BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsbeslutningen)

(1) In order to be able to test and accept final materials to be used in products that come into contact with water intended for human consumption, hygiene requirements should be set out for each category of final material, namely organic, cementitious, metallic, enamels and ceramic, or other inorganic materials. The methodologies to be used should be based, inter alia, on Annex V to Directive (EU) 2020/2184 and should be taken into account in the performance of the conformity assessment procedures of products. 

(2) The testing of final materials requires the identification of relevant substances and other relevant parameters. Those substances and parameters should be analysed in the migration water. It is necessary to establish the requirements for such testing procedure and analysis. 

(3) This Decision should lay down the testing requirements in order to ensure the performance of the testing. For organic, cementitious, enamel and ceramic materials, the testing requirements should be subject to a risk-based approach by categorising the product that comes into contact with water intended for human consumption. The riskbased approach ensures proportionate testing in relation to the human health risk of the final material. 

(4) The testing for each final material should be carried out in accordance with the determined testing requirements to ensure that the water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean. In order to determine whether the final material should be accepted and approved, it is necessary to set out pass/fail criteria that the results of the testing have to meet. 

(5) In order to ensure proportionate testing, it should be possible to reduce testing for materials used in minor components and minor components of assembled products. 

(6) National competent authorities or bodies should be allowed sufficient time to adapt their national system to the new requirements for testing and acceptance of final materials. The application of this Decision should therefore be deferred. 

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 22(1) of Directive. (EU) 2020/2184.