2005/823/EC: Commission Decision of  22 November 2005  amending Decision 2001/671/EC implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings  (notified under document number C(2005) 4437)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, fire protection, product safety, technical regulations

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 November 2005

amending Decision 2001/671/EC implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the
classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings

(notified under document number C(2005) 4437)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/823/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

(4)

Decision 2001/671/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Construction,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

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), and in particular Article 20(2)(a)
thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2001/671/EC of 21 August 2001
implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards
the classification of the external fire performance of roofs
and roof coverings (2) established a classification system
fire performance of roofs and roof
for the external
coverings.

a

review additional

Following
be
introduced to accommodate the regulatory needs of
Ireland and the United Kingdom.

should

classes

The Annex to Decision 2001/671/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2005.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(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 L 235, 4.9.2001, p. 20.

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ANNEX

The Annex to Decision 2001/671/EC is amended as follows.

1. the section entitled PREAMBLE is amended as follows:

(a)

the first paragraph is replaced by ‘ENV 1187:2002 and subsequently upgraded versions shall be applied. The
upgraded version shall
inter alia, new revisions/amendments of the ENV or the EN version of this
standard’;

include,

(b) in the second paragraph ‘CR 1187:2001’ is replaced by ‘ENV 1187:2002’ and in the second line, ‘three’ is replaced

by ‘four’;

2. the section entitled ‘SYMBOLS’ is amended as follows:

(a)

in the first line, the word ‘three’ is replaced by ‘four’;

(b) all references to ‘CR 1187:2001’ shall be replaced by ‘ENV 1187:2002’;

(c)

‘— ENV 1187:2002 test 4: XROOF (t4) where t4 = burning brand + wind + supplementary radiant heat’ is inserted

after the line for CR 1187:2001 test 3;

3.

in the table the following rows are added:

Test method

Class

Classification criteria

‘ENV 1187:2002 test 4 BROOF (t4)

CROOF (t4)

DROOF (t4)

All of the following conditions must be satisfied:
— No penetration of roof system within 1 hour
— In the preliminary test, after withdrawal of

specimens burn for < 5 minutes

test

flame,

— In the preliminary test,
region of burning

flame spread < 0.38 m across the

All of the following conditions must be satisfied:
— No penetration of roof system within 30 minutes
— In the preliminary test, after withdrawal of

specimens burn for < 5 minutes

test

flame,

— In the preliminary test,
region of burning

flame spread < 0.38 m across the

All of the following conditions must be satisfied:
— Roof system is penetrated within 30 minutes but is not pene-

trated in the preliminary flame test

— In the preliminary test, after withdrawal of

test

flame,

specimens burn for < 5 minutes

— In the preliminary test,
region of burning

flame spread < 0.38 m across the

EROOF (t4)

All of the following conditions must be satisfied:
— Roof system is penetrated within 30 minutes but is not pene-

trated in the preliminary flame test

— Flame spread is not controlled

FROOF (t4)

No performance determined

* Attention shall be drawn to dripping from the underside of the specimen, any mechanical failure and any devel-
opment of holes by adding a suffix “x” to the designation to denote that one or more of these took place during the
test. In addition, depending upon inclination of the product during the test, the letters EXT.F will be added to indicate
“flat or horizontal” and EXT.S will be added to indicate “inclined”.’