
Article 1 
Decision 98/213/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) the following Article 3a is inserted:
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Article 3a 
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex IV shall be indicated in mandates for harmonised European standards.';
((2)) Annex IV is added, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 March 2012.
For the Commission
Antonio TAJANI
Vice-President
ANNEX


ANNEX IV 
For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) is requested to specify the following system of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonised European standards:


Product(s) Intended use(s) Level(s) or class(es) Attestation of conformity system(s)
Internal partition kits/systems For all uses not subject to reaction to fire requirements any 3
System 3: See Annex III(2)(ii) to Directive 89/106/EEC, second possibility.

The specification for the system must be such that it may be implemented even where it is not necessary to determine the performance for a certain characteristic, because at least one Member State has no legal requirement for that 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 it does not wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.

For the product(s) and intended use(s) listed below, CEN is requested to specify the following system(s) of attestation of conformity in the relevant harmonised European standard:


Product(s) Intended use(s) Level(s) or class(es)(reaction to fire) Attestation of conformity system(s)
Internal partition kits/systems Uses subject to reaction to fire requirements A1, A2, B, C 1
A1, A2, B, C, D, E 3
(A1 to E), F 4



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 must be such that it may be implemented even where it is not necessary to determine the performance for a certain characteristic, because at least one Member State has no legal requirement for that 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 it does not wish to declare the performance of the product in that respect.

