1999/455/EC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1999 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards timber frame and log prefabricated building kits (notified under document number C(1999) 1483) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive 89/106/EEC
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The products set out in Annex I 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 2

The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II shall be indicated in mandates for guidelines for European technical approvals.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 June 1999.

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

Timber frame and log prefabricated building kits

This Decision covers those industrially prepared kits, marketed as a building, that are made of predesigned and prefabricated components intended for production in series. This Decision concerns only those kits for which the minimum requirements defined below are met. Partial kits falling below these minimum requirements are outside the scope of the Decision. The minimum requirements comprise all of the following: the structural elements of the building, the essential components of the external envelope including all necessary thermal insulation, and the internal linings in so far as they are necessary for the satisfaction of the essential requirements applied to the building.

Although some components may be prepared in different factories, only the final kit for delivery, and not the various components, are concerned by this Decision.

- for use in building works

ANNEX II

ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY

PRODUCT FAMILY

TIMBER FRAME AND LOG PREFABRICATED BUILDING KITS

Systems of attestation of conformity

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, EOTA is requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of conformity in the relevant guideline for European technical approvals:

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System 1: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(i), without audit testing of samples.

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 a 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.