TRIA follows the CE marking process – Fire resistant interior doors.
As one of the leading manufacturers of fire-resistant systems, TRIA follows the evolution and publication of all the standards related to its activity. And if, regarding the requiremnents for testing and classification, the standards are stabilized, the scenario is still somewhat uncertain as far as the CE marking of fire-resistant doors is concerned.
The standard that defines the performance characteristics of fire-resistant doors is EN 16034, the Portuguese version of which, developed by CT46, was published on June 15, 2016. However, for CE marking purposes, this is an acessory standard since its implementation should be articulated with the standard to EN 14351-2: 2018 – Windows and doors – Product Standard, Performance Characteristics – Part 2: Block interior pedestrian doors, whose publication by CEN / TC 33 – Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling, occurred, according to the website of that organism, on November 17th, 2018.
The EN 14351-2: 2018 standard identifies the performance characteristics of the interior doors and, by the accessory standard EN 16034, the characteristics of fire resistance and smoke control.
This standard should be announced nationally on February 28th, 2019, with the date of publication (DOP), the last date on which an EN must be implemented at the national level through the publication of an identical national standard or endorsement, scheduled for May 31st, 2019.
Then follows the publication by the Official Journal of the European Union, without an expected date, and then the date of withdrawal (DOW) scheduled for August 31st, 2021. Date of withdrawal (DOW) from the last date until national rules in conflict with an EN must be withdrawn. This date is already foreseen in the CEN, however, it may be amended with publication in the JOUE.
Therefore, between the date of publication by the JOUE and August 31st, 2021 we will have a period in time where thethe national standards and this European standard apply simultaneously. That is, after August, 31st 2021, or another date to be published by the JOUE, CE marking on interior fire resistant doors will be mandatory.
In the meantime, by the end of 2018 the Commission, in cooperation with the European standardization organizations, has presented a plan to give priority to the rapid reduction of the number of harmonized standards whose publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lagging behind. Ensuring that the treatment of standards in arrears remains one of the Commission’s priorities.
From that plan, we highlight the “First Action: The Commission will make all necessary efforts to eliminate delays in the quotation of harmonized standards, as soon as possible.”
This now announced plan can bring celerity to the process, however, it will be with the publication in the JOUE that the standard will become an harmonized standard under CPR 305/2011 / EU (Construction Products Regulation)and it will be possible to make the CE lable.
EN 14351-2: 2018 shall apply to Block interior pedestrian doors intended for use in buildings in the following intended uses: (a) on escape routes; (b) for specific uses with specific requirements; c) for communication only.
These intended uses, mentioned above, can be combined, for example, escape routes with specific requirements. For Block interior Block pedestrian doors with fire resistante and/or smoke control features, this standard should only be applied along with EN 16034.
The products covered by the EN 14351-2: 2018 standard areinterior pedestrian doors or other locking systems with motorized or manual operation, single or double leaf, as well as fixed components of the same system.
This European standard shall not apply to: – industrial, commercial and garage doors in accordance with EN 13241; – External pedestrian doors according to EN 14351-1; – door leaves placed on the market in isolation; – door frames placed on the market in isolation; – Motorized pedestrian doors, with the exception of swing type, according to EN 16361.
Block doors can be placed on the market with their separate components (sheet and frame) when each of these components is clearly identified.
