G/TBT/N/EU/430  
 
13 December 2016  
(16-6806) 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 Commission  
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/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9. 2 [   ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [  X ], 5.7.1 [    ], 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 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of glued laminated 
timber products covered by the harmonised standard EN 14080 and structural finger jointed 
solid timber pro ducts covered by the harmonised standard EN 15497 with regard to their 
reaction to fire and amending Decision 2005/610/EC (5 pages + Annex 2 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft delegated act under the Construction Products 
Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 lays down the conditions under which glued laminated 
timber products covered by EN 14080 and structural finger jointed solid timber products 
covered by EN 15497 can be classified with regard to their reaction to fire performance, 
without f urther testing being required  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The manufacturers of the construction products concerned are allowed, under the conditions 
laid down in the draft Commission Delegated Regu lation, to classify the reaction to fire 
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 aim s to serve the objective of avoiding unnecessary 
administrative burdens and costs.  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council 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  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  February -March 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2nd quarter 2017  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry po int [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/  
https://members.wto.or g/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_5109_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_5109_01_e.pdf