2006/893/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 2006 on the withdrawal of the reference of standard EN 10080:2005 Steel for the reinforcement of concrete — Weldable reinforcing steel — General in accordance with Council Directive 89/106/EEC (notified under document number C(2006) 5869)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, building materials, harmonisation of standards, steel, technical regulations

L 343/102

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.12.2006

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 December 2006
on the withdrawal of the reference of standard EN 10080:2005 ‘Steel for the reinforcement of
concrete — Weldable reinforcing steel — General’
in accordance with Council Directive
89/106/EEC

(notified under document number C(2006) 5869)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/893/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Italy and the Commission have raised formal objections
in respect of standard EN 10080:2005.

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 5(1) thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Construction,

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 and of rules on
Information Society Services (2),

(3)

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

The standard EN 10080:2005 ‘Steel for the reinforce-
ment of concrete — Weldable reinforcing steel —
General’ was established by the European Committee
for Standardisation (CEN) on 21 April 2005. The
reference of that standard was published in the Official
Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article
7(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC,
first on 14 December
2005 (3) and again on 8 June 2006 (4).

(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2006/190/EC (OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 47).
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(3) OJ C 319, 14.12.2005, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 134, 8.6.2006, p. 1.

The Italian formal objection was lodged on the grounds
that EN 10080:2005 does not
satisfy the essential
requirement of mechanical resistance and stability in
Annex I to Directive 89/106/EEC as it does not differ-
entiate clearly the intended use of the reinforcing steels,
i.e.
reinforcing steel with specific performance
required for use in seismic areas which is an important
safety issue of works regulated in Italy.

the

indication

The Commission’s formal objection was lodged on the
grounds that the Annex ZA to EN 10080:2005 foresees
characteristics
the
according to technical classes, while the standard itself
neither defines
the corre-
sponding technical performance characteristics.

the technical classes nor

performance

the

of

In the light of the results of the examination of the
objections raised against the reference of standard EN
10080:2005 ‘Steel for the reinforcement of concrete —
Weldable reinforcing steel — General’, the reference of
standard EN 10080:2005 should be withdrawn from the
list of harmonised standards in the Official Journal of the
European Union with the result
that compliance with
relevant national standards transposing the harmonised
standard EN 10080:2005 no longer
the
presumption of
fitness for use and of conformity to
the relevant provisions of Directive 89/106/EEC,

confers

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The reference of standard EN 10080:2005 ‘Steel for the rein-
forcement of concrete — Weldable reinforcing steel — General’,
is withdrawn from the list of harmonised standards published in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

8.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 343/103

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 5 December 2006.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President