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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-246/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/246",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 18 April 2011 amending Decision 1999/93/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards doors, windows, shutters, blinds, gates and related building hardware (notified under document C(2011) 2587) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/246/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-246",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 18 April 2011\namending Decision 1999/93/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards doors, windows, shutters, blinds, gates and related building hardware\n(notified under document C(2011) 2587)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2011/246/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving 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 products, and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,\nAfter consulting the Standing Committee on Construction,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Commission has adopted Decision 1999/93/EC of 25 January 1999 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards doors, windows, shutters, blinds, gates and related building hardware.\n(2)\nArticle 13 of Directive 89/106/EEC provides that conformity shall be established in accordance with Annex III to that Directive.\n(3)\nFollowing a review of the intended uses of doors and gates the corresponding procedures of attestation of conformity should be amended to include provisions for building hardware for windows and for doors not used for fire/smoke compartmentation or for escape routes.\n(4)\nDecision 1999/93/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 29, 3.2.1999, p. 51."
    }
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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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