E C 5 t h F r a m e w o r k www.pebbu.nl P E R F O R M A N C E B A S E D B U I L D I N G T H E M A T I C N E T W O R K 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 5 P E R F O R M A N C E B A S E D B U I L D I N G T H E M A T I C N E T W O R K 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 5 PBB AND THE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTIVE PeBBu Generic Task 1 Final Report PeBBu Task ACCEPTED BY THE PEBBU THEMATIC NETWORK STEERING TH COMMITTEE ON 4 AUGUST 2003. THE AIM IS TO DEVELOP A NEW CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITY ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE INTO THE WORK OF THE VARIOUS DOMAINS AND TASKS OF PEBBU. Support on the CPD: Performance based building and the Construction Products Directive Eric Winnepenninckx, Luk Vandaele, Piet Vitse Belgian Building Research Institute Development & Innovation CPD Supporting document (Final) 2005-08-19 2 Performance Based Building and the Construction Products Directive Performance Based Building and the Construction Products Directive 3 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 7 2. EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION................................................................................... 10 2.1 HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.................................................................................... 10 2.2 THE SINGLE MARKET .......................................................................................................... 11 2.3 MUTUAL RECOGNITION ...................................................................................................... 11 2.4 INSTRUMENTS OF EUROPEAN LEGISLATION ......................................................................... 12 2.5 THE NEW APPROACH ......................................................................................................... 13 2.6 EXTERNAL ASPECTS OF THE INTERNAL MARKET .................................................................. 14 3. PARTICULARITIES OF THE CPD...................................................................................... 16 3.1 PLACING ON THE MARKET AND PUTTING INTO SERVICE ......................................................... 16 3.2 ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................ 16 3.3 FREE MOVEMENT ............................................................................................................... 16 3.4 PRESUMPTION OF CONFORMITY.......................................................................................... 17 3.5 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT (ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY) ................................................ 17 3.6 CE MARKING..................................................................................................................... 17 3.7 TRANSPOSITION AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS........................................................... 18 3.8 OTHER RELEVANT DIRECTIVES NOT REQUIRING CE MARKING ............................................... 18 4. THE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE............................................................... 21 4.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ........................................................................................................ 21 4.2 THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF MEMBER STATES ............................................................ 21 4.3 THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE INTERPRETATIVE DOCUMENTS.............................. 22 4.4 EUROPEAN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................. 23 4.5 SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS OF LOWER SAFETY RELEVANCE ................... 23 4.6 ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY ........................................................................................... 23 4.7 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CPD IN NATIONAL LEGISLATION .................................................... 24 4.8 SAFEGUARD CLAUSES........................................................................................................ 24 5. INTERPRETATIVE DOCUMENTS...................................................................................... 26 5.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................... 26 5.2 CLASSES OF PERFORMANCE............................................................................................... 26 5.3 WORKING LIFE................................................................................................................... 27 6. EC GUIDANCE PAPERS ................................................................................................... 28 6.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................... 28 6.2 A – THE DESIGNATION OF NOTIFIED BODIES IN THE FIELD OF THE CPD.................................. 28 6.3 B - THE DEFINITION OF FPC IN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS . 28 6.4 C – THE TREATMENT OF KITS AND SYSTEMS UNDER THE CPD .............................................. 29 6.5 D - CE MARKING UNDER THE CPD ..................................................................................... 29 6.6 E – LEVELS AND CLASSES IN THE CPD ............................................................................... 30 4 Performance Based Building and the Construction Products Directive 6.7 F – DURABILITY AND THE CPD ........................................................................................... 30 6.8 G – THE EUROPEAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS.......................................................................................................... 31 6.9 H - A HARMONIZED APPROACH RELATING TO DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES UNDER THE CPD ..... 31 6.10 I – THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 4(4) OF THE CPD.......................................................... 32 6.11 J – TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE CPD ....................................................... 32 6.12 K – THE ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY SYSTEMS AND THE ROLE AND TASKS OF THE NOTIFIED BODIES IN THE FIELD OF THE CPD ................................................................................................ 32 6.13 L – APPLICATION AND USE OF EUROCODES...................................................................... 33 6.14 M – INITIAL TYPE TESTING AND FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL ...................................... 33 7. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................... 36 7.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................... 36 7.2 EUROPEAN STANDARDS..................................................................................................... 36 7.3 EUROPEAN TECHNICAL APPROVALS.................................................................................... 38 7.4 COMBINING EU DIRECTIVES ............................................................................................... 40 8. ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY .................................................................................... 41 8.1 GENERAL AND ELEMENTS FOR ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY .............................................. 41 8.2 SYSTEMS FOR ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY...................................................................... 41 8.3 INITIAL TYPE TESTING......................................................................................................... 42 8.4 FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL ....................................................................................... 42 8.5 NOTIFIED BODIES............................................................................................................... 43 8.6 NOTIFICATION.................................................................................................................... 43 8.7 NANDO.............................................................................................................................. 43 8.8 GROUP OF NOTIFIED BODIES.............................................................................................. 44 8.9 ACCREDITATION ................................................................................................................ 46 8.10 CEN/CLC/TC1 AND ISO CASCO................................................................................... 46 8.11 ENHANCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW APPROACH............................................... 47 9. EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY, EC CERTIFICATE AND CE-MARKING UNDER THE CPD...................................................................................................................................... 49 9.1 EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY..................................................................................... 49 9.2 CE CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY ...................................................................................... 49 9.3 CE MARKING..................................................................................................................... 49 9.4 INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING THE CE MARKING ................................................................ 50 9.5 ENHANCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW APPROACH.................................................. 51 9.6 MANUFACTURERS, AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVES, IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS ............ 51 10. MARKET SURVEILLANCE ...............................................................................................