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Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2015/1958 of 1 July 2015 on the applicable systems to assess and verify constancy of performance            of geosynthetics and related products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council            (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2015/1958                     

# of 1 July 2015

# on the applicable systems to assess and verify constancy of performance of geosynthetics and related products pursuant to                        Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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(1), and in particular Article 60(h) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)The procedure for attesting the conformity of geosynthetics and related products with the applicable technical specifications                              has been established in Commission Decision 96/581/EC(2).

(2)Decision 96/581/EC does not lay down detailed criteria for the choice of systems to assess and verify constancy of performance                              for the reaction to fire of geosynthetics and related products.

(3)The systems set out in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 should be more adequately chosen to assess the performance of                              geosynthetics and related products.. This should enable manufacturers to access the internal market more efficiently, thus                              contributing to greater competitiveness of the construction industry as a whole.

(4)Decision 96/581/EC should therefore be repealed and replaced in the interest of clarity and transparency,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

This Decision applies to the geosynthetics and related products set out in Annex I.

# Article 2U.K.

The geosynthetics and related products referred to in Article 1 shall be assessed and verified for constancy of performance                     in relation to their essential characteristics in accordance with the systems specified in Annex II.                  

# Article 3U.K.

Decision 96/581/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

# Article 4U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

Done at Brussels, 1 July 2015.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

Jean-Claude Juncker                            

## ANNEX IU.K.**PRODUCTS COVERED**

This Decision applies to:

Geosynthetics (membranes and textiles) used for separation, protection, drainage, filtration, or soil reinforcement

Geocomposites used for separation, protection, drainage, filtration, or soil reinforcement

Geogrids used for separation, protection, drainage, filtration, or soil reinforcement

Geomembranes used for separation, protection, drainage, filtration, or soil reinforcement

Geonets used for separation, protection, drainage, filtration, or soil reinforcement

## ANNEX IIU.K.**SYSTEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION OF CONSTANCY OF PERFORMANCE**

For the products covered by this Decision, taking into account their essential characteristics, the systems for Assessment                     and Verification of Constancy of Performance apply as follows:                  

### *Table 1*

**For all essential characteristics except for reaction to fire**

### *Table 2*

**For reaction to fire only**

1

OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5.                           

2

Commission Decision 96/581/EC of 24 June 1996 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant                              to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards geotextiles (OJ L 254, 8.10.1996, p. 59).