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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 574/2014 of 21 February 2014 amending Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of            the European Parliament and of the Council on the model to be used for drawing up a declaration of performance on construction            products         

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# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 574/2014                     

# of 21 February 2014

# amending Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the model to be used for                        drawing up a declaration of performance on construction products                     

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(e) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 obliges manufacturers of construction products to draw up a declaration of performance                              when a construction product that is covered by a harmonised standard or conforms to a European Technical Assessment issued                              for that product is placed on the market. According to Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, that declaration should                              be drawn up using the model set out in Annex III to that Regulation.

(2)In accordance with Article 60(e) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, the Commission is delegated the task of adapting Annex III                              to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 in response to technical progress.

(3)The model set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 should be adapted, in order to respond to technological progress,                              to allow the flexibility required by different kinds of construction products and manufacturers as well as to simplify the                              declaration of performance.

(4)Furthermore, practical experience with the implementation of Annex III shows that manufacturers would need further instructions                              for drawing up declarations of performance on construction products in line with applicable legislation. Providing such instructions                              would also ensure a harmonised and correct application of Annex III.

(5)The manufacturers should be allowed some flexibility for drawing up declarations of performance as long as they provide, in                              a clear and coherent manner, the essential information required by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.

(6)In order to unequivocally identify the product covered by a declaration of performance in relation with its performance levels                              or classes, manufacturers should link every single product to the respective product-type and to a given set of performance                              levels or classes by the unique identification code referred to in Article 6(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.

(7)The purpose of Article 11(4) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 is to enable the identification and the traceability of any single                              construction product by the indication, by the manufacturers, of a type, batch or serial number. This purpose is not served                              by a declaration of performance, which should be subsequently used for all products corresponding to the product-type defined                              in it. Therefore, the information required by Article 11(4) should not be required to be contained in the declaration of performance.

(8)When the notified bodies are properly identified, the listing of all certificates, test, calculation or assessment reports                              issued might become extensive and burdensome but does not bring about added value for the users of the products covered by                              a declaration of performance. The manufacturers should thus not be obliged to include these listings in their declarations                              of performance.

(9)In order to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the European construction sector as a whole, manufacturers providing                              declarations of performance wishing to benefit from the simplification and instructions for the purposes of facilitating the                              provision of such declarations should be able to do so as soon as possible,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

Declarations of performance issued before the entry into force of this Regulation, which comply with Article 6 of Regulation                     (EU) No 305/2011 and the initial Annex III thereto, shall be deemed to comply with this Regulation.                  

# Article 3U.K.

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### “ANNEX IIIDECLARATION OF PERFORMANCENo

#### 1.Unique identification code of the product-type:U.K.

#### 2.Intended use/es:U.K.

#### 3.Manufacturer:U.K.

#### 4.Authorised representative:U.K.

#### 5.System/s of AVCP:U.K.

#### 6a.Harmonised standard:U.K.

Notified body/ies:

#### 6b.European Assessment Document:U.K.

European Technical Assessment:

Technical Assessment Body:

Notified body/ies:

#### 7.Declared performance/s:U.K.

#### 8.Appropriate Technical Documentation and/or Specific Technical Documentation:U.K.

The performance of the product identified above is in conformity with the set of declared performance/s. This declaration                     of performance is issued, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer                     identified above.                  

Signed for and on behalf of the manufacturer by:
          -  [*name*]                         
          -  At [*place*] on [*date of issue*]                         
          -  [*signature*]                         

#### **Instructions for drawing up the declaration of performance**U.K.

##### 1.GENERALU.K.

These instructions aim at guiding the manufacturers when drawing up a declaration of performance compliant with Regulation                     (EU) No 305/2011, following the model of this Annex (hereinafter referred to as “the model”).                  

These instructions are not part of the declarations of performance to be issued by manufacturers and should not be enclosed                     to these declarations of performance.                  

When drawing up a declaration of performance, the manufacturer shall:

reproduce the texts and the headlines of the model which are not indicated between square brackets;

replace the blank spaces and square brackets by inserting the necessary information.

Manufacturers may also include in the declaration of performance the reference to the website where the copy of the declaration                     of performance is made available in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. This may be included after                     point 8 or in another place where it does not affect the readability and clarity of the mandatory information.                  

##### 2.FLEXIBILITYU.K.

Providing that the mandatory information required by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 is provided in a clear, complete                     and coherent manner, when drawing up a declaration of performance, it is possible to:                  

use a different layout as in the model;

combine the points of the model by presenting some of them together;

present the points of the model in a different order or using one or more tables;

omit some points of the model which are not relevant for the product for which a declaration of performance is drawn up. For                              example, this is the case since the declaration of performance may be based either on a harmonised standard or on a European                              Technical Assessment issued for the product, rendering the other alternative not applicable. These omissions could also concern                              the points on the authorised representative or on the use of Appropriate Technical Documentation and the Specific Technical                              Documentation;                           

present the points without numbering them.

If a manufacturer wishes to issue a single declaration of performance covering different variations of a product-type, at                     least the following elements need to be listed separately and clearly for every product variation: the number of the declaration                     of performance, the identification code under point 1 and the declared performances/s under point 7.                  

##### 3.INSTRUCTION FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE FORMU.K.

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OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5.