CE certification

OCBS was recognised by the Belgian State as notified body to perform tasks in the framework of the European Regulation (EU) 305/2011 and as such has been registered by the European Commission with number 1148 for the following products, further referred to as products concerned:

• Steel for concrete according to mandate M/115, harmonised standards of the EN 10080 and EN 10138 series (system 1+),
• Construction steel by mandate M/120, harmonised standards of the EN 10025 and EN 10088-4 series (system 2+),
• Lighting columns for public lighting according to mandate M/111, harmonised standards of the EN 40 series (system 1),,
• Fixed vertical traffic signs according to mandate M/111, harmonised standards of the series EN 12899 (System 1),,
• Execution of steel and aluminium structures under Mandate M/120, harmonised standards of the EN 1090 series (System 2+)..

These mandates were given to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association in connection with the implementation of the European Construction Products Directive.

The articles of the relevant standards cited in its Annex ZA meet the requirements of the mandate. Annex ZA contains the list of essential characteristics and the applicable systems of assessment and verification of constancy of performance. In function of the applicable system, use should be made of a notified body that carries out tasks that may lead to the delivery of a certificate, on the basis of which the manufacturer may then proceed to draw up a declaration of performance and affix the CE marking on its products.

This notification of OCBS to the European Commission by the Belgian State was made on the basis of the Royal Decree of 21 July 2014.

The summary below can be drawn up on the basis of the Commission communications in the context of the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC:

Reference and title of the standard	Date of applicability of the standard as a harmonised European standard	Date of the end of the co-existence period
EN 40-5:2002, Steel lighting columns	01.02.2003	01.02.2005
EN 40-6:2002, Aluminium lighting columns	01.02.2003	01.02.2005
EN 40-7:2002, Fibre reinforced polymer composite lighting columns	01.10.2003	01.10.2004
EN 10025-1:2004, Hot rolled products of structural steels	01.09.2005	01.09.2006
EN 10080:2005, Weldable reinforcing steel	Suppression	Suppression
EN 10088-4:2009, Corrosion resisting steels for construction purposes	01.02.2010	01.02.2011
EN 12899-1:2007, Fixed, vertical road traffic signs - Part 1: Fixed signs	01.01.2009	01.01.2013
EN 1090-1:2009, Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components	01.01.2011	01.07.2014