98/601/EC: Commission Decision of 13 October 1998 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards road construction products (notified under document number C(1998) 2925) (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 harmonised standards.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 October 1998. 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.
Ancillary products (e.g. dowels, joint fillers, joint sealants) For uses in concrete roads ANNEX II Bitumen (e.g. pure bitumen, polymer modified bitumen, fluxed bitumen, fluxed polymer modified bitumen, cut-back bitumen, bitumen emulsion, fluxed bitumen emulsion, polymer modified bitumen emulsion, fluxed polymer modified bitumen emulsion, naturally occurring asphalt/bitumen) For uses in road construction and surface treatment of roads Bituminous mixtures (e.g. asphalt concrete including very soft asphalt and those for very thin layers, porous asphalt, mastic asphalt (Gussasphalt), stone mastic asphalt, hot rolled asphalt) For uses in road construction and surface treatment of roads Surface treatments (e.g. slurry for surfacing, microsurfacing, surface dressing) For uses in surface treatment of roads Bridge deck waterproofing products and kits (e.g. mastic asphalt, prefabricated membranes, preformed bituminous sheets, resins/polyurethane) For uses in bridge decks ANNEX III Note: For products having more than one of the intended uses specified in the following families, the tasks for the approved body, derived from the relevant systems of attestation of conformity, are cumulative. PRODUCT FAMILY ROAD CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (1/2) 1. 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 harmonised 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, point 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 ROAD CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (2/2) 1. 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 harmonised 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, point 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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