
Article 1 
The products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby, in addition to a factory production control system operated by the manufacturer, an approved certification body is involved in assessment and surveillance of the production control or of the product itself.
Article 2 
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II shall be indicated in mandates for guidelines for European technical approval.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 July 1998.
For the Commission
Martin BANGEMANN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Post-tensioning kits for the prestressing of structures

ANNEX II 1. 
For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, EOTA is requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of conformity in the relevant guideline for European technical approval:


Product(s) Intended use(s) Level(s) or class(es) Attestation of conformity system(s)
Post-tensioning kits For the prestressing of structures — 1 +
System 1+: See Annex III, Section 2, point (i), to Directive 89/106/EEC, with audit-testing of samples.
 2. 
The specification for the system should be such that it can be implemented even where performance does not need to be determined for a certain characteristic, because at least one Member State has no legal requirement at all for such characteristic (see Article 2(1) of Directive 89/106/EEC and, where applicable, clause 1.2.3 of the interpretative documents). In those cases the verification of such a characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.
