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A Finnish objection that was delaying the CE Marking of fabricated structural steelwork has been resolved at a meeting in Brussels between the European Commission and CEN.
It was agreed that the harmonised standard EN 1090-1 will be included with the next batch of standards to be cited in the European Union’s Official Journal (OJ). The responsible committee, CEN/TC135, will initiate a revision that tackles the concern raised by Finland.
Citing of EN 1090-1 in the OJ will probably happen in October this year and it is therefore anticipated that CE Marking of fabricated structural steelwork will come in to force towards the end of 2010 or early 2011 at the very latest.
CE Marking of fabricated steelwork had been due to come into force in May, but was delayed as a result of the formal objection raised by Finland.
The Finnish objection relates to the serviceability characteristics of fabricated steelwork. While most European Countries are happy for the client and the engineer to agree suitable serviceability limits, in Finland the serviceability limits is part of their Building Regulations. CE Marking to the current published version of EN 1090-1 does not require declaration of component deflections under load.
As with all CE Marking standards there is a period of co-existence with the existing national standards. The object of this one year transition period is to allow steelwork contractors and Notified Bodies to gradually adopt the Factory Production Control systems required for CE Marking.
After the transition period CE Marking of structural steelwork will become mandatory in most European countries. Although CE Marking is not mandatory in the UK the simplest way to comply with the UK’s Construction Products Regulations 1991 is to ensure that all fabricated structural steelwork is CE Marked.
The European Commission in the process of replacing the Construction Products Directive (CPD) with the Construction Products Regulations (CPR). Once the CPR comes into force in 2012 CE Marking will be compulsory in both the UK and the ROI
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