COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/1517

12.9.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 235/65 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/1517 of 9 September 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 as regards the publication of references of European Assessment Documents for insulation made of loose-fill or compound granulated expanded cork or loose-fill granulated natural cork and rubber and other construction products (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (1), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Whereas: (1) | In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, Technical Assessment Bodies are to use methods and criteria provided in European Assessment Documents, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, for assessing performance of construction products covered by those documents in relation to their essential characteristics. ---|--- (2) | In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, following several requests by manufacturers for European Technical Assessments, the organisation of Technical Assessment Bodies has drawn up and adopted 10 European Assessment Documents and one correction. ---|--- (3) | The European Assessment Documents drawn up and adopted by the organisation of Technical Assessment Bodies relate to the following construction products: | — | insulation made of loose-fill or compound granulated expanded cork or loose-fill granulated natural cork and rubber; ---|--- — | geosynthetic cementitious composite mats and barriers; ---|--- — | Early Suppression, Fast Response (ESFR), K240 to 480, Upright and Pendent Automatic Fire Sprinkler; ---|--- — | blast Furnace Cement CEM III/A with assessment of sulfate resistance (SR) and optional with low effective alkali content (LA) and/or low heat of hydration (LH); ---|--- — | kit for rock and soil anchors using prestressing steel strand; ---|--- — | non-screwable sleeve for mechanical splices by lateral compression of reinforcing bars; ---|--- — | polystyrene concrete masonry units and wall kits made from the units; ---|--- — | thermostatic radiator valves; ---|--- — | powder-actuated fastener for the fixing of ETICS in concrete; ---|--- — | flexible avalanche protection kit; ---|--- — | ventilation system made of mineral wool with facings on outside and inside. ---|--- (4) | The European Assessment Document with the reference number 360001-01-0803 relating to ventilation system made of mineral wool with facings on outside and inside, the reference of which is published by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 (2) contains an error. It is therefore necessary to add a clarification that European Assessment Document with the reference number 360001-01-0803 supersedes the previous version of the European Assessment Document with the reference number 360001-00-0803. ---|--- (5) | The European Assessment Documents drawn up and adopted by the organisation of Technical Assessment Bodies satisfy the demands to be met in relation to the basic requirements for construction works set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those European Assessment Documents in the Official Journal of the European Union. ---|--- (6) | The list of references of European Assessment Documents is published by Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450. For reasons of clarity, references of new European Assessment Documents should be added to that list. ---|--- (7) | Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 should therefore be amended accordingly. ---|--- (8) | In order to enable the use of the European Assessment Documents as early as possible, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 9 September 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5. (2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 of 19 March 2019 on publication of the European Assessment Documents (EADs) for construction products drafted in support of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 78). * * * ANNEX The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 is amended as follows: (1) | the following rows are inserted in sequential order following the order of the reference numbers: | ‘040369-01-1201 | Insulation made of loose-fill or compound granulated expanded cork or loose-fill granulated natural cork and rubber’ (superseding technical specification ‘EAD 040369-00-1201’) ---|--- ‘080009-00-0301 | Geosynthetic cementitious composite mats and barriers’ ‘100002-00-1106 | Early Suppression, Fast Response (ESFR), K240 to 480, Upright and Pendent Automatic Fire Sprinkler’ ‘150009-01-0301 | Blast Furnace Cement CEM III/A with assessment of sulfate resistance (SR) and optional with low effective alkali content (LA) and/or low heat of hydration (LH)’ (superseding technical specification ‘EAD 150009-00-0301’) ‘160071-00-0102 | Kit for rock and soil anchors using prestressing steel strand’ ‘160124-00-0301 | Non-screwable sleeve for mechanical splices by lateral compression of reinforcing bars’ ‘170010-00-0305 | Polystyrene concrete masonry units and wall kits made from the units’ ‘280005-00-0702 | Thermostatic radiator valves’ ‘330965-01-0601 | Powder-actuated fastener for the fixing of ETICS in concrete’ (superseding technical specification ‘EAD 330965-00-0601’) ‘340109-00-0106 | Flexible avalanche protection kit’; (2) | the row with the reference number 360001-01-0803 is replaced by the following: | ‘360001-01-0803 | Ventilation system made of mineral wool with facings on outside and inside (superseding technical specification ‘EAD 360001-00-0803’)’. ---|--- * * *