19. 10. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 267/23 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 4 October 1996 establishing the list of products belonging to Classes A ‘No contribution to fire’ provided for in Decision 94/611/EC implementing Article 20 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products (Text with EEA relevance) (96/603/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States re- lating to construction products ('), as amended by Direc- tive 93/68/EEC (3, Having regard to Commission Decision 94/611/EC of 9 September 1994 implementing Article 20 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products (*), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof, Whereas Article 3 (2) of Directive 89/106/EEC states that in order to take account of different levels of protection for the construction works that may prevail at national, regional or local levels, each essential requirement may give rise to the establishment of classes in the interpreta- tive documents and the technical specifications; Whereas point 4.2.1 of Interpretative Document No 2 ‘Safety in case of fire’, contained in the Communication of the Commission with regard to the interpretative docu- ments of Council Directive 89/106/EEC (%), justifies the need for different levels of the Essential Requirement as a () OJ No L 40, 11. 2. 1989, p. 12. @ OJ No L 220, 30. 8. 1993, p. 1. () O] No L 241, 16. 9. 1994, p. 25. ) OJ No C 62, 28. 2. 1994, p. 1. function of the type, use and location of the construction work, its layout, and the availability of the emergency facilities; Whereas point 2.2 of Interpretative Document No 2 lists a number of interrelated measures for the satisfaction of the Essential Requirement ‘Safety in case of fire’ which, together, contribute to the definition of a fire-safety stra- tegy that can be developed in different ways in Member States; Whereas point 4.2.3.3 of Interpretative Document No 2 identifies one of the measures prevailing in Member States that consists in limiting the generation and spread of fire and smoke within the room of origin (or in a given area) by limiting the contribution of construction products to the full development of a fire; Whereas the definition of classes of the Essential Require- ment depends partially on the level of such limitation; Whereas the level of limitation may be expressed only by different levels of product performance, in the products end-use conditions, in reaction to fire; Whereas point 4.3.1.1 of Interpretative Document No 2 specifies that to enable the reaction-to-fire performance of products to be evaluated, a harmonized solution will be developed which may utilize full or bench-scale tests that are correlated to relevant real fire scenarios; Whereas this solution lies in a system of classes which are not included in the interpretative document but which were adopted in Decision 94/611/EC;