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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-284/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/284",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 12 May 2011 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards power, control and communication cables (notified under document C(2011) 3107) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/284/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-284",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 12 May 2011\non the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards power, control and communication cables\n(notified under document C(2011) 3107)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2011/284/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)\nRegarding the two procedures for attesting the conformity of a product pursuant to Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC, the Commission is required to select the least onerous possible procedure consistent with safety. This means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a given product or family of products, the existence of a factory production control system under the responsibility of the manufacturer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4) of that Directive, the intervention of an approved certification body is required.\n(2)\nArticle 13(4) of Directive 89/106/EEC requires that the procedure thus determined must be indicated in the mandates and in the technical specifications. It is therefore desirable to define the concept of products or family of products as used in the mandates and in the technical specifications.\n(3)\nThe two procedures provided for in Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC are described in detail in Annex III to that Directive. It is therefore necessary to specify clearly the methods by which the two procedures must be implemented, by reference to Annex III, for each product or family of products, since Annex III gives preference to certain systems.\n(4)\nThe procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC corresponds to the systems set out in the first possibility, without continuous surveillance, and the second and third possibilities of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC. The procedure referred to in point (b) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in point (i) of Section 2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility, with continuous surveillance, of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Decision modified (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, regs. 1, 3(4)(c)-(e)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 12."
    }
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