1999/470/EC: Commission Decision of 29 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 construction adhesives (notified under document number C(1999) 1478) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, adhesive, building materials, producer's liability, product safety, production control, quality label, resistance of materials, technical specification

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 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 construction adhesives

(notified under document number C(1999) 1478)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/470/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
the Member States relating to
administrative provisions of
construction products (1),
amended by Directive 93/
68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

as

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
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,

(1) Whereas

the Commission is

required to select, as
between the two procedures under 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-
ucts,
the existence of a factory-production control
system under the responsability 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
required;

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

therefore,

it

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The products and families of products set out in Annex I shall
have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby the
manufacturer has under
its sole responsability a factory-
production control system ensuring that the product is in
conformity with the relevant technical specifications.

(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

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

The products set out in Annex II 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

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The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex III shall be indicated in mandates for
harmonised standards.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1999.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Adhesives for tiles (in particular hydraulic binders, cementitious binders, dispersion polymers, reaction resins)

For internal and external use in buildings and other civil engineering works, excluding those subject to reaction to fire
regulations for products made of materials falling into classes A (1), B (1), C (1).

ANNEX II

Adhesives for tiles (in particular hydraulic binders, cementitious binders, dispersion polymers, reaction resins)

For use subject to reaction to fire regulations for products made of materials falling into classes A (1), B (1), C (1).

Structural adhesives (in particular epoxy resins, polyurethane resins, acrylic resins, aminoplastic resins, phenolic
resins)

For structural use in buildings and other civil engineering works.

(1) Materials for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during production (in general,

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

those subject

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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.

ANNEX III

PRODUCT FAMILY

CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVES (1/2)

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN/Cenelec are requested to specify the following system(s) of
attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonised standard(s).

Product

Intended use

Level/s or class/es

Attestation
of conformity system

Structural adhesives

Adhesives for tiles

For structural uses in buildings
and other civil engineering works

For internal and external uses in
buildings and other civil engin-
eering works

—

—

2+

3

System 2+:

System 3:

See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), first possibility, including certifcation of the factory production control by an
approved body on the basis of initial inspection of factory and of factory production control as well as of continuous
surveillance, assessment and approval of factory production control.
See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), second possibility.

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
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 characteristic 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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PRODUCT FAMILY

CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVES (2/2)

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN/Cenelec are requested to specify the following system(s) of
attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonised standard(s):

Product

Intended use

Structural adhesives

Adhesives for tiles

For uses subject to reaction to fire
regulations

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

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

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

A (3), D, E, F

Attestation
of conformity
system(s)

1

3

4

System 1: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(i), without audit-testing of samples.
System 3: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), second possibility.
System 4: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), third possibility.
(1) Materials for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during production (in general, those subject to chemical
modification, for example 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 does 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
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 characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not
wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.