1999/454/EC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1999 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards fire stopping, fire sealing and fire protective products (notified under document number C(1999) 1481) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, fire protection, product quality, production control, quality label

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 June 1999

on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of
Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards fire stopping, fire sealing and fire protective products

(notified under document number C(1999) 1481)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/454/EC)

second and third possibilities of point (ii) of Section 2 of
Annex III, and the procedure referred to in point (b) of
Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in point
(i) of Section 2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility,
with continuous surveillance, of point (ii) of Section 2 of
Annex III;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
the Standing

in accordance with the opinion of
Committee on Construction,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity
attested by a procedure whereby,
in addition to a factory
production control system operated by the manufacturer, an
approved certification body is involved in assessment and
surveillance of the production control or of the product itself.

Article 2

The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II
shall be indicated in mandates for guidelines for European
technical approval.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 June 1999.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

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 the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to
by Directive
as
construction
93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

products (1),

amended

(1) Whereas

the Commission is

required to select, as
between the two procedures pursuant to Article 13(3) of
Directive 89/106/EEC for attesting the conformity of a
product, ‘the least onerous possible procedure consistent
with safety’; whereas this means that it is necessary to
decide whether, for a given product or family of prod-
the existence of a factory production control
ucts,
system under the responsibility of the manufacturer is a
necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of
conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compli-
ance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4), the
intervention of an approved certification body is there-
fore required;

(2) Whereas Article 13(4) requires that the procedure thus
determined must be indicated in the mandates and in
is
the technical specifications; whereas,
desirable to define the concept of products or family of
products as used in the mandates and in the technical
specifications;

therefore,

it

(3) Whereas the two procedures provided for in Article
13(3) are described in detail in Annex III to Directive
89/106/EEC; whereas it is necessary therefore to specify
clearly the methods by which the two procedures must
be implemented, by reference to Annex III, for each
product or family of products, since Annex III gives
preference to certain systems;

(4) Whereas the procedure referred to in point (a) of Article
13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in the first
possibility, without continuous surveillance, and the

(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

Fire stopping and fire sealing products (1):

Fire protective products (including coatings) (1) (2):

— for fire compartmentation and/or fire protection or fire performance

(1) Excluding gypsum products (e.g. board, blocks, plaster), mineral wool products, blocks and prefabricated reinforced components of

AAC and LAC, masonry mortar, rendering/plastering mortar, calcium silicate products and cellular glass products.

(2) Also excluding panels for the fire protection of walls or ceilings and suspended ceiling kits (as included in Commission Decision

98/437/EC on internal and external wall and ceiling finishes (OJ L 194, 10.7.1998, p. 39)).

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ANNEX II

ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY

Note: for products having more than one of the intended uses specified in the following families, the tasks for the approved body,

derived from the relevant systems of attestation of conformity, are cumulative.

FIRE STOPPING, FIRE SEALING AND FIRE PROTECTION PRODUCTS (1/2)

PRODUCT FAMILY

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, EOTA is requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of
conformity in the relevant guideline for European technical approvals:

Product(s)

Intended use(s)

Level(s) or class(es)
(resistance to fire)

Fire stopping and fire sealing
products
Fire protective products (inclu-
ding coatings)

For fire compartmentation and/or
fire protection or fire performance

any

Systeme 1: See directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(i), without audit testing of samples.

Attestation of
conformity
system(s)

1

The specification for the system should be such that it can be implemented even where performance does not need to be
determined for a certain characteristic, because at least one Member State has no legal requirement at all for such a
characteristic (see Article 2.1 of Directive 89/106/EEC and, where applicable, point 1.2.3 of the Interpretative Docu-
ments). In those cases the verification of such a charecteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not
wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.

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FIRE STOPPING, FIRE SEALING AND FIRE PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS (2/2)

PRODUCT FAMILY

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, EOTA is requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of
conformity in the relevant guideline for European technical approvals:

Product(s)

Intended use(s)

Fire stopping and fire sealing
products
Fire protective products (inclu-
ding coatings)

For ues subject to reaction to fire
regulations

Level(s) or
class(es)
(reaction to fire)

Attestation
of conformity
system(s)

A (1), B (1), C (1)

A (2), B (2), C (2)

A (3), D, E, F

1

3

4

System 1: See CPD Annex III(2)(i), without audit testing of samples.
System 3: See CPD Annex III(2)(ii), second possibility.
System 4: See CPD Annex III(2)(ii), third possibility.
(1) Materials for which the reactin to fire performance is susceptible to change during production (in general, those subject to chemical

modification, e.g. fire retardants, or where changes of composition may lead to changes in reaction to fire performance).

(2) Materials for which the reaction to fire performance is not susceptible to change during the production process.
(3) Materials of class A that according to the Decision 96/603/EC do not require to be tested for reaction to fire.

The specification for the system should be such that it can be implemented even where performance does not need to be
determined for a certain characteristic, because at least one Member State has no legal requirement at all for such a
characteristic (see Article 2(1) of the CPD and, where applicable, clause 1.2.3 of the interpretative documents). In those
cases the verification of such a characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not wish to declare the
performance of the product in that respect.