
Article 1 
The products and families of products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby the manufacturer has under its sole responsibility a factory-production control system ensuring that the product is in conformity with the relevant technical specifications.
Article 2 
The products set out in Annex II 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 3 
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex III shall be indicated in mandates for guidelines for European technical approvals.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 January 1999.
For the Commission
Martin BANGEMANN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Doors and gates (with or without related hardware):

— for internal communication only,
— for declared specific uses and/or uses subject to specific requirements, in particular noise, energy, tightness and safety-in-use, other than those mentioned in Annex II to this Decision.
Windows (with or without related hardware):

— for uses other than those specified in Annex II to this Decision.
Shutters and blinds (with or without related hardware):

— for external use.

ANNEX II

Doors and gates (with or without related hardware):

— for use in fire/smoke compartmentation and on escape routes.
Windows (with or without related hardware):

— for use in fire/smoke compartmentation and on escape routes.
Building hardware related to doors and gates:

— for use in fire/smoke compartmentation and on escape routes.

ANNEX III 1. 
For the produce(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN/Cenelec are requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonised standard(s):


Product(s) Intended use(s) Level(s) or class(es) Attestation of conformity system(s)
Doors and gates (with or without related hardware) fire/smoke compartmentation and on escape routes — 1
other declared specific uses and/or uses subject to other specific requirements, in particular noise, energy, tightness and safety-in-use — 3
for internal communication only — 4
Building hardware related to doors and gates fire/smoke compartmentation and on escape routes — 1
Windows (with or without related hardware) fire/smoke compartmentation and on escape routes — 1
any other — 3
Shutters and blinds (with or without related hardware) external use — 4
System 1: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(i), without audit-testing of samples.System 3: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex HI(2)(ii), Second possibility.System 4: See Directive 89/106/EEC, Annex III(2)(ii), Third possibility.

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, point 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.
