2003/312/EC: Commission Decision of 9 April 2003 on the publication of the reference of standards relating to thermal insulation products, geotextiles, fixed fire-fighting equipment and gypsum blocks in accordance with Council Directive 89/106/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1161)
Date: 2003-04-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, building materials, fire protection, harmonisation of standards, plaster, technical standard, textile product, thermal insulation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 April 2003

on the publication of the reference of standards relating to thermal insulation products, geotex-
tiles, fixed fire-fighting equipment and gypsum blocks in accordance with Council Directive 89/
106/EEC

(notified under document number C(2003) 1161)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/312/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
the
Member States relating to construction products (1), as amended
by Directive 93/68/EEC (2) and in particular Article 5(1)
thereof,

the laws of

Having regard to the opinion of the Standing Committee set up
in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 98/34/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998
laying down a procedure for the provision of information in
the field of technical standards and regulations (3), as amended
by Directive 98/48/EC (4),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

that
Article 2 of Directive 89/106/EEC stipulates
Member States shall
take all necessary measures to
ensure that construction products may be placed on the
market only if the works in which they are to be incor-
porated fulfil the essential requirements referred to in
Article 3 of that Directive.

Under Article 4(2) of Directive 89/106/EEC, construction
products are presumed to be fit for use and allow the
works in which they are employed to satisfy the essential
requirements referred to in Article 3 of that Directive, if
they conform to the national standards applicable to
them transposing the harmonised standards, the refer-
ences of which have been published in the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Member States are required to publish the reference
numbers of national standards transposing harmonised
standards, the reference numbers of which have been
published in the Official
the European
Communities.

Journal

of

Pursuant
to Article 5(1) of Directive 89/106/EEC,
Germany raised a formal objection in respect of certain
harmonised standards on the grounds that they do not
permit the works in which the products are installed to
fully satisfy the essential requirements of Directive 89/

of

Journal

106/EEC. The standards concerned are ten harmonised
standards for thermal
insulation products, adopted by
the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) on
23 May 2001, the reference numbers of which were
published in the Official
the European
(OJEC) of 15 December 2001 (5); nine
Communities
geotextiles
standards adopted by the CEN on 13
December 2000, the reference numbers of which were
published in the (OJEC) of 26 June 2001 (6); ten fixed
fire-fighting equipment standards adopted by the CEN
on 13 December 2000, 21 March 2001 and 11 April
2001, the reference numbers of which were published in
the OJEC of 18 July 2001 (7), 15 December 2001 and 14
February 2002 (8); and harmonised standard EN12859:
2001 ‘Gypsum blocks — definitions, requirements and
test methods’, adopted by the CEN on 13 June 2001, the
reference number of which was published in the (OJEC)
of 15 December 2001.

(5)

(6)

(7)

The information received in the course of the consulta-
tions with the CEN and the national authorities in the
Committee set up by Directive 89/106/EEC, and with
the Committee set up by Directive 98/34/EC, has
disclosed no evidence of the risk alleged by Germany.

Consequently, it has not been demonstrated that the 30
harmonised standards contested, fail to allow the works
in which the products are installed to meet the essential
requirements of Directive 89/106/EEC.

It is therefore not necessary to withdraw the references
to those standards,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The references to ten thermal insulation standards, set out in
Table 1 of the Annex, adopted by the European Committee for
Standardisation (CEN) on 23 May 2001 and published for the
first time in the Official Journal of the European Communities of
15 December 2001, shall not be withdrawn from the list of
standards published in the Official
the European
Communities.

Journal of

(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(4) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.

(5) OJ C 358, 15.12.2001, p. 9.
(6) OJ C 180, 26.6.2001, p. 8.
(7) OJ C 202, 18.7.2001, p. 9.
(8) OJ C 40, 14.2.2002, p. 3.

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Article 2

Article 4

The references to nine geotextiles standards, set out in Table 2
of the Annex, adopted by the CEN on 13 December 2000 and
published for the first time in the Official Journal of the European
Communities of 26 June 2001, shall not be withdrawn from the
list of standards published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

The reference of standard EN12859: 2001 ‘Gypsum blocks —
definitions, requirements and test methods’, adopted by CEN on
13 June 2001 and published for the first time in the Official
Journal of the European Communities of 15 December 2001, shall
not be withdrawn from the list of standards published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

The references to ten fixed fire-fighting standards, set out in
Table 3 of the Annex, adopted by the CEN on 13 December
2000, 21 March 2001 and 11 April 2001 and published for
the first time in the Official Journal of the European Communities
of 18 July 2001, 15 December 2001 and 14 February 2002,
shall not be withdrawn from the list of standards published in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 9 April 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

TABLE 1

Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards for thermal insulation products referred to in
Article 1

ESO

Reference

Title of harmonised standard

Year of ratifi-
cation

OJ reference

CEN

EN 13162:2001

Thermal
made mineral wool (MW) products — specifications

insulation products for buildings — factory

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

CEN

EN 13163:2001

Factory made products of expanded polystyrene (EPS) —
specifications

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

CEN

EN 13164:2001

Factory made products of extruded polystyrene foam
(XPS) — specifications

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

CEN

EN 13165:2001

Factory made rigid polyurethane foam (PUR) products
— specifications

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

CEN

EN 13166:2001

Factory made products of phenolic foam (PF) — specifi-
cations

CEN

EN 13167:2001

Factory made cellular glass (CG) products — specifica-
tions

CEN

EN 13168:2001

Factory made wood wool (WW) products — specifica-
tions

CEN

EN 13169:2001

Factory made products of expanded perlite (EPB) —
specifications

2001

2001

2001

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

C 358
15.12.2001

C 358
15.12.2001

C 358
15.12.2001

CEN

EN 13170:2001

Factory made products of expanded cork (ICB) — speci-
fications

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

CEN

EN 13171:2001

Factory made wood fibre products — specifications

2001

C 358
15.12.2001

TABLE 2

Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards for geotextiles products referred to in Article 2

ESO

Reference

Title of harmonised standard

CEN

EN 13249:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in the construction of roads and other
trafficked areas

Year of ratifi-
cation

OJ reference

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13251:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics
foundations and
retaining structures

for use in earthworks,

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

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ESO

Reference

Title of harmonised standard

Year of ratifi-
cation

OJ reference

CEN

EN 13252:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in drainage systems

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13253:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in external erosion control systems

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13254:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in the construction of reservoirs and
dams

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13255:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in the construction of canals

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13256:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in the construction of tunnels and
structures underground

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13257:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in solid waste disposals

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

CEN

EN 13265:2000

Geotextiles/geotextile-related products — required char-
acteristics for use in liquid waste containment projects

2000

C 180
26.6.2001

TABLE 3

Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards for fixed fire-fighting products referred to in
Article 3

ESO

Reference

Title of harmonised standard

Year of ratifi-
cation

OJ reference

CEN

EN 671-1:2001

Fixed fire fighting systems — hose systems Part 1: hose
reels with semi-rigid hose

2001

C 202
18.7.2001

CEN

EN 671-2:2001

Fixed fire fighting systems — hose systems Part 2: hose
systems with lay-flat hose

2001

C 202
18.7.2001

CEN

EN 12094-5:
2000

Fixed fire fighting systems — components for gas extin-
guishing systems: Requirements and test methods for
high and low pressure selector valves and their actuators
for CO2 systems

2000

C 202
18.7.2001

CEN

EN 12094-6:
2000

Fixed fire fighting systems — components for gas extin-
guishing systems: Requirements and test methods for
non-electrical disable devices for CO2 systems

2000

C 202
18.7.2001

CEN

EN 12094-7:
2000

Fixed fire fighting systems — components for gas extin-
guishing systems: Requirements and test methods for
nozzles for CO2 systems

2000

C 202
18.7.2001

CEN

EN 12416-1:
2001

Fixed fire fighting systems — powder systems Part 1:
Specifications and test methods for system and compo-
nents

2001

C 40
14.2.2002

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ESO

Reference

Title of harmonised standard

Year of ratifi-
cation

OJ reference

CEN

CEN

CEN

CEN

EN 12094-13:
2001

Fixed fire fighting systems — components for gas extin-
guishing systems — Pt 13 Requirements and test
methods for check valves and non-return valves

EN 12259-2:
1999/A1:2001

Fixed fire
systems — Wet alarm valves

fighting systems — sprinkler/waterspray

EN 12259-3:
2000/A1:2001

Fixed fire
systems — Dry alarm valves

fighting systems — sprinkler/waterspray

EN 12259-4:
2000/prA1

Fixed fire
systems — Water motor alarms

fighting systems — sprinkler/waterspray

CEN

EN 12859:2001

Gypsum blocks — definitions, requirements and test
methods

2001

2001

2001

2001

2001

C 202
18.7.2001

C 358
15.12.2001

C 358
15.12.2001

C 358
15.12.2001

C 358
15.12.2001