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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1959/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1959",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2015/1959 of 1 July 2015 on the applicable systems to assess and verify constancy of performance of wastewater engineering products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1959",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2015/1959\nof 1 July 2015\non the applicable systems to assess and verify constancy of performance of wastewater engineering products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC, and in particular Article 60(h) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe procedure for attesting the conformity of wastewater engineering products with the applicable technical specifications has been established in Commission Decision 97/464/EC.\n(2)\nDecision 97/464/EC does not lay down detailed criteria for the choice of systems to assess and verify constancy of performance for the reaction to fire of wastewater engineering products, notably manhole tops and gully tops.\n(3)\nThe systems set out in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 should be more adequately chosen to assess the performance of wastewater engineering products. This should enable manufacturers to access the internal market more efficiently, thus contributing to greater competitiveness of the construction industry as a whole.\n(4)\nDecision 97/464/EC should be repealed and replaced in the interest of clarity and transparency,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Decision 97/464/EC of 27 June 1997 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards waste water engineering products (OJ L 198, 25.7.1997, p. 33)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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