Quality management: CE conformity and more

Technical and legal safety for the architect, planner and building owner
by CE conformity

• CE marking for exterior doors and windows
• EU product standard/Implementation: 01.02.2007
• End of the coexistence period: 31.01.2009
• Area of legal validity: all EU countries
• CE application areas for construction products (abridgement):
  

	Legal validity beginning with/since
Facades EN 13830	12/2005
Glass EN 1279 Part 5 and diverse standards for special glasses	01/2007
Panic + Escape doors DIN EN 1/4/2003 179/1125/1154-55-58	1/4/2003
WindowsEN 14351-1:2006	1/2/2009
Exterior doors EN 14351-1:2006	1/2/2009
Gates EN 13241-1	05/2005

Beginning with respectively since these deadlines no product must be installed without CE declarations! 

CE means:

• Announcement safety with immediate effect
• Tested serviceability e. g. through continuous operational testing
  Windows: 20.000 test cycles
  Exterior doors: 200.000 test cycles
• Protection against (otherwise) justifiable liability claims
• Assured long term functions

Conclusion:
No chance for pseudo certifications, product piracy respectively properties illusions! 

VARIOTEC CE performance classes and results for exterior doors