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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of8February2000
implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction to fire
performance ofconstructionproducts
(notified under document number C(2000) 133)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/147/EC)
(OJ L 50, 23.2.2000, p. 14)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2003/632/EC of 26 August 2003 L 220 5 3.9.2003
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 85, 24.3.2001, p. 43 (2000/147/EC)
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of8February2000
implementingCouncilDirective89/106/EECasregardstheclassifi-
cationofthereaction tofire performance ofconstructionproducts
(notified under document number C(2000) 133)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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 provisionsof the Member Statesrelating to cons truction products(
1), asamended
by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Articles3, 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 levelsof protection for the cons truc-
tion worksthat may prevail at national, regional or local levels ,
each essential requirement may give rise to the establishment ofclasses in the interpretative documents. These documents havebeen published as the ‘Communication of the Commission withregard to the interpretative documentsof 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 functionof 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 require-
ment, ‘Safety in case of fire’ that together contribute to define
the fire safety strategy that can be developed in different waysin Member States.
(4)Paragraph 4.2.3.3 of interpretative document No 2 identifiesoneof these measures prevailing in Member States that consists inthe limitation of the generation and spread of fire and smokewithin the room of origin (or in a given area) by limiting thecontribution of construction products to the full development of
a fire.
(5)The definition of classes of the essential requirement partially
dependson the level of s uch a limitation.
(6)The level of this limitation may be expressed only by differentlevelsof reaction to fire performance of the productsin theirend-use application.
(7)Paragraph 4.3.1.1 of the interpretative document No 2 specifiesthat to enable the reaction to fire performance of productsto beevaluated, a harmonised solution will be developed which mayutilise 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 anumber of test methods already known to the European standar-disation bodies.2000D0147 — EN — 03.09.2003 — 001.001 — 2
(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.
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(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 thesingle burning item test was not sufficiently well developed atthat time.
(11)The relevant data are now available and Decision 94/611/ECshould therefore be replaced by a new decision which includesthe thresholds of the classes and some adaptations to technicalprogress. Alternative test procedures should be fully describedin 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 clas-sified on the basis of its reaction to fire performance, having regard tothe classification system set out in Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex.
2. Products shall be considered in relation to their end-use applica-
tion.
If the classification based on the standardised tests and criteria listed in
Tables1 and 2 of the Annex isnot appropriate, one or more reference
scenarios (representative scale test(s) typifying agreed hazardscenario(s)) may be called on, within the context of a procedureproviding for alternative tests.
Article 2
Decision 94/611/EC is hereby repealed.References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to
thisDecis ion.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0147 — EN — 03.09.2003 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 241, 16.9.1994, p. 25.
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ANNEX
Symbols (1)
∆T temperature rise
∆m mass loss
tfduration of flaming
PCS gross calorific potentialFIGRA fire growth rateTHR
600stotal heat release
LFS lateral flame spread
SMOGRA smoke growth rateTSP
600stotal smoke production
Fsflame s pread
Definitions
‘Material’: a single basic substance or uniformly dispersed mixture of
substances, for example metal, stone, timber, concrete, mineral wool with
uniformly dispersed binder, 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-
homogeneousproduct. A layer with a mas sper unit area ≥1,0 kg/m2or a
thickness ≥1,0 mm is considered to be a substantial component.
‘Non-substantial component’: a material that does not constitute a significant
part of a non-homogeneousproduct. A layer with a mas sper unit area < 1,0 kg/
m2and a thickness < 1,0 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-
substantial component and, therefore, must altogether comply with the require-
ments for a layer being a non-substantial component.
For non-substantial components, distinction is made between internal non-
substantial 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.2000D0147 — EN — 03.09.2003 — 001.001 — 4
(1) The characteristics are defined with respect to the appropriate test method.
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Table1
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∆T≤30 ºC; and
∆m≤50 %; and
tf= 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming)—
EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(2) (2a) and
PCS≤1,4 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
A2 EN ISO 1182 (1)
or∆T≤50 ºC and
∆m≤50 % and
tf≤20s—
EN ISO 1716
andPCS≤3,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS≤4,0 MJ.m-2(2) and
PCS≤4,0 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS≤3,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
EN 13823 (SBI) FIGRA ≤120 W.s-1and
LFS < edge of specimen and
THR600s≤7,5 MJSmoke production (5),
and flaming droplets/
particles(6)
B EN 13823 (SBI)
andFIGRA≤120 W.s-1and
LFS < edge of specimen and
THR600s≤7,5 MJSmoke production (5),
and flaming droplets/
particles(6)
EN ISO 11925-
2(8)Exposure =30sFs≤150 mm within 60s
C EN 13823 (SBI)
andFIGRA≤250 W.s-1and
LFS < edge of specimen andTHR
600s≤15 MJSmoke production (5),
and flaming droplets/
particles(6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure =30sFs≤150 mm within 60s
D EN 13823 (SBI)
andFIGRA≤750 W.s-1Smoke production (5),
and flaming droplets/
particles(6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure =30sFs≤150 mm within 60s
E EN ISO 11925-
2(8)Exposure =15sFs≤150 mm within 20sFlaming droplets /parti-
cles(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 ≤2,0 MJ.m-2, provided that the product
satisfies the following criteria of EN 13823 (SBI): FIGRA ≤20 W.s-1; and LFS < edge of specimen, and
►C1THR600s◄≤4,0 MJ and s1 and d0.
(3) For any internal non-substantial component of non-homogeneous products.
(4) For the product asa whole.
(5) s1 = SMOGRA ≤30m2.s-2and►C1TSP600s◄≤50m2; s2 = SMOGRA ≤180m2.s-2and TSP600s≤200m2;
s3 = not s1 or s2.
(6) d0 = No flaming droplets/particles in EN 13823 (SBI) within 600s; d1 = no flaming droplets/particles persisting
longer than 10sin EN 13823 (SBI) within 600s ; d2 = not d0 not d1; ignition of the paper in EN ISO 11925-2
results in a d2 classification.2000D0147 — EN — 03.09.2003 — 001.001 — 5
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(7) Pass = no ignition of the paper (no classification); fail = ignition of the paper (d2 classification).
(8) Under conditions of surface flame attack and, if appropriate to the end-use application of the product, edge
flame attack.
Table2
CLASSSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE FOR FLOORINGS
Class Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1FLEN ISO 1182 (1)
and∆T≤30 ºC and
∆m≤50 % and
tf= 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming)—
EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(2) and
PCS≤1,4 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
A2FLEN ISO 1182 (1)
or∆T≤50 ºC and
∆m≤50 % and
tf≤20s—
EN ISO 1716
andPCS≤3,0 MJ.kg-1(1) and
PCS≤4,0 MJ.m-2(2) and
PCS≤4,0 MJ.m-2(3) and
PCS≤3,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
EN ISO 9239-1 (5) Critical flux (6)≥8,0 kW.m-2Smoke production (7)
BFLEN ISO 9239-1 (5)
andCritical flux (6)≥8,0 kW.m-2Smoke production (7)
EN ISO 11925-
2(8)Exposure =15s►C1Fs≤150 mm within
20s◄
CFLEN ISO 9239-1 (5)
andCritical flux (6)≥4,5 kW.m-2Smoke production (7)
EN ISO 11925-
2(8)Exposure =15sFs≤150 mm within 20s
DFLEN ISO 9239-1 (5)
andCritical flux (6)≥3,0 kW.m-2Smoke production (7)
EN ISO 11925-
2(8)Exposure =15sFs≤150 mm within 20s
EFLEN ISO 11925-
2(8)Exposure =15sFs≤150 mm within 20s
FFLNo 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 asa whole.
(5) Test duration = 30 minutes.
(6) Critical flux isdefined asthe radiant flux at which the flame extinguis hesor the radiant flux after a tes t period
of 30 minutes, whichever is the lower (i.e. the flux corresponding with the furthest extent of spread of flame).
(7) s1 = Smoke ≤750 %.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.2000D0147 — EN — 03.09.2003 — 001.001 — 6
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Table3
CLASSES OF REACTION-TO-FIRE PERFORMANCE FOR LINEAR PIPE THERMAL INSULA-
TION PRODUCTS
Class Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1LEN ISO 1182 (1);
and∆T≤30 ºC; and
∆m≤50 %; and
tf= 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming)—
EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(1); and
PCS≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(2); and
PCS≤1,4 MJ.m-2(3); and
PCS≤2,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
A2LEN ISO 1182 (1);
or∆T≤50 ºC; and
∆m≤50 %; and tf≤20s—
EN ISO 1716;
andPCS≤3,0 MJ.kg-1(1); and
PCS≤4,0 MJ.m-2(2); and
PCS≤4,0 MJ.m-2(3); and
PCS≤3,0 MJ.kg-1(4)—
EN 13823 (SBI) FIGRA ≤270 W.s-1; and
LFS < edge of specimen; andTHR
600s≤7,5 MJSmoke production (5);
and
Flaming droplets/parti-
cles(6)
BLEN 13823 (SBI);
andFIGRA≤270 W.s-1; and
LFS < edge of specimen; and
THR600s ≤7,5 MJSmoke production (5);
and
Flaming droplets/parti-
cles(6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure = 30sFs≤150mm within 60s
CLEN 13823 (SBI);
andFIGRA≤460 W.s-1; and
LFS < edge of specimen; andTHR
600s≤15 MJSmoke production (5);
and
Flaming droplets/parti-
cles(6)
EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure = 30sFs≤150mm within 60s
DLEN 13823 (SBI);
andFIGRA≤2100 W.s-1
THR600s≤100 MJSmoke production (5);
and
Flaming droplets/parti-
cles(6)EN ISO 11925-2 (8):
Exposure = 30sFs≤150mm within 60s
ELEN ISO 11925-2(8):
Exposure = 15sFs≤150mm within 20sFlaming droplets /parti-
cles(7)
FLNo 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 asa whole.
(5) s1 = SMOGRA ≤105 m2.s-2and TSP600s≤250 m2; s2 = SMOGRA ≤580 m2.s-2and TSP600s≤1600 m2;
s3 = not s1 or s2.
(6) d0 = No flaming droplets/particles in EN13823 (SBI) within 600s; d1 = No flaming droplets/particles persisting
longer than 10sin EN13823 (SBI) within 600s ; d2 = not d0 or d1; ignition of the paper in EN ISO 11925-2
results in a d2 classification.
(7) Pass = no ignition of the paper (no classification); fail = ignition of the paper (d2 classification).
(8) Under conditions of surface flame attack and, if appropriate to end-use application of product, edge flame attack.2000D0147 — EN — 03.09.2003 — 001.001 — 7