Non-harmonised area

Approved bodies

An approved body is a legal or natural person - craftsman that on the basis of a decision issued by the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning carries out third party tasks in the process of assessment and verification of constancy of performance.

The Ministry assigns to every authorised body an identification number and makes publicly available on its website a list of authorised bodies, including their assigned identification numbers and third party tasks in the process of assessment and verification of constancy of performance of construction products for which they are authorised. (List under preparation)

Equalisation of authorisations

Pursuant to Article 14 of the Regulation on harmonisation of the field of construction products with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 in a transitional period (Official Gazette 46/13) the authorisations issued pursuant to Articles 31 and 38 of the Construction Products Act (Official Gazette 86/08 and 25/13) are equalised with the decision referred to in Article 13 of this Regulation in the following manner:

• the authorisation to perform activities of construction product testing is equalised with the decision for testing laboratories for activities of determination of the product type,
   
• the authorisation to perform activities of construction product testing with regard to fire, noise or dangerous substances is equalised with a decision for a testing laboratory with regard to activities of assessment and verification of constancy of performance of construction products in relation to essential characteristics: reaction to fire, resistance to fire, external fire performance, noise absorption, emissions of dangerous substances,
   
• the authorisation to perform activities of initial inspection of the manufacturing plant and of factory production control, authorisation for activities of continuous surveillance, assessment and evaluation of factory production control, and authorisation to issue certificates of conformity of the factory production control is equalised with a decision for a body for production control certification for activities of issuing certificates of conformity of the factory production control, and
   
• the authorisation to issue certificates of conformity is equalised with a decision to a product certification body for activities of issuing certificates of constancy of performance of the product.