97/808/EC: Commission Decision of 20 November 1997 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards floorings (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, 20 November 1997.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 40, 11. 2. 1989, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 220, 30. 8. 1993, p. 1.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

Floorings

Rigid floorings products for external uses and road finishes (paving units including pavers, flags, kerbs, blocks, pavement lights; self finished decking of metal sheet; rigid floor tiles; slate; tiles; mosaics; quarry tiles; terrazzotiles; expanded metal or grid floor decking; floor gratings).

Rigid flooring products for internal uses including enclosed public transport premises in the form of components (paving units, tiles, mosaics, parquet, decking of mesh or sheet, floor gratings, rigid laminated floorings, wood based products) and in the form of load bearing systems put on the market as kits (raised access floors; cavity floors), of reaction to fire classes AFL, BFL or CFL for which the reaction to fire performance is not susceptible to change during the production, of reaction to fire classes DFL, EFL or FFL; and also of class AFL that according to Commission Decision 96/603/EC (1) do not require to be tested for reaction to fire.

Resilient and textile floorings for internal uses in the form of homogeneous and heterogeneous resilient floor coverings supplied either in tile, sheet or roll form (textile floor covering including tiles; plastic and rubber sheets (aminoplastic thermosetting floorings); linoleum and cork; anti-static sheet; floor loose laid tiles; resilient laminateed floorings), of reaction to fire classes to fire classes AFL, BFL or CFL for which the reaction to fire performance is not susceptible to change during the production process, of reaction to fire classes DFL, EFL or FFL; and also of class AFL that according to Decision 96/603/EC do not require to be tested for reaction to fire.

Resilient and textile floorings for external uses in the form of homogeneous and heterogeneous resilient floor coverings supplied either in tile, sheet or roll form (textile floor covering including tiles; plastic and rubber sheets (aminoplastic thermosetting floorings); linoleum and cork; anti-static sheet; floor loose laid tiles; resilient laminated floorings).

(1) OJ L 267, 19. 10. 1996, p. 23.

ANNEX II

Floorings

Rigid flooring products for internal uses including enclosed public transport premises in the form of components (paving units, tiles, mosaics, parquet, decking of mesh or sheet, floor gratings, rigid laminated floorings, wood based products) and in the form of load bearing systems put on the market as kits (raised access floors; cavity floors) of reaction to fire classes AFL, BFL or CFL for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during the production, in general those subject to chemical modification, e.g. fire retardants, or where changes of composition may lead to changes in reaction to fire performance.

Resilient and textile floorings for internal uses in the form of homogeneous and hetergeneous resilient floor coverings supplied either in tile, sheet or roll form (textile floor covering including tiles; plastic and rubber sheets (amminoplastic thermosetting floorings); linoleum and cork; anti-static sheet; floor loose laid tiles; resilient laminated floorings), of reaction to fire classes AFL, BFL or CFL for which the reaction to fire performance is susceptible to change during the production, in general those subject to chemical modification, e.g. fire retardants, or where changes of composition may lead to changes in reaction to fire performance.

ANNEX III

PRODUCT FAMILY

FLOORINGS (1/2)

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the products and intended uses listed below, CEN/Cenelec are requested to specify the following systems of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonized standards:

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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.

PRODUCT FAMILY

FLOORINGS (2/2)

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the products and intended uses listed below, CEN/Cenelec are requested to specify the following systems of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonized standards:

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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.