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