ANNEX U.K. SYSTEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION OF CONSTANCY OF PERFORMANCE

Table 1

For all essential characteristics except for reaction to fire

Products and intended use	Applicable system
Balustrade kits and railing kits intended to be used in construction works solely to prevent falls and not submitted to vertical loads from the structure.	4

Table 2

For reaction to fire only

Products and intended use	Product subfamilies	Applicable system
Balustrade kits and railing kits intended to be used in construction works solely to prevent falls and not submitted to vertical loads from the structure.	Products for which a clearly identifiable stage in the production process results in an improvement of their reaction to fire performance (e.g. an addition of fire retardants or a limiting of organic material)	1
	Products for which an applicable European legal base exists to classify their reaction of fire performance without testing.	4
	Products not belonging to the other subfamilies.	3