{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-555/annex-III/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1997/555",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 14 July 1997 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards cements, building limes and other hydraulic binders (Text with EEA relevance) (97/555/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-555",
  "path": "annex/III/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Systems of attestation of conformity",
  "text": "For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN/CENELEC are requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonized standard(s):\nSystem 1 +:\nSee Annex III Section 2 (i) of Directive 89/106/EEC, with audit-testing of samples taken at the factory\nSystem 2:\nSee Annex III Section 2 (ii) of Directive 89/106/EEC, first possibility, including certification of the factory production control by an approved body on the basis of initial inspection of factory and of factory production control (without continous surveillance, assessment and approval of factory production control)\nSystem 2 +:\nSee Annex III Section 2 (ii) of Directive 89/106/EEC, first possibility, including certification of the factory production control by an approved body on the basis of initial inspection of factory and of factory production control as well as of continuous surveillance, assessment and approval of factory production control\nProduct(s)\nIntended use(s)\nLevel(s) or class(es)\nAttestation of conformity system(s)\nCommon cements, including:\nPortland cement.\nPortland composite cements:\nPortland-slag cement\nPortland-silica fume cement\nPortland-pozzolana cement\nPortland-fly ash cement\nPortland-burnt shale cement\nPortland-limestone cement\nPortland composite cement\nBlastfurnace cements\nPozzolanic cements\nComposite cements\nPreparation of concrete, mortar, grout and other mixes for construction and for the manufacture of construction products\n—\n1 +\nSpecial cements, including:\nLow heat cements\nSulfate resisting cement\nWhite cement\nSea water resisting cement\nLow alkali cement\n—\n1 +\nCalcium aluminate cements\n—\n1 +\nMasonry cements\n—\n1 +\nBuilding lime, including:\nCalcium lime\nDolomitic lime\nHydraulic lime\n—\n2 +\nHydraulic road binders\nPreparation of concrete, mortar, grout and other mixes for road bases stabilisation\n—\n2 +\nThe specification of the system should be such that it can be implemented even where performance does not need to be determined for a certain characteristic, because at least one Member State has no legal requirement at all for such characteristic [see Article 2 (1) of Directive 89/106/EEC and, where applicable, clause 1.2.3 of the Interpretative Documents]. In those cases the verification of such a characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 9 November 2010 amending Decision 97/555/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards cements, building limes and other hydraulic binders (notified under document C(2010) 7603) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/683/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1997/555/annex/III/division/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}