2000/606/EC: Commission Decision of 26 September 2000 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards six products for European Technical Approvals without Guideline (notified under document number C(2000) 2641) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-09-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, European standard, construction equipment, product safety, quality label, technical standard

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 September 2000

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

(notified under document number C(2000) 2641)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/606/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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 set out in Article 13(4), the
intervention of
certification body is
required.

an approval

Article 13(4) requires that the procedure thus deter-
mined shall 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.

The two procedures provided for in Article 13(3) are
described in detail in Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC.
It is therefore necessary to specify clearly the methods
by which the two procedures shall 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 continuous 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)
corresponds to the systems set out in point (i) of Section

2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility, with contin-
uous 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.

Article 2

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.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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

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ANNEX I

Internal covering system of gypsum fibre boards (EOTA ref. 05.04/01):

For uses except those subject to reaction to fire regulations for products made of materials falling into classes A1 (*), A2 (*),
B (*), C (*).

Prefabricated cavity trays (EOTA ref. 06.04/05)

ANNEX II

Internal covering system of gypsum fibre boards (EOTA ref. 05.04/01):

For uses subject to reaction to fire regulations for products made of materials falling into classes A1 (*), A2 (*), B (*), C (*).

Couplings and sleeves for standardised reinforcing bars (EOTA ref. 03.01/02)

Corrugated steel reinforcement sheets (for composite structural floor systems) (EOTA ref. 05.02/02)

Pile joint (connection device for load-bearing pre-cast concrete piles) (EOTA ref. 01.03/09)

Rock shoe (anchoring device for load-bearing pre-cast concrete piles) (EOTA ref. 01.03/09)

(*) Products/materials for which a clearly identifiable stage in the production process results in an improvement of the reaction to fire

classification (e.g. an addition of fire retardants or a limiting of organic material).

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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 tables, the tasks for the

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

SIX PRODUCTS FOR EUROPEAN TECHNICAL APPROVALS (TABLE 1/3)

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

Intended use

Level or class

Attestation of
conformity system

Couplings and sleeves for standar-
dised reinforcing bars (EOTA ref.
03.01/02)

Corrugated steel
reinforcement
sheets (for composite structural
floor systems) (EOTA ref. 05.02/
02)

Pile joint (connection device for
load-bearing
concrete
piles) (EOTA ref. 01.03/09)

pre-cast

Rock shoe (anchoring device for
load-bearing
concrete
piles)

pre-cast

(EOTA ref. 01.03/09)

covering

system of
Internal
gypsum fibre boards (EOTA ref.
05.04/01)

For reinforcing uses

For use inside buildings

For structural uses

For non-structural use inside
buildings

Prefabricated cavity trays (EOTA
ref. 06.04/05)

For use in masonry walls

—

—

—

—

—

1 +

2 +

2 +

3

3

System 1+: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(i), with audit-testing of samples taken at the factory.
System 2+: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), first possibility,

including certification of the factory production control by an
inspection of factory and of factory production control as well as of continuous

approved body on the basis of initial
surveillance, assessment and approval of factory production control.
See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), second possibility.

System 3:

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, clause 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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SIX PRODUCTS FOR EUROPEAN TECHNICAL APPROVALS (TABLE 2/3)

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

Intended use

Level or class

Attestation of conformity
system

covering

Internal
system of
gypsum fibre boards (EOTA ref.
05.04/01)

For uses subject to reaction to
fire regulations

A1 (*), A2 (*), B (*), C (*)

A1 (**), A2 (**), B (**),
C (**), D, E

(A1 to E) (***), F

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.
(*)

Products/materials for which a clearly identifiable stage in the production process results in an improvement of the reaction to fire
classification (e.g. an addition of fire retardants or a limiting of organic mateiral).

(**) Products/materials not covered by footnote (*).
(***) Products/materials that do not require to be tested for reaction to fire (e. g. Products/materials of Classes A1 according to Commission

Decision 96/603/EC, as amended).

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, clause 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.

SIX PRODUCTS FOR EUROPEAN TECHNICAL APPROVALS (TABLE 3/3)

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

Intended use

Level or class

Attestation of
conformity system

covering

Internal
system of
gypsum fibre boards (EOTA ref.
05.04/01)

For uses subject to resistance to
fire regulations

System 3: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), second possibility.

any

3

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, clause 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.