Harmonization of national requirements for metallic materials in contact with drinking water - 4MS approach

摘要

4MS activities After the development of the European Acceptance Scheme (EAS) for construction products in contact with drinking water had been postponed or even stopped by the EU Commission the four most active EU Member States (MS) involved in this development started to harmonize their national acceptance procedures. This cooperation of France, Germany, The Netherlands and UK leads to recommendation for the further development of CEN standards, the harmonization of the testing procedures within the 4 MS and the setting of uniform pass-fail criteria. In a second step the voluntary activities by the 4 MS will support the mutual recognition of accepted products. Nonetheless, the 4 MS group provides its results as recommendations to the Commission and strongly supports the implementation of uniform hygienic requirements for materials in contact with drinking water within the Drinking Water Directive (89/83/EC).