Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1292/2014 of 17 July 2014 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of certain uncoated wood floorings under EN 14342 with regard to their reaction to fire  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, building safety, classification, floor coverings, safety standard, wood product








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5.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 349/27








            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 1292/2014
of 17 July 2014
         
on the conditions for classification, without testing, of certain uncoated wood floorings under EN 14342 with regard to their reaction to fire
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


A system for classifying the performance of construction products, with regard to their reaction to fire was adopted in Commission Decision 2000/147/EC (2). Wood floorings are among the construction products to which that Decision applies.












(2)


Tests have shown wood floorings covered by the harmonised standard EN 14342 to have a stable and predictable performance concerning reaction to fire provided that they meet certain conditions regarding the density of the wood, the thickness of the flooring and the end use of the product.












(3)


Wood floorings covered by the harmonised standard EN 14342 should therefore be deemed to satisfy the classes of performance for reaction to fire established in Decision 2000/147/EC on those conditions without further testing being required,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Wood floorings covered by the harmonised standard EN 14342 which fulfil the conditions set out in the Annex shall be deemed to satisfy the classes of performance indicated in the Annex without testing.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 July 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5.

(2)  Commission Decision 2000/147/EC of 8 February 2000 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction to fire performance of construction products (OJ L 50, 23.2.2000, p. 14).




ANNEX










Product (1)
 (7)



Product detail (4)



Minimum mean density (5)

(kg/m3)


Minimum overall thickness
(mm)


End use condition


Class for floorings (3)





Wood flooring


Solid wood flooring of pine or spruce


Pine: 480
Spruce: 400


14


Without air gap underneath


Dfl-s1




Wood flooring


Solid flooring of beech, oak, pine or spruce


Beech: 700
Oak: 700
Pine: 430
Spruce: 400


20


With or without air gap underneath


Dfl-s1




Wood parquet


Solid wood (one layer) parquet of walnut


650


8


Glued to substrate (6)



Dfl-s1




Wood parquet


Solid (one layer) parquet of oak, maple or ash


Ash: 650
Maple: 650
Oak: 720


8


Glued to substrate (6)



Dfl-s1




Wood parquet


Multilayer parquet with oak top layer, at least 3,5 mm


550


15 (2)



Without air gap underneath


Dfl-s1




Wood flooring and parquet


Solid wood flooring and parquet not specified above


400


6


All


Efl







(1)  Mounted in accordance with EN ISO 9239-1, on a substrate of at least Class D-s2, d0 with minimum density of 400 kg/m3 or with an air gap (minimum height 30 mm) underneath.

(2)  An interlayer of at least Class Efl and with maximum thickness 3 mm and minimum density of 280 kg/m3 may be included.

(3)  Class as set out in Table 2 of the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC.

(4)  Without surface coatings.

(5)  Conditioned in accordance with EN 13238 (50 % RH, 23 °C).

(6)  Substrate at least Class D-s2, d0.

(7)  Applies also to steps of stairs.