European Commission 8 January 2001, 2001/596/EC: Commission Decision of 8 January 2001 amending Decisions 95/467/EC, 96/578/EC, 96/580/EC, 97/176,EC, 97/462/EC, 97/556/EC, 97/740/EC, 97/808/EC, 98/213/EC, 98/214/EC, 98/279/EC, 98/436/EC, 98/437/EC, 98/599/EC, 98/600/EC, 98/601/EC, 1999/89/EC, 1999/90/EC, 1999/91/EC, 1999/454/EC, 1999/469/EC, 1999/470/EC, 1999/471/EC, 1999/472/EC, 2000/245/EC, 2000/273/EC and 2000/447/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of certain construction products pursuant to Article 20 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 3695)

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Commission Decision 2001/596/EC amends the annexes of 27 prior Decisions on conformity attestation procedures for construction products under Article 20 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC, replacing references to the superseded European reaction-to-fire classification system established by Decision 94/611/EC with the updated classification system introduced by Decision 2000/147/EC. The amendments systematically substitute former class designations (e.g., 'A', 'B', 'C') with the new granular classifications (e.g., 'A1', 'A2', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' and their floor-level equivalents), and update footnotes to reflect that products not requiring reaction-to-fire testing include those of Class A1 pursuant to Commission Decision 96/603/EC. The Decision is addressed to the Member States and was adopted in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction.AI