Commission Decision

of 6 June 2003

amending Decision 96/603/EC establishing the list of products belonging to Classes A "No contribution to fire" provided for in Decision 94/611/EC implementing Article 20 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products

(notified under document number C(2003) 1673)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/424/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 products(1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC(2),

Having regard to Commission Decision 2000/147/EC of 8 February 2000 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction to fire performance of construction products(3), and in particular Article 1(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 96/603/EC(4), as amended by Decision 2000/605/EC(5), established a list of products belonging to Classes A "No contribution to fire" provided for in Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex to Commission Decision 94/611/EC(6), which described the European classification system for expressing the reaction to fire performance of construction products.

(2) Decision 94/611/EC has been replaced by Decision 2000/147/EC.

(3) The notes for "Mortar with inorganic binding agents" in the table set out in the Annex to Decision 96/603/EC should be adapted to technical progress.

(4) Decision 96/603/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) 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

In the table set out in the Annex to Decision 96/603/EC, for "Mortar with inorganic binding agents" the notes "Rendering/plastering mortars and mortars for floor screeds based on one or more inorganic binding agent(s), e.g. cement, lime, masonry cement and gypsum" are replaced by "Rendering/plastering mortars, mortars for floor screeds and masonry mortars based on one or more inorganic binding agent(s), e.g. cement, lime, masonry cement and gypsum".

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 June 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki Liikanen

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 50, 23.2.2000, p. 14.

(4) OJ L 267, 19.10.1996, p. 23.

(5) OJ L 258, 12.10.2000, p. 36.

(6) OJ L 241, 19.9.1994, p. 25.