# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1291/2014 of 16 July 2014 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of wood-based panels under EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding under EN 14915 with regard to their fire protection ability, when used for wall and ceiling covering (Text with EEA relevance)

EU Regulation No 1291/2014 · adopted 16 July 2014

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1291/2014 of 16 July 2014 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of wood-based panels under EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding under EN 14915 with regard to their fire protection ability, when used for wall and ceiling covering (Text with EEA relevance)

## Introductory text

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1291/2014
of 16 July 2014
on the conditions for classification, without testing, of wood-based panels under EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding under EN 14915 with regard to their fire protection ability, when used for wall and ceiling covering
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having 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 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
A system for classifying the performance of construction products, construction works and parts thereof with regard to their resistance to fire was adopted in Commission Decision 2000/367/EC. Wood-based panels covered by the harmonised standard EN 13986, as well as solid wood panelling and cladding covered by the harmonised standard EN 14915 are among the construction products to which that Decision applies.
(2)
Tests have shown those products to have a stable and predictable performance concerning fire protection ability when used for wall and ceiling covering provided that the products meet certain conditions regarding the density of the wood and the thickness of the panels, panelling and cladding.
(3)
Wood-based panels covered by the harmonised standard EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding covered by the harmonised standard EN 14915 should therefore be deemed to satisfy the classes of performance for fire protection ability established in Decision 2000/367/EC on those conditions without further testing being required,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

Wood-based panels covered by the harmonised standard EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding covered by the harmonised standard EN 14915 which fulfil the conditions set out in the Annex shall be deemed to satisfy the classes of performance indicated in the Annex without testing, when they are used for wall and ceiling covering.

## 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 July 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso

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Mounted directly on any substrate without an air gap.
Joints with square edges or tongue and groove profile and with the same thickness as the product and without gaps.
Class as set out in Decision 2000/367/EC.
K1 10 for substrates ≥ 300 kg/m3
Brad length minimum 40 mm and spacing maximum 100 mm
Screw length minimum 30 mm and spacing maximum 200 mm
Screw length minimum 30 mm and spacing maximum 150 mm
Screw length minimum 50 mm and spacing maximum 200 mm
Screw length minimum 75 mm and spacing maximum 200 mm
Nail length minimum 60 mm and spacing maximum 600 mm
Nail length minimum 50 mm (in each layer) and spacing maximum 600 mm
The two layers are mounted with the longitudinal direction of the layers perpendicular to each other.
Product
EN product standard
Product detail
Minimum mean density(kg/m3)
Minimum thickness(mm)
K Class
Hardboard
EN 13986
With and without tongue and groove
800
9
K2 10
OSB
EN 13986
With and without tongue and groove
600
10
K2 10
Particleboard
EN 13986
With tongue and groove
600
10
K2 10
Particleboard
EN 13986
With and without tongue and groove
600
12
K2 10
Plywood
EN 13986
With and without tongue and groove
450
12
K2 10
Solid wood panels
EN 13986
With and without tongue and groove
450
12
K2 10
Particleboard
EN 13986
With tongue and groove
600
25
K2 30
OSB
EN 13986
With tongue and groove
600
30
K2 30
Plywood
EN 13986
With tongue and groove
450
26
K2 30
Solid wood panels
EN 13986
With tongue and groove
450
26
K2 30
Solid wood panels
EN 13986
With tongue and groove
450
53
K2 60
Solid wood panelling and cladding
EN 14915
With tongue and groove
450
15
K2 10
Solid wood panelling and cladding
EN 14915
With tongue and groove
450
27
K2 30
Solid wood panelling and cladding
EN 14915
With tongue and groove
450
2 × 27
K2 60

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1291 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1291
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