The General Rules of Procedure of the Ministry of Industry and Energy in the field of standardization and approval, approved by Royal Decree 2584/1981, of 18 September, partially amended by Royal Decree 734/1985, On 20 February, and by Royal Decree 105/1988 of 12 February 1988, the declaration of the obligation to make a regulation is considered to be justified on grounds of public safety, health protection of persons and animals, including the protection of the environment and the protection of the interests of the user or consumer.

Whereas construction products must present characteristics such that the works to which they are incorporated can meet the essential requirements required of them and that the cement, as fundamental material of the construction, directly on the safety and durability levels of the works incorporating it and on the safety of the persons who use them, it is necessary to establish the mandatory rules, as well as the type-approval of the the cements, in accordance with the abovementioned provisions, after the completion of the procedure laid down in Council Directive 83 /189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and

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In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Industry and Energy and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting of 28 October 1988,

DISPONGO:

Article 1. º

The cements used for the manufacture of concrete and mortars intended for any type of prefabricated work or product shall comply with the technical specifications set out in the Annex to this Royal Decree.

Art. 2. º

1. The technical specifications referred to in the previous Article shall be observed in the different types of cement, both domestically and imported, the required approval of which shall be carried out in accordance with the Regulation. General of Acts of the Ministry of Industry and Energy in the field of standardization and approval approved by Royal Decree 2584/1981, of 18 September, partially modified by Royal Decree 734/1985, of 20 February, and by the Royal Decree 105/1988 of 12 February.

2. The manufacture or import for placing on the market in the internal market, as well as the sale or use in any part of the national territory of the cements referred to in Article 1 of this Royal Decree, shall be prohibited. to non-approved types or which, still corresponding to approved types, lack the certificate of conformity of production.

Art. 3. º

1. Cements intended for the internal market shall be subject to the type-approval and certification of conformity of production, requiring compliance with the technical specifications referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation. Royal Decree and the conduct of the tests corresponding to those specifications.

2. The tests and analyses required to demonstrate that the cements comply with the technical specifications required by Article 1 shall be carried out in accordance with the test and sampling methods described in the Annex to this Royal Decree. shall be carried out in officially recognised laboratories.

Art. 4. º

The applications for approval shall be processed in accordance with the General Rules of Procedure of the Ministry of Industry and Energy in the field of standardisation and approval, in Chapter 5 (5), 5.2.3. The identity of the petitioner shall be entered in the instance and any additional information deemed appropriate to provide.

Art. 5. º

1. At the end of one year from the date of approval of a cement, the manufacturer, his representative or the importers shall be required to have a certificate of conformity of production to the approved model certifying that they are followed. maintaining the same conditions as the basis of the approval. This certificate of conformity of production shall be renewed on an annual basis.

2. Applications for certification of conformity of production corresponding to approved cement must be accompanied by the documentation provided for in Chapter 6, Section 1 of the General Rules of Procedure of the Ministry of Industry and Energy in the field of standardisation and approval.

3. The Administration may, by itself or through officially recognized laboratories or control bodies, carry out technical checks by carrying out the sampling and testing it deems necessary, within the time limits of validity. (a) to verify the adequacy of the cement to the initial conditions, in order to verify the adequacy of the cement. If the results are negative, the approval granted shall be cancelled.

4. The Ministry of Industry and Energy may replace both the type-approval and the certificate of conformity of production with the certificates in accordance with rules issued by an Association or Entity as provided for in Article 5 (1). of Royal Decree 1614/1985 of 1 August, and according to Royal Decree 800/1987 of 15 May.

Art. 6. º

1. The Ministry of Industry and Energy shall accept the certificates and protocols for testing of cements lawfully manufactured and marketed in a Member State of the European Economic Community, which have been issued by a Control Entity or officially recognised laboratory, belonging to a Member State of the European Economic Community, provided that they offer technical, professional and independence guarantees equivalent to those required by Spanish law for the institutions accredited laboratories and laboratories referred to in the Regulation General of actions of the Ministry of Industry and Energy in the field of standardization and approval.

2. The above certificates and test protocols must prove that the cements lawfully manufactured and marketed in a Member State of the European Economic Community comply with the technical specifications set out in the Annex to the This Royal Decree and which have satisfied the tests and controls carried out in the Member State of origin carried out in accordance with the test methods set out in that Annex.

3. By way of derogation from the General Rules of Procedure of the Ministry of Industry and Energy in the field of standardization and type-approval, cements lawfully manufactured and marketed in a Member State of the Community European Economic and Financial Committee, which complies with the national safety standards which concern them, or other countries with which there is an agreement in this respect, provided that they represent a level of safety equivalent to those of the relevant rules. Spanish techniques, they will be considered to comply with the regulations that are enforceable if they come accompanied, at the time of its first marketing on the Spanish market, a certificate issued by the competent Directorate-General of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, in which the said equivalence is recognised.

Art. 7. º

The surveillance and inspection of how much is established in this Royal Decree and the subsequent norms that will develop it, will be carried out by the corresponding organs of the Public Administrations in the field of their powers, either on their own initiative or at the request of a party.

TRANSIENT DISPOSITION

The provisions of this Royal Decree shall not apply to cements which are used, from the date of entry into force of this Decree, in the execution of works contracted before that date or those appearing in the projects which have been approved by the Public Administrations or visas by the Professional Colleges prior to the date mentioned, except for agreement between the Contracting Parties and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 6. Decree.

FINAL PROVISIONS

First.

The Ministers of Industry and Energy and Public Works and Urbanism are empowered to amend, together, the references to the UNE standards set out in the Annex to this Royal Decree.

Second.

This Royal Decree will enter into force two months after its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".

Given in Madrid to October 28, 1988.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Industry and Energy,

JOSE CLAUDIO ARANZADI MARTINEZ

ANNEX

Technical specifications to be met, sampling and testing methods to be submitted to the cements

1. Technical specifications

UNE 80-301-88. Cements. Definitions, classification, and specifications.

UNE 80-302-85. Cements. Chemical specifications for your constituents.

UNE 80-303-86. Cements. Cements with special characteristics.

UNE 80-305-88. Cements. White portland cements.

2. Sampling and testing methods

UNE 80-101-88. Methods of testing cements. Determination of mechanical strength (EN 196/ 1).

UNE 80-102-88. Methods of testing cements. Determination of setting time and volume stability (EN 196/ 3).

UNE 80-117-87. Methods of testing cements. Physical tests. Whiteness (light reflectance factor).

UNE 80-118-86. Methods of testing cements. Physical tests. Determination of hydration heat by semi-adiabatic calorimetry (Langavant calorimeter method).

UNE 80-215 -88. Methods of testing cements. Chemical analysis of cements (EN 196/ 2).

UNE 80-220-85. Methods of testing cements. Chemical analysis. Determination of moisture.

UNE 80-240-86. Methods of testing cements. Chemical analysis. Determination of chlorides. Volumetric Method (Volhard).

UNE 80-241-86. Methods of testing cements. Chemical analysis. Determination of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Direct Method.

UNE 80-265-88. Methods of testing cements. Chemical analysis. Determination of the compounds in the cements of more than three components. Selective dissolution method.

UNE 80-280-88. Methods of testing cements. Pozzolanicity tests for pozzolanic cements (EN 196/ 5).

UNE 80-304-86. Cements. Calculation of the potential composition of the clinker portland.

UNE 80-401-87. Cements. Sampling.