AD 2000-Regelwerk

In Germany, the safety and sustainability of pressure vessels and pipelines is closely linked to the AD 2000 regulations, which define the design, manufacture, inspection and acceptance. This publication contains the AD 2000 data sheets up to and including the June 2025 edition, which provide guidance and help to design, inspect and operate systems safely and professionally.

The pocket guide to the AD 2000 regulations (2025 edition) offers:

• bundled loose-leaf collection in one compact volume
• Overview of current requirements
• Concretization of the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)
• Clear test instructions

With this edition, you are ideally equipped to meet the requirements arising from the Pressure Equipment Directive, among others. The information in this publication is clearly laid out and at your fingertips.

Proven work aid in the anniversary edition

Safe and reliable design, manufacture and testing of pressure equipment would be practically inconceivable without the AD 2000 regulations. The various sheets of the regulations, which have the status of a technical rule in Germany, provide information on the safety requirements to be met by pressure vessels and pressurized systems. This AD 2000 pocketbook provides experts with a working aid for this important set of rules, in which the sheets of the loose-leaf collection are compiled in one volume.

The current anniversary edition "25 years of AD 2000-Taschenbuch" offers you as a user:

• PED

The current Pressure Equipment Directive (Directive 2014/68/EU) is included here in its consolidated version dated 09.10.2024.

• Handy reference work

​​​​​​​The AD 2000 pocket book bundles the entire loose-leaf collection of the AD 2000 regulations as of June 2025: You will receive the sheets of the A, B, G, HP, N, S-W and Z series in a compact, reduced form. This means you always have the contents of the regulations to hand.

• Communication basis

​​​​​​​The contents of the regulations are a proven standard in technical communication between manufacturers, test centers and authorities. The terms and definitions contained therein ensure clarity, even within contracts.

Over 1000 pages of concentrated know-how, specifications, requirements and instructions for the design, calculation and manufacture of pressure equipment and systems provide experts with everything they know and appreciate from the AD 2000 pocket book.

From the contents:

• Pressure Equipment Directive
• Equipment, installation and marking
• Calculation
• Basic principles
• Manufacture and testing
• Non-metallic materials
• Special cases
• Materials for pressure vessels
• Additional information

The book is aimed at:

​​​​​​​Plant engineers, operators and installers, distributors, maintenance personnel, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment parts, pipelines, boilers, steam appliances, plants and pressure vessels, calculation offices, operators of plants requiring monitoring