General information and scope

By the order No. D1-561 of 1 December 2006 the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania authorized the Fire Research Centre (hereinafter FRC) (till 01-01-2022 the name was Fire Research Centre of Fire Safety and Rescue Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania) to perform assessment of performance for construction products in accordance with the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC). The European Commission assigned FRC the identification number of a notified body - 1796. FRC Products Research Division (hereinafter FRC PRD) operates as a notified body and assesses performance of construction products only in accordance with Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCoP) system 3, exhaustively defined in the Construction Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC).

By the order No. D1-389 of 24 May 2013 the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania replaced his order No. D1-561 of 1 December 2006 and from 2013 July 1 appointed FRC to carry out tasks of third party in the assessment and verification of constancy of performance of construction products according to the scope and functions. For detailed information on the notified recognised competence scope of FRC refer to the website of the notified bodies at the following address: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/notifications/320200?organizationVersion=9