Requirements to the building materials and construction products, and procedure for attestation of conformity

(1) The regulation establishes the requirements for the list of mandatory declared characteristics and conformity assessment procedure for building materials and construction products (hereinafter together referred to as construction product).

(2) This regulation will not apply to the road building materials and construction products used for road management works.

(3) System of assessment and verification of constancy of performance means the conformity assessment systems provided for in Annex 5 of the Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (ELT L 88, 04.04.2011, p. 5‒43).

(4) An institution accredited for relevant activity can perform the tasks of the notified body indicated in the system of assessment and verification of the constancy of performance in the non-harmonized area.

(1) The construction product must be accompanied by information about its characteristics, area of application and use, e.g. user and installation manuals.

(2) Declaration of performance according to § 1 (3) of the specified Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and information enclosed with the construction product is provided in Estonian.

(1) The construction product´s ability to emit gamma radiation is described by activity concentration index that is calculated by using the formula I = CRa226/300 Bq/kg + CTh232/200 Bq/kg + CK40/3000 Bq/kg, which includes the following components

1) I – activity concentration index;

2) CRa226 – activity concentration of the radionuclide Ra-226 in the construction product (unit Bq/kg);

3) CTh232 – activity concentration of the radionuclide Th-232 in the construction product (unit Bq/kg);

4) CK40 – activity concentration of the radionuclide K-40 in the construction product (unit Bq/kg);

5) Bq – becquerel;

6) kg – kilogram.

(2) The activity concentration index of the construction product must be less than 1, except if the Environmental Board has approved the use of a product with a higher emission on account of the intended usage purpose of the construction product.

Conformity assessment of the penetration seal and joint filler material which must conform to the fire resistance requirements is conducted according to the system 1 of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(1) Structural passive fire protection is a fire protection system consisting of various components including frames or tie bars, door leaf or window frame, roller shutters and other similar for closing of permanent openings in the structure for which the fire resistance characteristics are foreseen.

(2) Glazed non-load bearing fire wall is a vertically installed fire restraining element containing of glazing, glazing system and framework.

(3) Conformance assessment of the fire resistance of the structural passive fire protections conducted according to the system 1 of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(4) Conformance assessment of the fire resistance of the glazed non-load bearing fire wall is conducted according to the system 3 of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(5) If the conformance assessment of the structural passive fire protection and the glazed non-load bearing fire wall is conducted according to Annex 1 of this Regulation, it is presumed that the conformity is certified.

(1) For the purpose of this Regulation, the doors, windows and shutters are the construction products indicated in clauses 1-4 of Annex 2.

(2) If the doors, windows, shutters and the curtain walling have the characteristics established and declared in Annex 2 of this Regulation, it is presumed that they conform to the requirements.

Conformance assessment of the fire retardant paint, varnish and mastic is conducted according to the system 1 of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(1) For the purpose of this regulation, concrete mix is a ready-mixed concrete supplied by the person who is not the user of the concrete mix.

(2) Conformity assessment of the concrete mix is conducted according to system 2+ of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(1) If the safety requirements of the area of application of the filler, including concrete or mortar filler are significant, like in manufacturing of load bearing structures, the conformance assessment of the filling material is conducted according to system 2+ of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(2) In cases not indicated in subsection 1 of this chapter, the conformance assessment of the filler is conducted according to system 4 of the assessment and verification of the constancy of performance.

(1) Only the category I masonry units can be used in load bearing structures.

(2) If the masonry unit has the characteristics established and declared in clause 6 of Annex 2 of this Regulation, it is presumed that the masonry unit conforms to the requirement.

According to § 10 (2) of the Product Conformity Act, the Ministry of the Economic Affairs and Communications performs the contact point tasks of the construction industry.

The state supervision over the compliance with the requirements of this regulation shall be conducted by the Technical Regulatory Authority, with an exception of § 21 of this regulation, in which case the state supervision over the compliance with its requirements shall be conducted by the Environmental Inspectorate.

(1) Annex 3 of this Regulation shall be valid until 31 December 2013.

(2) Conformity of the construction product can also be attested according to Annex 3 of this Regulation until 31 December 2013.