Proposed consolidation, tidying and update of EU Construction Products Regulation fire resistance classes. The European Commission’s proposed Delegated Act would replace fire classification specifications for a number of construction products, with the aims of consolidating and clarifying various already-validated updates, improving terminology (Resistance, Integrity, Insulation, Stability….) and defining new fire resistance classes for specific elements. Products concerned include fire-resistant cables, fire protective coatings and claddings, wall and ceiling coverings, partitions, roofs, certain façade walls, penetration seals, smoke control and fire resistant doors, ducts and grilles, fire dampers, smoke barriers, smoke ventilators.
EU public consultation closed 3rd August 2023