cover image: Specific contract No. 07.0201/2015/716466/SFRA/ENV.C.2  Implementing Framework Service Contract ENV.D2/FRA/2012/0013

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Specific contract No. 07.0201/2015/716466/SFRA/ENV.C.2 Implementing Framework Service Contract ENV.D2/FRA/2012/0013

24 Mar 2017

The European Commission assigned this study: “Support to the Implementation and Further Development of the Drinking Water Directive (98/83/EC): Study on Materials in contact with Drinking Water” to assess the problem of materials and products affecting the quality of drinking water. [...] 4 Study on materials in contact with drinking water 1.4 Material types and product types in the scope of this study 1.4.1 Introduction This section sets out the scope for the material types to be addressed in this study and the scope of the types of product used in new installations that contain these materials in contact with drinking water. [...] The significance of a particular product in the context of Article 10 concerns the potential for the substances and materials it is made from to reduce the protection of human health provided for in the DWD. [...] For the purposes of this report a collective term was needed to describe the range of assessments and tests used to determine the effect of substances and materials on drinking water, which include Hygienic taste, odour and appearance, growth of microbiological organisms and migration of chemicals, and to distinguish them from the ‘mechanical’ testing of materials and products. [...] Authority designated by a Member State with the responsibility for setting up, and carrying out assessment and notification of the bodies Notifying to be authorised to carry out third-party tasks in the process of authority assessment and verification of constancy of performance of construction products for the CPR, and for the monitoring of these notified bodies.

Authors

Michael Nagy

Pages
81
Published in
Malta

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