2000/273/EC: Commission Decision of 27 March 2000 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards seven products for European Technical Approvals without Guideline (notified under document number C(2000) 668) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, EC conformity marking, building insulation, building materials, product quality, product safety, section, special steels

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 March 2000

on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of
Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards seven products for European Technical Approvals
without Guideline

(notified under document number C(2000) 668)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/273/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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’.
This means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a
given product, the existence of a factory production
control system under the responsibility of the manufac-
turer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attes-
tation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to
compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4),
the intervention of an approved certification body is
required.

Article 13(4) requires that the procedure thus deter-
mined must be indicated in the mandates and in the
technical specifications. It is therefore desirable to iden-
tify the products referred to in the technical specifica-
tions.

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

The two procedures provided for in Article 13(3) are
described in detail in Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC.
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, since Annex III
gives preference to certain systems.

The procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 13(3)
corresponds to the systems set out in the first possibility,
without continous surveillance, and the second and third
possibilities of point (ii) of section 2 of Annex III. The
procedure referred to in point (b) of Article 13(3) cor-
responds 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)

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

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

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Article 2

Article 4

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 3

The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex III
shall be indicated in the relevant European technical approvals.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Vibration and impact noise isolation kit for floating floors (EOTA ref. 05.03/03):

For uses except those subject to reaction to fire regulations for products made of materials falling into classes A
BFL (*), CFL (*),

FL (*),

Vibration and noise isolation kit for walls (EOTA ref. 06.01/09):

For uses except those subject to reaction to fire regulations for products made of materials falling into classes A (*),
B (*), C (*),

Wall plates made of stainless steel (EOTA ref. 06.04/04)

Waste water trap kit (EOTA ref. 07.04/04)

(*) Materials for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during production.

(In general, those subject to
for example fire retardants, or where changes of composition may lead to changes in reaction to fire

chemical modification,
performance).

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ANNEX II

Vibration and impact noise isolation kit for floating floors (EOTA ref. 05.03/03):

For uses subject to reaction to fire regulations for products made of materials falling into classes AFL (*), BFL (*), CFL (*)

Vibration and noise isolation kit for walls (EOTA ref. 06.01/09):

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

Channel bars (EOTA ref. 06.01/01)

Chemical anchoring kit (EOTA ref. 06.01/11)

Epoxy concrete/glass-reinforced polyester/epoxy mortar anchoring kit (EOTA ref. 06.03/03)

(*) Materials for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during production.

(In general, those subject to
for example fire retardants, or where changes of composition may lead to changes in reaction to fire

chemical modification,
performance).

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ANNEX III

ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY

Note: For products/kits 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.

PRODUCT FAMILY

SEVEN PRODUCTS FOR EUROPEAN TECHNICAL APPROVALS (1/2)

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 European technical approval:

Product(s)

Intended use(s)

Level(s) or class(es)

Attestation
of conformity
system(s)

Channel bars (EOTA ref. 06.01/01)
Chemical
anchoring kit
06.01/11)

(EOTA ref.

for anchoring uses

Epoxy concrete/glass-reinforced polyester/
epoxy mortar anchoring kit (EOTA ref.
06.03/03)

for structural repair

Wall plates made of
(EOTA ref. 06.04/04)

stainless

steel

for use in masonry walls

Vibration and impact noise isolation kit
for floating floors (EOTA ref. 05.03/03)
Vibration and noise isolation kit
for
walls (EOTA ref. 06.01/09)

for use inside buildings

—

—

—

—

Waste water trap kit (EOTA ref. 07.04/
04)

for use inside buildings

—

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

1

3

3

4

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 characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not
wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.

PRODUCT FAMILY

SEVEN PRODUCTS FOR EUROPEAN TECHNICAL APPROVALS (2/2)

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 European technical approval:

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Product(s)

Intended use(s)

Level(s) or class(es)

Attestation of conformity
system(s)

Vibration and impact noise
isolation kit for floating floors
(EOTA ref. 05.03/03)
Vibration and noise isolation
kit
(EOTA ref.
06.01/09)

for walls

for uses subject to reaction to
fire regulations

A (*), B (*), C (*)

A

FL

(*), B

FL

(*), C

FL

(*)

A (**), B (**), C (**)

A

FL

(**), B

FL

(**), C

FL

(**)

A (***), D, E, F
(***), D

, E

, F

FL

FL

FL

A

FL

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.

(*) 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).

(**) Materials for which the reaction to fire performance is not susceptible to change during the production process.
(***) 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 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.