History

  • 1976 | The Portuguese Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gases (APGPL) is established .
  • 1980 | Recognized as a Public Utility Entity, a status maintained to this day
  • 1980 | Acknowledged as a Training Entity in the professional gas field
  • 1984 | Renamed Portuguese Association for Combustible Gases 
  • 1990 | Recognized as a Sectoral Standardization Body
  • 1997 | Acknowledged as a Notified Body for the PED directive
  • 1997 | Renamed Instituto Tecnológico do Gás (ITG)
  • 1999 | Recognized as a Notified Body for the TPED directive
  • 2001 | ITG becomes known as Inspection Body No. I0001
  • 2002 | Recognized as a Fuels Inspection Entity (EIC)
  • 2019 | Statute revision to include areas of hydrogen and renewable gases
  • 2022 | Recognized as a People Certification Body (OCP)