96/578/EC: Commission Decision of 24 June 1996 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards sanitary appliances (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive 89/106/EEC
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The products and families of products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby the manufacturer has under its sole responsibility a factory production control system ensuring that the product is in conformity with the relevant technical specifications.

Article 2

The products set out in Annex II shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby, in addition to a factory production control system operated by the manufacturer, an approved certification body is involved in assessment and surveillance of the production control or of the product itself.

Article 3

The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex III shall be indicated in mandates for harmonized standards.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1996.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 40, 11. 2. 1989, p. 12.

(2) OJ No L 220, 30. 8. 1993, p. 1.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

SANITARY APPLIANCES

Sinks, basins and communal troughs; bath tubs; shower trays; bidets; urinals; water closet bowls or pans; earth, chemical and composting closets; macerating toilets; squatting toilets; flushing cisterns; whirlpool baths; shower and bath screens or enclosures.

Modular public toilets and toilet pods with finishes using materials classified in reaction to fire classes A, B or C and for which the reaction to fire performance is not susceptible to change during the production process (in general, those made with non-combustible raw materials), as well as with materials classified in classes D, E or F.

ANNEX II

SANITARY APPLIANCES

Modular public toilets and toilet pods with finishes using materials classified in reaction to fire classes A, B or C for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during the production process (in general, those made with combustible raw materials).

ANNEX III

PRODUCT FAMILY

SANITARY APPLIANCES (1/1)

System of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, European Committee for Standardization/European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CEN/Cenelec) are requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonized standard(s):

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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 a characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.