
Article 1 
Decision 97/464/EC is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is replaced as follows:
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Article 1 

1. The products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by procedures set out in Annex II.
2. When the products referred to in paragraph 1 are additionally subject to regulations on reaction to fire, they shall have their conformity in respect of reaction to fire characteristics attested by procedures set out in Annex III.'
2.. The Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 September 2004.
For the Commission
Olli REHN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

The Annexes are amended as follows:

1.. In Annex II, for product family ‘Waste water engineering products outside buildings (3/3)’, the table is replaced by the following table:

‘Product(s) Intended use(s) Level(s) or class(es) Attestation of conformity system(s)
Manholes and inspection chambersStep irons, ladders and handrails for manholes and inspection chambers To be used on carriageways, parking areas, hard shoulders and outside buildings  4
Separators for waste water/sewage from buildings and civil engineering works including roads  4
Manhole tops and gully tops For use in vehicular and pedestrian areas  1


2.. The following Annex III is added:

ANNEX III 
For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN/Cenelec is requested to specify the following systems of attestation of conformity in respect of reaction to fire characteristics in the relevant harmonised standard(s):


Product(s) Intended use(s) Level(s) or class(es)(Reaction to fire) Attestation of conformity system(s)
Back-flow devices: air admittance valve ventilating pipework For all use(s) when subject to regulations on reaction to fire A1, A2, B, C 1
Kits for waste water pumping station and effluent lifting plants  A1, A2, B, C, D, E 3
Kits and elements for waste water treatment plants and on-site treatment equipment — septic tanks  (A1 to E), F 4
Prefabricated drainage channel   
Manholes and inspection chambers   
Step irons, ladders and handrail for manholes and inspection chambers   
Separators   
Manhole tops and gully tops   



System 1: See Annex III. 2(i), to Directive 89/106/EEC without audit-testing of samples.System 3: See Annex III. 2(ii) to Directive 89/106/EEC, second possibility.System 4: See Annex III.2(ii) to Directive 89/106/EEC, 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, clause 1.2.3 of the Interpretative Documents). In those cases the verification of such characteristic must not be imposed on the manufacturer if he does not wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.

