2006/190/EC: Commission Decision of  1 March 2006  amending Decision 97/808/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards floorings  (notified under document number C(2006) 553)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, floor coverings, product quality, quality control of industrial products

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 March 2006

amending Decision 97/808/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction
products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards floorings

(notified under document number C(2006) 553)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/190/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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

Annex III to Decision 97/808/EC is amended as set out in the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 March 2006.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 13(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

family ‘FLOORINGS (2/2)’

The table for product
in
Annex III of Commission Decision 97/808/EC of 20
November 1997 on the procedure for attesting the
conformity of construction products pursuant to Article
20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as
regards
floorings (2) wrongly attributes attestation of conformity
system 3 to class FFL.

(2)

Decision 97/808/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

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

(2) OJ L 331, 3.12.1997, p. 18. Decision as last amended by Decision

2001/596/EC (OJ L 209, 2.8.2001, p. 33).

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ANNEX

In Annex III to Decision 97/808/EC the table and the text relating to product family ‘FLOORINGS (2/2)’, are replaced by
the following:

Systems of attestation of conformity

‘PRODUCT FAMILY FLOORINGS (2/2)

For the products and intended uses listed below, CEN/CENELEC are requested to specify the following systems of
attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonised standards:

Products

Intended uses

Levels or classes Reaction
to fire

Attestation
of
conformity
systems

Rigid flooring products
(A) Components

Paving units, tiles mosaics, parquet, decking of
mesh or sheet, floor gratings, rigid laminated
floorings, wood based products

(B) Load bearing systems put on the market as kits

Raised access floors, cavity floors

For internal uses
including enclosed public
transport premises

A1FL (1) — A2FL (1) —
BFL (1) — CFL (1)

A1FL (3) — A2FL (3) —
BFL (3) — CFL (3) — DFL
— EFL

(A1FL to EFL) (5), FFL

A1FL (1) — A2FL (1) —
BFL (1) — CFL (1)

A1FL (3) — A2FL (3) —
BFL (3) — CFL (3) — DFL
— EFL

(A1FL to EFL) (5), FFL

For internal uses

Resilient and textile floorings
Homogenous and heterogeneous resilient
floor
coverings supplied either in tile, sheet or roll
form (textile floor covering including tiles; plastic
and rubber
(aminoplastic thermosetting
floorings);
linoleum and cork; anti-static sheet;
floor loose laid tiles; resilient laminated floorings)

sheets

Resilient and textile floorings

For external uses

—

Homogenous and heterogeneous resilient
floor
coverings supplied either in tile, sheet or roll
form (textile floor covering including tiles; plastic
and rubber
(aminoplastic thermosetting
linoleum and cork; anti-static sheet;
floorings);
floor loose laid tiles; resilient laminated floorings)

sheets

Floor screed materials

For internal uses

A1FL (1) — A2FL (1) —
BFL (1) — CFL (1)

A1FL (3) — A2FL (3) —
BFL (3) — CFL (3) — DFL
— EFL

(A1FL to EFL) (5), FFL

For external uses

—

(1) 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).

(2) System 1: See Annex III, Section 2, point (i), of Directive 89/106/EEC without audit-testing of samples.
(3) Products/materials not covered by footnote 1.
(4) System 3: See Annex III, Section 2, point (ii), of Directive 89/106/EEC, second possibility.
(5) 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 (OJ L 267, 19.10.1996, p. 23)).

(6) System 4: See Annex III, Section 2, point (ii), of Directive 89/106/EEC, third possibility.

1 (2)

3 (4)

4 (6)

1 (2)

3 (4)

4 (6)

4 (6)

1 (2)

3 (4)

4 (6)

4 (6)

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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
characteristic (see Article 2(1) of Directive 89/106/EEC and, where applicable, clause 1.2.3 of
the Interpretative
Documents). In those cases the verification of such characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he
does nor wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.’