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14.1.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
10/5
DECISIONS
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 January 2011
amending Decision 97/556/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction
products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards external thermal
insulation composite systems/kits with rendering (ETICS)
(notified under document C(2011) 34)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/14/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Article 1
Union,
Decision 97/556/EC is amended as follows:
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
21 December 1988, on the approximation of laws, regulations
and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to
construction products (
‘Article 2

1 ), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II
shall be indicated in mandates for guidelines for European
After consulting of the Standing Committee on Construction,
technical approvals. The procedure for attesting conformity
as set out in Annex III shall be indicated in mandates for
harmonised European standards.’;
Whereas:
2. a new Annex III is added, as set out in the Annex to this
(1) Commission
Decision
97/556/EC
of
14
July
1997
on
the
Decision.
procedure for attesting the conformity of construction
products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive
89/106/EEC as regards external thermal insulation
Article 2
composite systems/kits with rendering (ETICS) ( 2 ) refers
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
only to products in the scope of European technical
approvals while some of those products may also be
covered by harmonised European standards.
Done at Brussels, 13 January 2011.
(2) Decision
97/556/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
in
For the Commission
order to apply also to products falling under the scope
of harmonised European standards to be elaborated by
Antonio TAJANI
CEN,
Vice-President
( 1 ) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.
( 2 ) OJ L 229, 20.8.1997, p. 14.

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX III
PRODUCT FAMILY
EXTERNAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEMS/KITS WITH RENDERING (1/1)
Systems of attestation of conformity
For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN is requested to specify the following system of attestation of
conformity in the relevant harmonised European standards:
Product(s) Intended
use(s)
Level(s) or class(es)
Attestation of conformity
(Reaction to fire)
system(s)
External thermal insulation
In external walls Any
1
composite systems/kits with
rendering (ETICS)
System 1: see point (i) of Section 2 of Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC, 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
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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