
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/364 of 1 July 2015 on the classification of the reaction to fire performance of construction products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (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(1) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) A system for classifying the performance of construction products with regard to their reaction to fire was adopted by Commission Decision 2000/147/EC. It was based on a harmonised solution of assessing this performance and classifying the results of these assessments.

(2) Decision 2000/147/EC provides several classes of reaction to fire performance. In addition, it contains classes F, FFL, FL and Fca, which are defined as ‘no performance determined’.

(3) In accordance with Article 2(7) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, a class means a range of levels, delimited by a minimum and a maximum value of performance. Classes defined as ‘no performance determined’ do not correspond to this definition and thus cannot be incorporated in a classification system under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.

(4) The use of ‘no performance determined’ in the context of drawing up the declaration of performance is provided in Article 6(3)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.

(5) In order to enable the manufacturers to declare lower reaction to fire performance than that covered by classes E, EFL, EL and Eca, it is necessary to change the classification criteria of classes F, FFL, FL and Fca accordingly.

(6) It is therefore necessary to replace the classes F, FFL, FL and Fca provided in Decision 2000/147/EC with new classes for products not reaching at least the reaction to fire performance under the classes E, EFL, EL and Eca.

(7) Decision 2000/147/EC has been amended several times and further amendments to that Decision are necessary. In the interests of clarity and rationality that decision should therefore be repealed and replaced,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
When the intended use of a construction product is such that the product may contribute to the generation and spread of fire and smoke within the room or area of origin or beyond, the performance of the product in relation to its reaction to fire shall be classified in accordance with the classification system set out in the Annex.
Article 2 
Decision 2000/147/EC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 July 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
Classes of reaction to fire performance
1.1. For the purposes of Tables 1 to 4 the following symbols apply: 

(1) ‘ΔΤ’temperature rise;(2) ‘Δm’mass loss;(3) ‘tf’duration of flaming;(4) ‘PCS’gross calorific potential;(5) ‘LFS’lateral flame spread;(6) ‘SMOGRA’smoke growth rate.

1.2. For the purposes of Tables 1, 2 and 3 the following symbols apply: 

(1) ‘FIGRA’fire growth rate;(2) ‘THR’total heat release;(3) ‘TSP’total smoke production;(4) ‘Fs’flame spread.

1.3. For the purposes of Table 4 the following symbols and test parameters apply: 

(1) ‘HRRsm30, kW’heat release rate averaged by a 30-s sliding average;(2) ‘SPRsm60, m2/s’smoke production rate averaged by a 60-s sliding average;(3) ‘Peak HRR, kW’maximum of HRRsm30 between test start and end of test, excluded contribution from ignition source;(4) ‘Peak SPR, m2/s’maximum of SPRsm60 between test start and end of test;(5) ‘THR1200, MJ’total heat release (HRRsm30) from test start until end of test, excluded contribution from ignition source;(6) ‘TSP1200, m2’total smoke production (HRRsm60) from test start until end of test;(7) ‘FIGRA, W/s’fire growth rate index defined as the highest value of the quotient between HRRsm30 excluding the contribution of ignition source and time. Threshold values HRRsm30 = 3 kW and THR = 0,4 MJ;(8) ‘FS’flame spread (damaged length);(9) ‘H’flame spread.

2. For the purposes of Tables 1 to 4 the following definitions apply: 


((1)) ‘material’ means a single basic substance or uniformly dispersed mixture of substances;
((2)) ‘homogeneous product’ means a product consisting of a single material, having uniform density and composition throughout the product;
((3)) ‘non-homogeneous product’ means a product that does not satisfy the requirements of a homogeneous product and that is composed of one or more components, substantial and/or non-substantial;
((4)) ‘substantial component’ means a material that constitutes a significant part of a non-homogeneous product; a layer with a mass per unit area ≥ 1,0 kg/m2 or a thickness ≥ 1,0 mm is considered to be a substantial component;
((5)) ‘non-substantial component’ means a material that does not constitute a significant part of a non-homogeneous product; a layer with a mass per unit area < 1,0 kg/m2 and a thickness < 1,0 mm is considered to be a non-substantial component;
((6)) ‘internal non-substantial component’ means a non-substantial component that is covered on both sides by at least one substantial component;
((7)) ‘external non-substantial component’ means a non-substantial component that is not covered on one side by a substantial component.

Two or more non-substantial layers that are adjacent to each other, where there are no substantial components in between the layers, shall be considered as one non-substantial component and shall, therefore, be classified in accordance with the criteria for a layer that is a non-substantial component.


Table 1Classes of reaction to fire performance for construction products excluding floorings, linear pipe thermal insulation products, and electric cablesClass Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1 EN ISO 1182;and ΔΤ ≤ 30 °C; andΔm ≤ 50 %; andtf = 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming) 
EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 1,4 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1 
A2 EN ISO 1182;or ΔΤ ≤ 50 °C; andΔm ≤ 50 %; andtf ≤ 20 s 
EN ISO 1716;and PCS ≤ 3,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 4,0 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 4,0 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 3,0 MJkg– 1 
EN 13823 (SBI) FIGRA ≤ 120 Ws– 1; andLFS < edge of specimen; andTHR600s ≤ 7,5 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
B EN 13823 (SBI);and FIGRA ≤ 120 Ws– 1; andLFS < edge of specimen; andTHR600s ≤ 7,5 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 30 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 60 s
C EN 13823 (SBI);and FIGRA ≤ 250 Ws– 1; andLFS < edge of specimen; andTHR600s ≤ 15 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 30 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 60 s
D EN 13823 (SBI);and FIGRA ≤ 750 Ws– 1 Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 30 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 60 s
E EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20 s Flaming droplets/particles
F EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs > 150 mm within 20 s 










Table 2Classes of reaction to fire performance for flooringsClass Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1FL EN ISO 1182;and ΔΤ ≤ 30 °C; andΔm ≤ 50 %; andtf = 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming) 
EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 1,4 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1
A2FL EN ISO 1182;or ΔΤ ≤ 50 °C; andΔm ≤ 50 %; andtf ≤ 20 s 
EN ISO 1716;and PCS ≤ 3,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 4,0 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 4,0 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 3,0 MJkg– 1
EN ISO 9239-1 Critical flux ≥ 8,0 kWm– 2 Smoke production
BFL EN ISO 9239-1and Critical flux ≥ 8,0 kWm– 2 Smoke production
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20 s
CFL EN ISO 9239-1and Critical flux ≥ 4,5 kWm– 2 Smoke production
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20 s
DFL EN ISO 9239-1and Critical flux ≥ 3,0 kWm– 2 Smoke production
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20 s
EFL EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20 s 
FFL EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs > 150 mm within 20 s 









Table 3Classes of reaction to fire performance for linear pipe insulation productsClass Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
A1L EN ISO 1182;and ΔT ≤ 30 °C; andΔm ≤ 50 %; andtf = 0 (i.e. no sustained flaming) 
EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 1,4 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 2,0 MJkg– 1
A2L EN ISO 1182;or ΔT ≤ 50 °C; andΔm ≤ 50 %; and tf ≤ 20 s 
EN ISO 1716;and PCS ≤ 3,0 MJkg– 1; andPCS ≤ 4,0 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 4,0 MJm– 2; andPCS ≤ 3,0 MJkg– 1
EN 13823 (SBI) FIGRA ≤ 270 Ws– 1; andLFS < edge of specimen; andTHR600s ≤ 7,5 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
BL EN 13823 (SBI);and FIGRA ≤ 270 Ws– 1; andLFS < edge of specimen; andTHR600s ≤ 7,5 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 30 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 60 s
CL EN 13823 (SBI);and FIGRA ≤ 460 Ws– 1; andLFS < edge of specimen; andTHR600s ≤ 15 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 30 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 60 s
DL EN 13823 (SBI);and FIGRA ≤ 2 100 Ws– 1THR600s ≤ 100 MJ Smoke production; andFlaming droplets/particles
EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 30 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 60 s
EL EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20 s Flaming droplets/particles
FL EN ISO 11925-2:Exposure = 15 s Fs > 150mm within 20 s 









Table 4Classes of reaction to fire performance for electric cablesClass Test method(s) Classification criteria Additional classification
Aca EN ISO 1716 PCS ≤ 2,0 MJ/kg 
B1ca EN 50399 (30 kW flame source)and FS ≤ 1,75 m andTHR1200s ≤ 10 MJ andPeak HRR ≤ 20 kW andFIGRA ≤ 120 Ws– 1 Smoke production and Flaming droplets/particles and Acidity (pH and conductivity)
EN 60332-1-2 H ≤ 425 mm
B2ca EN 50399 (20,5 kW flame source)and FS ≤ 1,5 m; andTHR1200s ≤ 15 MJ; andPeak HRR ≤ 30 kW; andFIGRA ≤ 150 Ws– 1 Smoke production and Flaming droplets/particles and Acidity (pH and conductivity)
EN 60332-1-2 H ≤ 425 mm
Cca EN 50399 (20,5 kW flame source)and FS ≤ 2,0 m; andTHR1200s ≤ 30 MJ; andPeak HRR ≤ 60 kW; andFIGRA ≤ 300 Ws– 1 Smoke production and Flaming droplets/particles and Acidity (pH and conductivity)
EN 60332-1-2 H ≤ 425 mm
Dca EN 50399 (20,5 kW flame source)and THR1200s ≤ 70 MJ; andPeak HRR ≤ 400 kW; andFIGRA ≤ 1 300 Ws– 1 Smoke production and Flaming droplets/particles and Acidity (pH and conductivity)
EN 60332-1-2 H ≤ 425 mm
Eca EN 60332-1-2 H ≤ 425 mm 
Fca EN 60332-1-2 H > 425 mm 





