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"BCOMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2000
implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction to fire
performance of construction products
(notified under document number C(2000) 133)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/147/EC)
(OJ L 50, 23.2.2000, p. 14)
Corrected by:
"C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 85, 24.3.2001, p. 43 (2000/147/EC)2000D0147 — EN — 23.02.2000 — 000.002 — 1
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2000
implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classifi-
cation of the reaction to fire performance of construction products
(notified under document number C(2000) 133)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/147/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988
on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions
of the Member States relating to construction products (1), as amended
by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 3, 6 and 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(2) and (3) of Directive 89/106/EEC state that in order to
take account of different levels of protection for the construction
works that may prevail at national, regional or local levels, each
essential requirement may give rise to the establishment of classes
in the interpretative documents. These documents have been
published as the ‘Communication of the Commission with regard
to the interpretative documents of Council Directive
89/106/EEC (3)’.
(2) Paragraph 4.2.1 of interpretative document No 2 justifies the need
for different levels of the essential requirement as function of the
type, use and location of the construction work, its layout and the
availability of the emergency facilities.
(3) Paragraph 2.2 of interpretative document No 2 lists a number of
interrelated measures for the satisfaction of the essential
requirement, ‘Safety in case of fire’ that together contribute to
define the fire safety strategy that can be developed in different
ways in Member States.
(4) Paragraph 4.2.3.3 of interpretative document No 2 identifies one
of these measures prevailing in Member States that consists in the
limitation of the generation and spread of fire and smoke within
the room of origin (or in a given area) by limiting the contribution
of construction products to the full development of a fire.
(5) The definition of classes of the essential requirement partially
depends on the level of such a limitation.
(6) The level of this limitation may be expressed only by different
levels of reaction to fire performance of the products in their
end-use application.
(7) Paragraph 4.3.1.1 of the interpretative document No 2 specifies
that to enable the reaction to fire performance of products to be
evaluated, a harmonised solution will be developed which may
utilise full or bench scale tests that are correlated to relevant real
fire scenarios.
(8) The harmonised solution lies in a system of classes that are not
included in the interpretative document.
(9) The system of classes identified for this purpose refers to a
number of test methods already known to the European standard-
isation bodies.!B
(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 62, 28.2.1994, p. 1.2000D0147 — EN — 23.02.2000 — 000.002 — 2
(10) Commission Decision 94/611/EC of 9 September 1994 on the
application of Article 20 of Directive 89/106/EEC relating to
construction products (1), which describes the system of classes,
does not indicate the thresholds of classes B, C and D, as the
single burning item test was not sufficiently well developed at that
time.
(11) The relevant data are now available and Decision 94/611/EC
should therefore be replaced by a new decision which includes the
thresholds of the classes and some adaptations to technical
progress. Alternative test procedures should be fully described in a
future European standard, or Commission decision, on the basis of
an agreement between the Commission and the Member States, in
consultation with CEN/CENELEC and EOTA.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with
the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. When the end-use application of a construction product is such that
it may contribute to the generation and spread of fire and smoke within
the room (or area) of origin or beyond, the product shall be classified on
the basis of its reaction to fire performance, having regard to the
classification system set out in Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex.
2. Products shall be considered in relation to their end-use application.If the classification based on the standardised tests and criteria listed in
Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex is not appropriate, one or more reference
scenarios (representative scale test(s) typifying agreed hazard scen-
ario(s)) may be called on, within the context of a procedure providing for
alternative tests.
Article 2
Decision 94/611/EC is hereby repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to
this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.!B
(1) OJ L 241, 16.9.1994, p. 25.2000D0147 — EN — 23.02.2000 — 000.002 — 3
ANNEX
Symbols (1)
∆T temperature rise
∆m mass loss
tf duration of flaming
PCS gross calorific potential
FIGRA fire growth rateTHR
600s total heat release
LFS lateral flame spreadSMOGRA smoke growth rateTSP
600s total smoke production
Fs flame spread
Definitions
‘Material’: a single basic substance or uniformly dispersed mixture of substances,
for example metal, stone, timber, concrete, mineral wool with uniformly dispersedbinder, polymers.
‘Homogeneous product’: a product consisting of a single material, having uniform
density and composition throughout the product.
‘Non-homogeneous product’: a product that does not satisfy the requirements of a
homogeneous product. It is a product composed of one or more components,substantial and/or non-substantial.
‘Substantial component’: a material that constitutes a significant part of a
non-homogeneous product. A layer with a mass per unit area 51,0 kg/m
2or a
thickness 51,0 mm is considered to be a substantial component.
‘Non-substantial component’: a material that does not constitute a significant part
of a non-homogeneous product. A layer with a mass per unit area 51,0 kg/m2
and a thickness 51,0 mm is considered to be a non-substantial component.
Two or more non-substantial layers that are adjacent to each other (i.e. with no
substantial component(s) in-between the layers) are regarded as one non-substan-tial component and, therefore, must altogether comply with the requirements for alayer being a non-substantial component.
For non-substantial components, distinction is made between internal non-sub-
stantial components and external non-substantial components, as follows.
‘Internal non-substantial component’: a non-substantial component that is covered
on both sides by at least one substantial component.
‘External non-substantial component’: a non-substantial component that is not
covered on one side by a substantial component.!
B
(1) The characteristics are defined with respect to the appropriate test method.2000D0147 — EN — 23.02.2000 — 000.002 — 4
Table 1
CLASSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS EXCLUDING
FLOORINGS (*)
Class Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1 EN ISO 1182 (1)
and∆T430 °C; and
∆m450 %; and
tf= 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming)—
EN ISO 1716 PCS 42,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS42,0 MJ.kg-1(2)((2a))and
PCS41,4 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS42,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
A2 EN ISO 1182 (1)
or∆T450 °C and
∆m450 % and
tf420s—
EN ISO 1716
andPCS43,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS44,0 MJ.m-2(2) and
PCS44,0 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS43,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
EN 13823 (SBI) FIGRA 4120 W .s-1and
LFS5edge of specimen and
THR 600s47,5 MJSmoke production (5), and flaming
droplets/particles (6)
B EN 13823 (SBI)
andFIGRA 4120 W .s-1and
LFS5edge of specimen and
THR 600s47,5 MJSmoke production (5), and flaming
droplets/particles (6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8)
Exposure = 30sFs4150 mm within 60s
C EN 13823 (SBI)
andFIGRA 4250 W .s-1and
LFS5edge of specimen and
THR 600s415 MJSmoke production (5), and flaming
droplets/particles (6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure = 30sFs4150 mm within 60s
D EN 13823 (SBI)
andFIGRA 4750 W .s-1Smoke production (5), and flaming
droplets/particles (6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure = 30sFs4150 mm within 60s
E EN ISO 11925-2 (8)
Exposure = 15sFs4150 mm within 20s Flaming droplets/particles (7)
F No performance determined
(*) The treatment of some families of products, e.g. linear products (pipes, ducts, cables, etc.), is still under review and may necessitate
an amendment to this decision.
(1) For homogeneous products and substantial components of non-homogeneous products.
(2) For any external non-substantial component of non-homogeneous products.
(2a) Alternatively, any external non-substantial component having a PCS 42,0 MJ.m-2, provided that the product satisfies the following
criteria of EN 13823 (SBI): FIGRA 420 W .s-1; and LFS 5edge of specimen, and "C1THR 600s344,0 MJ and s1 and d0.
(4) For any internal non-substantial component of non-homogeneous products.
(5) For the product as a whole.
(6) s1 = SMOGRA 430m2.s-2and"C1TSP 600s3450m2; s2 = SMOGRA 4180m2.s-2and TSP 600s4200m2; s3 = not s1 or s2.
(7) d0 = No flaming droplets/particles in EN 13823 (SBI) within 600s; d1 = no flaming droplets/particles persisting longer than 10s in
EN 13823 (SBI) within 600s; d2 = not d0 not d1; ignition of the paper in EN ISO 11925-2 results in a d2 classification.
(8) Pass = no ignition of the paper (no classification); fail = ignition of the paper (d2 classification).
(9) Under conditions of surface flame attack and, if appropriate to the end-use application of the product, edge flame attack.!B2000D0147 — EN — 23.02.2000 — 000.002 — 5
Table 2
CLASSSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE FOR FLOORINGS
Class Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1FL EN ISO 1182 (1)
and∆T430 °C and
∆m450 % and
tf= 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming)—
EN ISO 1716 PCS 42,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS42,0 MJ.kg-1(2) and
PCS41,4 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS42,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
A2FL EN ISO 1182 (1)
or∆T450 °C and
∆m450 % and
tf420s—
EN ISO 1716
andPCS43,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS44,0 MJ.m-2(2) and
PCS44,0 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS43,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
EN ISO 9239-1 (5) Critical flux (6)58,0 kW .m-2Smoke production (7)
BFL EN ISO 9239-1 (5)
andCritical flux (6)58,0 kW .m-2Smoke production (7)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8)
Exposure = 15s"C1Fs4150 mm within 20s 3
CFL EN ISO 9239-1 (5)
andCritical flux (6)54,5 kW .m-2Smoke production (7)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8)
Exposure = 15sFs4150 mm within 20s
DFL EN ISO 9239-1 (5)
andCritical flux (6)53,0 kW .m-2Smoke production (7)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8)
Exposure = 15sFs4150 mm within 20s
EFL EN ISO 11925-2 (8)
Exposure = 15sFs4150 mm within 20s
FFL No performance determined
(1) For homogeneous products and substantial components of non-homogeneous products.
(2) For any external non-substantial component of non-homogeneous products.
(3) For any internal non-substantial component of non-homogeneous products.
(4) For the product as a whole.
(5) Test duration = 30 minutes.
(6) Critical flux is defined as the radiant flux at which the flame extinguishes or the radiant flux after a test period of 30 minutes,
whichever is the lower (i.e. the flux corresponding with the furthest extent of spread of flame).
(7) s1 = Smoke 4750 %.min; s2 = not s1.
(8) Under conditions of surface flame attack and, if appropriate to the end-use application of the product, edge flame attack.!B2000D0147 — EN — 23.02.2000 — 000.002 — 6