BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen)
 

(1) A system for classifying the performance of construction products with regard to their reaction to fire was adopted in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/364. Solid wood panelling and cladding are among the construction products to which that Delegated Regulation applies. 

(2) Table 2 to the Annex to Commission Decision 2006/213/EC established classes of the reaction to fire performance for solid wood panelling and cladding. The conditions set out in that Decision for those products need to be clarified so as to explicitly limit its application only to untreated wood. 

(3) Tests have shown solid wood panelling and cladding to have a stable and predictable performance in terms of reaction to fire provided that they meet certain conditions regarding the minimum mean density of the wood, the minimum thickness of the profile and the end-use of the product, and that wood is not subject to any kind of treatment other than kiln drying. 

(4) Solid wood panelling and cladding should therefore be deemed to satisfy a certain class of performance for reaction to fire established in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/364 under all those conditions without further testing being required. 

(5) For the sake of legal certainty, Table 2 of Annex to Decision 2006/213/EC should be deleted and replaced by the Annex to this Regulation for solid wood panelling and cladding.

(6) In order to provide manufacturers, in particular small and micro enterprises, sufficient time to assess the effect of this Regulation in their activities, the entry into force of this Regulation should be ninety days after its publication