Conference for Candidate Countries on the Construction Product Directive CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS IN CO

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Conference for Candidate Countries on the
Construction Product Directive CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCTS IN CONTACT WITH DRINKING WATER
Brussels20 - 21 January 2003
G. Katsarakis Enterprise Directorate-General Const
ruction (G5)
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• AMONG THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EU TREATY
• Protection of environment / human health (e.g.
  Directive 98/83/EC)
• Creation of the Internal Market by
• abolishment of trade barriers (e.g. Directive
  89/106/?EC)
• avoiding the creation of new barriers (Directive
  98/34/?C)
• market surveillance by Member States

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• THE DRINKING WATER DIRECTIVE (98/83/EC)
• sets minimum levels of requirements for tap water
• allows Member States to have more severe
  requirements if they
• consider necessary
• hENs or ETAs under the CPD for products used for
  the construction of the water supply systems
  shall respect the requirements of the DWD (Art.
  10).

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• CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE (89/106/EEC)
• OBJECTIVES
• to achieve the greatest possible advantage for a
  single internal market,
• to afford access to that market for as many
  manufacturers as possible,
• to ensure the greatest possible degree of market
  transparency
• to create the conditions for a harmonized system
  of general rules in the construction industry,

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• THE CPD
• only construction products fit for the intended
  use may be put on the EU market (they bear the CE
  marking)
• fitness for the intended use is assumed by
  compliance to a harmonized EN or an ETA
• Member States cannot refuse the marketing / use
  of such products in their territory (except for
  justified restrictions due to geography / climate
  / ways of life / level of safety)

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MAIN DIFFICULTIES FOR CPDW

• STRUCTURAL TECHNICAL
• Different traditions and Different types
  of water
• empirical approach Cold, warm, hot water
• Consumption patterns New Concerns
• Transparency and (e.g. toxicity)
• Confidentiality Sensibility of tests
• COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL
• Materials Competition Lack of Resources
• The Cost of the Tests Budgets for
  Research

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• EUROPEAN ACCEPTANCE SCHEME (EAS)
• It is the future European approach for the
  acceptance of
• construction products used in contact with water
  intended for
• human consumption.
• It became necessary because existing basic
  differences in
• National Acceptance Schemes did not allow for the
  realization
• of the Single Market in the CPDW field
  (elaboration of European
• specifications for products and the approximation
  of the relevant
• national regulations) and the implementation of
  the DWD.

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• SCOPE OF EAS
• FOR all products in contact with drinking water
• (Pipes and piping kits/systems, tanks and
  storage kits/systems, taps, valves, pumps,
  fittings and accessories)
• FROM to be decided by each Member State
• (e.g. from the last treatment plant)
• TO the consumer tap for cold, warm and hot water
  for human consumption

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• PRINCIPLES OF THE EAS
• to allow for the implementation of the DWD by
  using construction products complying to the CPD
• not to reduce the existing protection level of
  the consumers
• to offer a level playing field for all materials
• to implement a whole European package
  (regulationsspecifications)
• to ensure transparency and confidentiality

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• BENEFITS OF THE EAS
• Implementation of 2 EU Directives
• the CPD(89/106/EEC) Single Market for
  construction products
• the DWD(98/83/EC) Quality requirements on the
  tap water
• Benefits for Industry
• abolishment of trade barriers within the EU
• reduction of the total acceptance cost for
  selling in the EU
• single AoC system
• Sharing the Research Cost

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• WORK ACHIEVED TILL TODAY
• Establishment of the RG-CPDW
• Research Programme (March 2001 - March
  2003)
• EC Mandate to CEN (June 2001)
• EAS Interim Report (November 2001)
• Commission Decision 2002/359/EC on AoC (OJEC
  L127, 14.5.2002)
• Subgroups working on Co-ordination
• Positive Lists Conversion Procedures
• Metallic Products
• Reduced Assessment Procedures (RAP)
• Several CEN/TCs working on the basis of the
  mandate

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Co-ordination DG JRC Water Unit
Cytotoxicity CRECEP (F)
Microbial Growth KIWA (NL)
Unsuspected compounds WRC (UK)
Disinfectants CRECEP (F)
Univers. (DK) DVGW (D) CRECEP (F) OEFI
(Ö) Infect. Inst. (SW) Thames (UK)
Uba (D) LHRSP (F) KIWA (NL) Rech. Inst.
(SW) ISS (I) JRC
DVGW (D) ISS (I) KIWA (NL) EPAL (P) Thames
(UK)
DTC (DK) Uba (D) Un. Barcel. (E) KIWA (NL)
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• RELEVANT MANDATES TO CEN
• M 131 Pipes fittings not in contact with water
  intended for human consumption
• Sent to CEN Apr 1999
• Replies from 20 TCs expected - 12 received
• M 136 Pipes fittings in contact with water
  intended for human consumption
• Issued in June 2001
• Reply received from 1 TC

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• EAS INTERIM REPORT (Document RG-CPDW 97 REV)
• CONTENT
• legal and institutional aspects
• management of positive lists conversion
  procedures
• rules for assessment
• confidentiality and rules for CE marking
• OBJECTIVES
• to allow for justifies comments from all parties
  concerned
• to provide guidance for the Member States

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• ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY (Decision 2002/359/EC)
• Certification of the products on the basis of
• tasks for the manufacturer
• factory production control (FPC)
• further testing of samples taken at the factory
• tasks for the certification body
• initial type-testing of the product
• initial inspection of factory and of FPC
• continuous surveillance, assessment and approval
  of FPC
• audit-testing of samples

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• EAS TIMETABLE
• 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
• RG-CPDW
• Research (1st phase)
• Research (2nd phase)
• Standards
• EC Decisions
• EAS Implementation

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• FOR MORE INFORMATION
• DG Enterprise web site
• europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/construction/index.h
  tm
• EAS INTERIM REPORT
• europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/construction/interna
  l/essreq/eas/easrep.htm
• CEN
• www.cenorm.be/sectors/construction
• EOTA
• www.eota.be