Commission Decision
of 9 August 2005
establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products
(notified under document number C(2005) 2925)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/610/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988, on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products1, and in particular Article 20(2) a thereof,
Whereas:
Directive 89/106/EEC envisages that in order to take account of different levels of protection for the construction works at national, regional or local levels, it may be necessary to establish in the interpretative documents classes corresponding to the performance of products in respect of each essential requirement. Those documents have been published as the ‘Communication of the Commission with regard to the interpretative documents of Directive 89/106/EEC2’.
With respect of the essential requirement of safety in the event of fire, interpretative document No 2 lists a number of interrelated measures which together define the fire safety strategy to be developed in different ways in the Member States.
Interpretative document No 2 identifies one of those measures as the limitation of the generation and spread of fire and smoke within a given area by limiting the potential of construction products to contribute to the full development of a fire.
The level of that limitation may be expressed only in terms of the different levels of reaction-to-fire performance of the products in their end-use application.
By way of harmonised solution, a system of classes was adopted in Commission Decision 2000/147/EC of 8 February 2000 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regard the classification of the reaction-to-fire performance of construction products3.
In the case of certain construction products it is necessary to use the classification established in Decision 2000/147/EC.
The reaction-to-fire performance of many construction products and/or materials, within the classification provided for in Decision 2000/147/EC, is well established and sufficiently well known to fire regulators in Member States with the consequence that they do not require testing for this particular performance characteristic.
Products have been considered in relation to their end-use application, where relevant.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The construction products and/or materials which satisfy all the requirements of the performance characteristic ‘reaction to fire’ without need for further testing are set out in the Annex.
Article 2
The specific classes to be applied to different construction products and/or materials, within the reaction-to-fire classification adopted in Decision 2000/147/EC, are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX
The tables set out in this Annex, list construction products and/or materials which satisfy all of the requirements for the performance characteristic reaction to fire without need for testing.
Floor covering type7 | Product detail | Minimum density(kg/m3) | Minimum overall thickness(mm) | Class8Floorings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Laminate floor coverings | Laminate floor coverings manufactured in accordance with EN 13329:2000. | 800 | 6,5 | EFL |
Floor covering loose laid over any wood based substrate ≥ D-s2, d0, or any substrate of class A2-s1, d0. | ||||
Class as provided for in table 2 to the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC. | ||||
Floor covering type9 | EN product standard | Minimum mass(g/m2) | Maximum mass(g/m2) | Minimum overall thickness(mm) | Class10Floorings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plain and decorative Linoleum | EN 548 | 2 300 | 4 900 | 2 | EFL |
Homogeneous and heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings | EN 649 | 2 300 | 3 900 | 1,5 | EFL |
Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings with foam layer | EN 651 | 1 700 | 5 400 | 2 | EFL |
Polyvinyl chloride floor covering with cork-based backing | EN 652 | 3 400 | 3 700 | 3,2 | EFL |
Expanded (cushioned) polyvinyl chloride floor coverings | EN 653 | 1 000 | 2 800 | 1,1 | EFL |
Semi-flexible polyvinyl chloride tiles | EN 654 | 4 200 | 5 000 | 2 | EFL |
Linoleum on corkment backing | EN 687 | 2 900 | 5 300 | 2,5 | EFL |
Homogeneous and heterogeneous smooth rubber floor coverings with foam backing | EN 1816 | 3 400 | 4 300 | 4 | EFL |
Homogeneous and heterogeneous smooth rubber floor coverings | EN 1817 | 3 000 | 6 000 | 1,8 | EFL |
Homogeneous and heterogeneous relief rubber floor coverings | EN 12199 | 4 600 | 6 700 | 2,5 | EFL |
Floor covering loose laid over any wood based substrate ≥ D-s2, d0, or any substrate of class A2-s1, d0. | |||||
Class as provided for in table 2 to the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC. | |||||
Floor covering type11 | EN product standard | Class12Floorings |
|---|---|---|
Non-FR machine-made wall-to-wall pile carpets and pile carpet tiles13 | EN 1307 | EFL |
Non-FR needled textile floor coverings without pile13 | EN 1470 | EFL |
Non-FR needled textile floor coverings with pile13 | EN 13297 | EFL |
Floor covering glued or loose laid over a class A2-s1, d0 substrate | ||
Class as provided for in table 2 to the Annex to Decision 2000/147/EC. | ||
Textile floor coverings having a total mass of max 4 800 g/m2, a minimum pile thickness of 1,8 mm (ISO 1766) and:
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Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1227 of 20 March 2017 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of glued laminated timber products covered by the harmonised standard EN 14080 and structural finger jointed solid timber products covered by the harmonised standard EN 15497 with regard to their reaction to fire and amending Decision 2005/610/EC (Text with EEA relevance).