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» » SATURDAY 17TH JUNE
2017 10am – 4:30pm. Unit 3
Commerce Park, 19 Commerce
Way, Croydon, CR0 4YL.
On Saturday 17th June 2017,
Duffells hosts its 4th Open
Day event at its premises
in Croydon, South London
and this one promises to be
bigger and better than its
predecessors. If you are in the
trade and whether you are
near or far we open our doors
to you and promise it’s be
worth the journey.
This time around there’s
loads going on…
SEE NEW PRODUCT
DISPLAYS AND MEET
THE MANUFACTURERS
Over 20 exhibitors giving
you the latest insight into
Access Control, UPVC, Door
Hardware, Tools and Panic
Hardware. Exhibitors include
ABS, Allegion, Alpro, Borg,
Codelocks, DormaKaba, ERA,
Fullex, GU, Hoppe, JIS, Fermax,
PAC, Securefast, Sclak, Souber,
Trimec, TSS, Union, VERSA,
WD40, Winkhaus & Yale.
PICK UP A COPY OF
OUR NEW ACCESS
CONTROL CATALOGUE
Our latest catalogue Volume
4 – Access Control boasts
new additions to our product
portfolio in CCTV, Intruder
alarms, Electronic Releases,
Magnetic Locking, Door Entry
Systems, Access Control
Systems, Power Supply Units,
Electronic Locking, Digital
Locks & Accessories.
National approvals for
CE marked products
a barrier to trade
LOADS OF COMPETITION
PRIZES ARE UP
FOR GRABS!
With prizes announced
throughout the event, you
can win big. Experience our
VR gaming zone to achieve
top of the leader board win
exclusive competition prizes.
LUDICROUS ON THE DAY
ONLY SPECIAL OFFERS
Visit the show and you can
take advantage of exclusive
on the day only special offers.
Only available to visitors on
the day.
ENJOY A FREE HOG
ROAST LUNCH
We’ll spot you your lunch
and it won’t cost you a
thing. Not just any lunch
either, a delicious hog roast
will be available alongside
vegetarian dishes, teas,
coffees and cakes.
MEET OUR AMAZING TEAM
We want to really get to
know you and your business
to help you, and we believe
that starts from getting to
know you on a personal level.
Meet our team and discuss
what Duffells can do to help
your business.
So, if you’re in the trade
and you want to be a part of
the Duffells Open Day, simply
register for FREE at www.
duffellsopenday.co.uk or call
us on 020 8662 4010 and we
look forward to seeing you on
Saturday 17th June.
The European Association
for Passive Fire Protection
(EAPFP) has declared additional
national approvals for CE-
marked construction products
are a clear barrier to trade and
contravene European law.
» » THE MOVE COMES
following the introduction
in Germany of an additional
national approval for some
construction products,
including passive fire
protection.
The current draft of
the German Regulation
(Verwaltungsvorschrift)
does not allow the use
of certain CE-marked
construction products
without an additional
national document, called
“Bauartgenehmigung” (acc.
to §16a, Musterbauordnung/
MBO, 2016). This links the
usage in a building directly to
the product via the applied
European testing and
classification standards.
The Association
suggests that the German
authorities appear to try
and declare product-
related requirements which
already incorporate usage
requirements as building-
related requirements. In
doing so, they introduce all
kinds of installation and job-
site related issues.
The EAPFP says that for
those construction products
which declare all required
performances for the usage
of such a product in the
Declaration of Performance
(DoP) or respectively in
the European Technical
Assessment, such additional
required “approvals” are a
barrier to trade. As such they
infringe the Construction
Product Regulation (EU) No
305/2011, Article 8, para 4.
This states that “A
Member State shall not
prohibit or impede, within
its territory or under its
responsibility, the making
available on the market
or the use of construction
products bearing the CE
marking, when the declared
performances correspond
to the requirements for such
use in that Member State.”
“National barriers,
potentially explainable and
justifiable from historic
perspectives, and related to
short term objectives, are
detrimental in the long term
to our market sector, and
thus for the economies of
European Member States,”
says EAPFP President Joric
Witlox.
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