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Commission Decision

of 27 October 2006

amending Decision 2000/147/EC implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction-to-fire performance of construction products

(notified under document number C(2006) 5063)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/751/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 productsf1 and in particular Article 20(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2000/147/ECf2 established a classification system for the reaction-to-fire performance of construction products.

(2)

Following a review of certain product families, separate classes of reaction-to-fire performance should be established for electric cables.

(3)

Decision 2000/147/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1

OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

f2

OJ L 50, 23.2.2000, p. 14.