2005/610/EC: Commission Decision of 9 August 2005 establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products (notified under document number C(2005) 2925)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, building safety, fire protection, floor coverings, product safety, safety standard

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 August 2005

establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products

(notified under document number C(2005) 2925)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/610/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21
laws, regulations
December 1988, on the approximation of
and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to
construction products (1), and in particular Article 20(2) a
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

levels of protection for

in order to take
Directive 89/106/EEC envisages that
account of different
the
construction works at national, regional or local levels,
it may be necessary to establish in the interpretative
documents classes corresponding to the performance of
products in respect of each essential requirement. Those
documents have been published as the ‘Communication
of
the Commission with regard to the interpretative
documents of Directive 89/106/EEC (2)’.

(2) With respect of the essential requirement of safety in the
event of
interpretative document No 2 lists a
number of interrelated measures which together define
the fire safety strategy to be developed in different ways
in the Member States.

fire,

(3)

Interpretative document No 2 identifies one of
those
measures as the limitation of the generation and spread
of fire and smoke within a given area by limiting the
potential of construction products to contribute to the
full development of a fire.

(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ C 62, 28.2.1994, p. 1.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

limitation may be expressed only
The level of
in terms of
reaction-to-fire
performance of the products in their end-use application.

that
the different

levels of

By way of harmonised solution, a system of classes was
adopted in Commission Decision 2000/147/EC of 8
February
Council Directive
implementing
89/106/EEC as regard the classification of the reaction-
to-fire performance of construction products (3).

2000

In the case of certain construction products
necessary
Decision 2000/147/EC.

it
classification established

to use

the

is
in

The reaction-to-fire performance of many construction
products
classification
and/or materials, within the
provided for in Decision 2000/147/EC,
is well estab-
lished and sufficiently well known to fire regulators in
Member States with the consequence that they do not
require testing for this particular performance charac-
teristic.

Products have been considered in relation to their end-
use application, where relevant.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Construction,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The construction products and/or materials which satisfy all the
requirements of the performance characteristic ‘reaction to fire’
without need for further testing are set out in the Annex.

(3) OJ L 50, 23.2.2000, p. 14. Decision as last amended by Decision

2003/632/EC (OJ L 220, 3.9.2003, p. 5).

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The specific classes to be applied to different construction products and/or materials, within the reaction-to-
fire classification adopted in Decision 2000/147/EC, are set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2005.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX

The tables set out in this Annex, list construction products and/or materials which satisfy all of the requirements for the
performance characteristic reaction to fire without need for testing.

CLASSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE FOR GLULAM (1)

Table 1

Material

Product detail

Minimum mean
density (2)
(kg/m3)

Minimum overall
thickness
(mm)

Class (3)

Glulam

Glued
timber
laminated
accordance with EN 14080.

products

in

380

40

D-s2, d0

(1) Applies to all species and glues covered by the product standard.
(2) Conditioned according to EN 13238.
(3) Class as provided for in Table 1 of the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC.

CLASSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE OF LAMINATE FLOOR COVERINGS

Table 2

Floor covering
type (1)

Product detail

Laminate floor
coverings

Laminate floor coverings manufactured in
accordance with EN 13329:2000.

Minimum
density
(kg/m3)

800

Minimum overall
thickness
(mm)

6,5

Class (2)
Floorings

EFL

(1) Floor covering loose laid over any wood based substrate ≥ D-s2, d0, or any substrate of class A2-s1, d0.
(2) Class as provided for in table 2 to the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC.

CLASSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE OF RESILIENT FLOOR COVERINGS

Table 3

Floor covering type (1)

EN
product
standard

Minimum
mass
(g/m2)

Maximum
mass
(g/m2)

Minimum
overall
thickness
(mm)

Class (2)
Floorings

Plain and decorative Linoleum

EN 548

2 300

4 900

Homogeneous and heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride
floor coverings

EN 649

2 300

3 900

Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings with foam layer

EN 651

1 700

5 400

Polyvinyl
backing

chloride

floor

covering with cork-based

EN 652

3 400

3 700

Expanded (cushioned) polyvinyl chloride floor coverings

EN 653

1 000

2 800

Semi-flexible polyvinyl chloride tiles

EN 654

4 200

5 000

Linoleum on corkment backing

EN 687

2 900

5 300

Homogeneous and heterogeneous smooth rubber floor
coverings with foam backing

EN 1816

3 400

4 300

Homogeneous and heterogeneous smooth rubber floor
coverings

EN 1817

3 000

6 000

Homogeneous and heterogeneous relief
coverings

rubber

floor

EN 12199

4 600

6 700

(1) Floor covering loose laid over any wood based substrate ≥ D-s2, d0, or any substrate of class A2-s1, d0.
(2) Class as provided for in table 2 to the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC.

2

1,5

2

3,2

1,1

2

2,5

4

1,8

2,5

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

EFL

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CLASSES OF REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE OF TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS

Table 4

Floor covering type (1)

Non-FR machine-made wall-to-wall pile carpets and pile carpet tiles (3)

Non-FR needled textile floor coverings without pile (3)

Non-FR needled textile floor coverings with pile (3)

EN product
standard

Class (2)
Floorings

EN 1307

EN 1470

EN 13297

EFL

EFL

EFL

(1) Floor covering glued or loose laid over a class A2-s1, d0 substrate
(2) Class as provided for in table 2 to the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC.
(3) Textile floor coverings having a total mass of max 4 800 g/m2, a minimum pile thickness of 1,8 mm (ISO 1766) and:

— a surface of 100 % wool,
— a surface of 80 % wool or more — 20 % polyamide or less,
— a surface of 80 % wool or more — 20 % polyamide/polyester or less,
— a surface of 100 % polyamide,
— a surface of 100 % polypropylene and if with SBR-foam backing, a total mass of > 780 g/m2. All polypropylene carpets with other

foam backings are excluded.