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Commission Decision of 21 August 2001 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings (notified under document number C(2001) 2474) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/671/EC)
Consolidated text: Commission Decision of 21 August 2001 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings (notified under document number C(2001) 2474) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/671/EC)
Commission Decision of 21 August 2001 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings (notified under document number C(2001) 2474) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/671/EC)
02001D0671 — EN — 25.11.2005 — 001.001
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COMMISSION DECISION of 21 August 2001 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings (notified under document number C(2001) 2474) (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 235 4.9.2001, p. 20) |
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 August 2001
implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings
(notified under document number C(2001) 2474)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/671/EC)
Article 1
A Community classification system as envisaged by Directive 89/106/EEC is hereby established in respect of the external fire performance of roofs and roof coverings.
That classification system shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX
PREAMBLE
ENV 1187:2002 and subsequently upgraded versions shall be applied. The upgraded version shall include, inter alia, new revisions/amendments of the ENV or the EN version of this standard.
The classification set out in the table below is based upon the standard contained in ►M1 ENV 1187:2002 ◄ . That standard incorporates ►M1 four ◄ distinct test methods that correspond to different fire hazard scenarios. There is no direct correlation between the test methods and hence no generally acceptable hierarchy of classification between them.
In regulating for the external fire performance of roofs/roof coverings, Member States may select the test/class combination(s) appropriate to the actual fire hazard(s) on their territory and establish a national hierarchy of classification between the various tests/classes.
Commission Decision 2000/553/EC ( 4 ) establishes a list of roof covering products (and/or materials) which can be considered to fulfil all of the requirements for the performance characteristics ‘external fire performance’ without the need for testing, subject to any national provisions on the design and execution of works being fulfilled. Such products/materials are considered to be Classes BROOF in the table below, without the need for testing.
SYMBOLS
The classifications according to the ►M1 four ◄ test methods are identified as follows:
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TE |
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critical external fire spread time |
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TP |
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critical time to fire penetration |
Table
CLASSES OF EXTERNAL FIRE PERFORMANCE FOR ROOFS/ROOF COVERINGS (*1)
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CR1187:2001 test 1 |
BROOF (t1) |
All of the following conditions must be satisfied: — external and internal fire spread upwards < 0,700 m, — external and internal fire spread downwards < 0,600 m, — maximum burned length external and internal < 0,800 m, — no burning material (droplets or debris) falling from exposed side, — no burning/glowing particles penetrating the roof construction, — no single through opening > 2,5 × 10–5 m2, — sum of all through openings < 4,5 × 10–3 m2, — lateral fire spread does not reach the edges of the measurement zone, — no internal glowing combustion, — maximum redius of fire spread on ‘horizontal’, roofs, external and internal < 0,200 m. |
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FROOF (t1) |
No performance determined |
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CR1187:2001 test 2 |
BROOF (t2) |
For both test series at 2 m/s and 4 m/s wind speed: — mean damaged length of the roofing and underlay ≤ 0,550 m, — maximum damaged length of the roofing and underlay ≤ 0,800 m, |
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FROOF (t2) |
No performance determined |
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CR1187:2001 test 3 |
BROOF (t3) |
TE ≥ 30 min and TP ≥ 30 min |
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CROOF (t3) |
TE ≥ 10 min and TP ≥ 15 min |
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DROOF (t3) |
TP> 5 min |
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FROOF (t3) |
No performance determined |
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ENV 1187:2002 test 4 |
BROOF (t4) |
All of the following conditions must be satisfied: — No penetration of roof system within 1 hour — In the preliminary test, after withdrawal of test flame, specimens burn for < 5 minutes — In the preliminary test, flame spread < 0.38 m across the region of burning |
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CROOF (t4) |
All of the following conditions must be satisfied: — No penetration of roof system within 30 minutes — In the preliminary test, after withdrawal of test flame, specimens burn for < 5 minutes — In the preliminary test, flame spread < 0.38 m across the region of burning |
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DROOF (t4) |
All of the following conditions must be satisfied: — Roof system is penetrated within 30 minutes but is not penetrated in the preliminary flame test — In the preliminary test, after withdrawal of test flame, specimens burn for < 5 minutes — In the preliminary test, flame spread < 0.38 m across the region of burning |
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EROOF (t4) |
All of the following conditions must be satisfied: — Roof system is penetrated within 30 minutes but is not penetrated in the preliminary flame test — Flame spread is not controlled |
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FROOF (t4) |
No performance determined |
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(*1)
The number of classes is still under review and will be amended as soon as the necessary information is available. * Attention shall be drawn to dripping from the underside of the specimen, any mechanical failure and any development of holes by adding a suffix “x” to the designation to denote that one or more of these took place during the test. In addition, depending upon inclination of the product during the test, the letters EXT.F will be added to indicate “flat or horizontal” and EXT.S will be added to indicate “inclined”. |
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( 1 ) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12.
( 2 ) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ C 62, 28.2.1994, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 235, 19.9.2000, p. 19.