97/555/EC: Commission Decision of 14 July 1997 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards cements, building limes and other hydraulic binders (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 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, 14 July 1997.

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

Building limes, including:

Calcium limes,

Dolomitic limes, and

Hydraulic limes.

ANNEX II

Common cements, including:

Portland cements,

Portland composite cements: (Portland-slag cements: A-S and B-S; Portland-silica fume cements: A-D; Portland-pozzolana cements: natural A-P, natural B-P, artificial A-Q and artificial B-Q; Portland-fly ash cements: siliceous A-V, siliceous B-V, calcareous A-W and calcareous B-W; Portland-burnt shale cements: A-T and B-T; Portland-limestone cements: A-L and B-L; Portland-composite cements: A-M and B-M),

Blastfurnace cements: A, B and C,

Pozzolanic cements: A and B, and

Composite cements: A and B.

Special cements, including:

Low heat cements,

Sulfate resisting cements,

White cements,

Sea water resisting cements, and

Low alkali cements.

Calcium aluminate cements

Masonry cements

Hydraulic road binders

ANNEX III

PRODUCT FAMILY

CEMENTS, BUILDING LIMES AND OTHER HYDRAULIC BINDERS

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, 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 of 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.