2002/592/EC: Commission Decision of 15 July 2002 amending Decisions 95/467/EC, 96/577/EC, 96/578/EC and 98/598/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards gypsum products, fixed fire-fighting systems, sanitary appliances and aggregates respectively (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2586)
Date: 2002-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, fire protection, plaster, plumbing equipment, producer's liability, product quality, product safety, production control, quality label

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 July 2002

amending Decisions 95/467/EC, 96/577/EC, 96/578/EC and 98/598/EC on the procedure for
attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive
89/106/EEC as regards gypsum products, fixed fire-fighting systems, sanitary appliances and
aggregates respectively

(notified under document number C(2002) 2586)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/592/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 provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (1), as
amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Commission has already adopted a series of decisions on attesting the conformity of construc-
tion products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Directive 89/106/EEC.

The need may arise to adapt those decisions to technical progress.

This is the case of Commission Decisions 95/467/EC (3), 96/577/EC (4), 96/578/EC (5) and 98/
598/EC (6).

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Construction,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Decision 95/467/EC is hereby amended as follows.

Article 1

1. In Annex 3, in the table for product family GYPSUM PRODUCTS (1/4) ‘fibrous gypsum plaster casts,’ is

inserted after ‘fibrous gypsum boards,’.

2. In Annex 3, in the table for product family GYPSUM PRODUCTS (2/4) ‘fibrous gypsum plaster casts,’ is

inserted after ‘gypsum plasters,’.

3. In Annex 3, in the table for product family GYPSUM PRODUCTS (4/4) the product family ‘fibrous gypsum

plaster casts,’

is inserted after ‘ceiling elements and plasters,’.

Decision 96/577/EC is hereby amended as follows.

Article 2

1. In Annex I, fifth indent, the following text is inserted after ‘nozzles/sprinklers/outlets.’: ‘high pressure
container valve assemblies and their actuators, selector valves and their actuators, non-electrical disable
devices, flexible connectors, pressure gauges and pressure switches, mechanical weighing devices and
check valves and non-return valves.’

(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 268, 10.11.1995, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 254, 8.10.1996, p. 44.
(5) OJ L 254, 8.10.1996, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 287, 24.10.1998, p. 25.

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2. In Annex II, in the table for product family FIRE ALARM/DETECTION, FIXED FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE AND
SMOKE CONTROL AND EXPLOSION SUPPRESSION PRODUCTS (1/1), the following row is inserted at the end
of the fixed suppression and extinguishing section:

Wet alarm valve assemblies

Fire safety

1

Dry alarm valve assemblies

Deluge alarm valve assemblies

Multiple controls

High pressure container valve assemblies and
their actuators

Selector valves and their actuators

Non-electrical disable devices

Flexible connectors

Pressure gauges and pressure switches

Mechanical weighing devices

Check valves and non-return valves

Decision 96/578/EC is hereby amended as follows.

Article 3

1. In Annex III in the table for product family SANITARY APPLIANCES (1/1), the word ‘Sinks’ is deleted from
the first row of the table, such that the paragraph begins ‘Basins and communal troughs; …’.

2. In Annex III in the table for product family SANITARY APPLIANCES (1/1), the following row is inserted

after the header row:

Sinks

Preparation of
food, the washing of
dishes and the discharge of domestic
waste water

4 (4)

(4) System 1: See Annex III, section 2(i), of Directive 89/106/EEC, without audit-testing of samples.

Decision 98/598/EC is hereby amended as follows.

Article 4

1. In Annex III, in the table for product family AGGREGATES FOR USES WITHOUT HIGH SAFETY REQUIRE-
MENTS (1/2), the indent in the first row ‘— for concrete mortar and grout’, and the indent in the fourth
row ‘— for concrete mortar and grout’ are deleted.

2. In Annex III, in the table for product family AGGREGATES FOR USES WITHOUT HIGH SAFETY REQUIRE-

MENTS (1/2) the following row is inserted:

Aggregates
mortar and grout

and fillers

for

concrete

In buildings,
engineering work

roads and other civil

4

3. In Annex III, in the table for product family AGGREGATES FOR USES WITH HIGH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
(2/2) the indent in the first row ‘— for concrete mortar and grout’, and the indent in the fourth row ‘—
for concrete mortar and grout’ are deleted.

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4. In Annex III, in the table for product family AGGREGATES FOR USES WITH HIGH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

(2/2) the following row is inserted:

Aggregates
mortar and grout

and fillers

for

concrete

In buildings,
engineering work

roads and other civil

2 +

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission