TSG 23-2021), “Filling units that handle cylinders containing flammable, oxidizing, toxic, or corrosive gases (with the exception of those engaged only in non-commercial filling activities), as well as filling units that do not perform repeated filling operations, must also obtain a cylinder filling license in accordance with the relevant technical safety specifications.” The \"Announcement by the State Administration for Market Regulation on Matters Related to Administrative Licenses for Special Equipment\" [2019, No. 3] specifies in the \"Catalogue of Licenses for Special Equipment Production Units\" that the types of gases for which a filling license is required are not clearly defined. Is it necessary to obtain a gas cylinder filling permit for filling non-flammable, non-combustible, non-toxic, and non-corrosive gases (such as inert gases like nitrogen, argon, krypton, and xenon)? Answer: The relevant requirements are specified in Section 8.4 of the \"Technical Specifications for Gas Cylinders\" (TSG 23-2021); this regulation came into effect on June 1, 2021. Department responding: Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau Date: 2021-05-17 02 Regarding whether inspectors at gas cylinder inspection agencies need to purchase social insurance Pictures Question: Hello, leader! Cylinder inspection agencies must undergo registration for the inspection and testing of special equipment in accordance with the requirements for cylinder inspectors set out in TSG Z7001-2004 \"Rules for the Approval of Special Equipment Inspection and Testing Agencies\" before they can carry out inspection work. Can inspection and testing personnel not purchase social insurance through their own employer? Answer: Image inspection personnel cannot work for two institutions at the same time; therefore, the employer is required to provide social insurance coverage. Reply department: Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau. Date: 2020-11-10. 03 Regarding the number of inspectors required for newly established gas cylinder inspection agencies. Image. Question: Hello, sir! The newly established cylinder inspection agency is applying for PD1, PD2, and PD5 in accordance with the TSG Z7001-2004 \"Rules for the Approval of Special Equipment Inspection and Testing Agencies\"; each of these categories requires 2 cylinder inspectors. The company currently has only 4 cylinder inspectors – is it possible to apply for all three categories at once? Answer: Images are okay. Department responding: Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau Date: 2020-11-10 04 Can a person with qualifications as a gas cylinder inspector serve as the technical director of a gas cylinder inspection agency? Image: According to TSG Z7001-2004 \"Rules for the Approval of Special Equipment Inspection and Testing Institutions\", in Table 2 – Table of Resource Requirements for Special Equipment Inspection and Testing Institutions – the requirements for the qualifications and numbers of inspection personnel listed as PD1 to PD5 specify that there should be 1 professional engineer or pressure vessel inspector ； Again (3) 2. Technical supervisor: must possess qualifications equivalent to those of a professional engineer or a cylinder inspector or above,...... As I understand it, the qualification above that of a gas cylinder inspector should be that of a pressure vessel inspector, with these two roles being equivalent to those of engineers. Therefore, a gas cylinder inspector with such qualifications cannot serve as the technical supervisor. I’m not sure if my understanding is correct; please clarify, sir! Answer: Image. A cylinder inspector can serve as the technical supervisor of a cylinder inspection agency. Reply department: Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau. Date: 2020-08-20. Question 5: Regarding the provisions on the testing and control of filling media in the licensing requirements for gas cylinder filling. Image. Question: Dear leaders of the General Administration, regarding item D2.7.1.3 in the licensing requirements for gas cylinder filling, it stipulates that “in accordance with the requirements of safety technical specifications and relevant standards, chemical analysis must be conducted on purchased gaseous materials, residual gas in cylinders, and the product gas.” May I ask whether the laboratory tests specified in this clause can be entrusted to another organization for completion? Answer: According to the image in ‘TSG 07-2019’, the chemical analysis specified in D2.6.1.2 cannot be outsourced; however, the testing and analysis of the filling media for other gas cylinders can be outsourced. Replying department: Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau Date: 2020-06-01 06 Regarding the gas cylinder filling tracking information system Pictures Question Hello! In the basic requirements (D2.1) of the licensing criteria for cylinder filling as specified in the \"Rules for Licensing Production Units and Filling Units of Special Equipment\" (TSG07-2019), it is required that filling units dealing with toxic and flammable substances establish an information platform as a condition for on-site audits. The Notice issued by the General Administration on Accelerating the Development of a National Tracking System for the Quality and Safety of Gas Cylinders requires that gas cylinder filling units complete the development of information systems for liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, vehicle-use gas cylinders, hydrogen cylinders, etc., by 2021, and complete the establishment of an information platform for industrial gas cylinder filling by 2022. May I ask whether it is possible to pass the review if no establishment has been carried out during the process of obtaining certificates, renewing them, or adding additional items? Answer: For applying for a gas cylinder filling license, the applicant must establish and use a quality tracking information system for gas cylinder filling, and must comply with the provisions of D2.1 in TSG 07-2019 as well as the relevant requirements set by the licensing authority. Responding department: Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau Date: 2020-05-13