G/TBT/N/EU/968  
24 April 2023  
(23-2917) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Construction products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) on t he conditions for classification, without 
testing, of solid wood panelling and cladding with regard to their reaction to fire and 
amending Decision 2006/213/EC; (5 page(s), in English), (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The reaction to fi re performance of wood panelling and 
cladding, and wood ribbon elements, within the classification provided for in Regulation 
(EU) 2016/364, is well established only when the material is untreated. For this reason, 
the reaction to fire performance of these  products can be deemed, without the need for 
any further testing, to achieve a certain class of performance, as defined in the European 
classification system mentioned above but this classification cannot be extended to 
untreated products. This Delegated Regulation is necessary to prevent misuse of the 
existing Commission Decision 2006/213/EC.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The manufacturers of the construction products concerned are allowed, only 
under the conditions laid down in the draft Commission Delegated Regulation, to classify 
the fire protection ability performance of their products without further testing being 
required, since the performance of the products concerned has already been  sufficiently 
demonstrated by stable test results. This simplified procedure aims to serve the objective 
of avoiding unnecessary administrative burdens and costs.  G/TBT/N/EU/968  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Co uncil of 9 March 
2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and 
repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC.  
Official Journal of the EU No L 88 of 4.4.2011, page 5.  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:088:0005:0043:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  3rd quarter 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  4th quarter 2023  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43, 
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt /en/ 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_9249_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_9249_01_e.pdf