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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-603/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1996/603",
  "legislation_title": "COMMISSION DECISION of 4 October 1996 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (96/603/EC)",
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  "path": "annex",
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  "heading": "Materials to be considered as reaction to fire Classes A1 and A1FL as provided for in Decision 2000/147/EC without the need for testing",
  "text": "Products should be made only from one or more of the following materials if they are to be considered as Class A1 and Class A1FL without testing. Products made by gluing one or more of the following materials together will be considered Class A1 and Class A1FL without testing provided that the glue does not exceed 0,1 % by weight or volume (whichever is the more onerous) .\nPanel products (e.g. of insulating material) with one or more organic layers, or products containing organic material which is not homogeneously distributed (with the exception of glue) are excluded from the list.\nProducts made by coating one of the following materials with an inorganic layer (e.g. coated metal products) may also be considered as Class A1 and Class A1FL without testing.\nNone of the materials in the table is allowed to contain more than 1,0 % by weight or volume (whichever is the more onerous) of homogeneously distributed organic material.\nMaterial\nNotes\nExpanded clay\nExpanded perlite\nExpanded vermiculite\nMineral wool\nCellular glass\nConcrete\nIncludes ready-mixed concrete and precast reinforced and prestressed products\nAggregate concrete (dense and lightweight mineral aggregates, excluding integral thermal insulation)\nMay contain admixtures and additions (e.g. PFA), pigments and other materials. Includes precast units\nAutoclaved aerated concrete units\nUnits manufactured from hydraulic binders such as cement and/or lime, combined with fine materials (siliceous material, PFA, blast furnace slag), and cell generating material. Includes precast units.\nFibre cement\nCement\nLime\nBlast furnace slag/pulverized fly ash (PFA)\nMineral aggregates\nIron, steel and stainless steel\nNot in finely divided form\nCopper and copper alloys\nNot in finely divided form\nZinc and zinc alloys\nNot in finely divided form\nAluminium and aluminium alloys\nNot in finely divided form\nLead\nNot in finely divided form\nGypsum and gypsum based plasters\nMay include additives (retarders, fillers, fibres, pigments, hydrated lime, air and water retaining agents and plasticisers), dense aggregates (e.g. natural or crushed sand) or lightweight aggregates (e.g. perlite or vermiculite).\nMortar with inorganic binding agents\nRendering/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\nClay units\nUnits from clay or other argillaceous materials, with or without sand, fuel or other additives. Includes bricks, tiles, paving and fireclay units (e.g. chimney liners)\nCalcium silicate units\nUnits made from a mixture of lime and natural siliceous materials (sand, siliceous gravel or rock or mixtures thereof). May include colouring pigments.\nNatural stone and slate products\nA worked or non-worked element produced from natural stone (magmatic, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks) or slate\nGypsum unit\nIncludes blocks and other units of calcium sulphate and water, that may incorporate fibres, fillers, aggregates and other additives, and may be coloured by pigments\nTerrazo\nIncludes precast concrete terrazotiles and in-situ flooring.\nGlass\nIncludes heat strengthened, chemically toughened, laminated and wired glass\nGlass ceramics\nGlass ceramics consisting of a crystalline and a residual glass phase\nCeramics\nIncludes dust-pressed and extruded products, glazed or unglazed",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "COMMISSION DECISION of 4 October 1996 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (96/603/EC) (OJ L 267, 19.10.1996, p.23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Official JournalNopagedate Commission Decision 2000/605/EC of 26 September 2000L 2583612.10.2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Official JournalNopagedate Commission Decision 2000/605/EC of 26 September 2000L 2583612.10.2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Official JournalNopagedate Commission Decision 2003/424/EC of 6 June 2003L 144912.6.2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "COMMISSION DECISION of 4 October 1996 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (96/603/EC) (OJ L 267, 19.10.1996, p.23)"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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