Guidelines For Certification of FPC

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

Requirements for manufacturers of construction products applied in certification processes
1. Factory Production Control

1.1.
Definition of Factory Production Control
Factory Production Control (FPC) permanent, internal production control conducted by a

manufacturer. All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer are
documented in a systematic manner in the form of written records or procedures. Production
control system documentation ensures a common understanding of quality assurance and
enables to achieve constancy of construction product performance and to verify effectiveness of
factory production control system.
The purpose of established and effectively implemented system of factory production control
(FPC) is to ensure production stability and achieving, by a construction product, characteristics
conforming to the technical specifications and to performance declared by the manufacturer.
The FPC system shall be tailored to the performance of a construction product requirements
and take into account level of production lines and machinery automation.
The FPC system shall define:
a) Responsibility, authorities and interrelations of the personnel who manage, execute and
verify activities affecting product conformity with the requirements;
b) Procedures related to functioning of factory production control, necessary to
demonstrate constancy of product performance at relevant production stage;
c) Principles of records keeping and supervising;
d) Principles of training the personnel whose activities have effect on quality;
e) Principles of complaints handling;
f) Principles of conducting corrective actions, aimed at removal of disclosed nonconformities.
The FPC documentation shall at least include, or refer to the below documents:
FPC Manual describing the scope of factory production control;
Note: If a manufacturer outsources realization of any process, which affects product
conformity with the requirements, he shall ensure control over this process. The
control method shall be defined in FPC documentation.
Technical specifications:
for products (in accordance with reference document, depending on intended
use);
for raw materials and materials to be used in production;
for products at particular production stages;
Documented procedures / instructions for:
supervision of production process and conducting inspections and testing to
demonstrate product conformity at particular stages of its production;
supervision of equipment for inspection and testing of the product during all
phases of its manufacture;
assessments and verification of constancy of product performance basing on
tests.
dealing with nonconforming products;
complaints handling;
Product Certification Bureau, Polski Rejestr Statkw S.A., al. gen. Jzefa Hallera 126, 80-416 Gdask, Poland
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carrying out corrective and preventive actions.
Informative documents:
legal regulations;
technological descriptions;
technical documentation;
organizational chart.
Factory production control documentation should be subject to surveillance by a duly
designated person holding the relevant competences and authority. Such documentation shall
be kept up-to-date and supplemented in the event of modifications to production process,
product or factory production control system. The manufacturer shall keep specification of
surveillance documents and records. Valid documents shall be available at places of their use.
1.2.
General information
According to the Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 305/2011
of 9 March 2011 (Construction Product Regulations CPR) and the Polish Act of 16 April 2004 on
construction products (Journal of Laws, 2004, No. 92, item 881, as further amended), a construction
product may be placed on the market and incorporated in construction works, if
It has the CE marking affixed,
It is included in the European Commission specification of products which do not
essentially affect health and safety, for which manufacturer issued declaration of
constancy of product performance, to recognized principles of building art.
Procedure of declaring product performance and marking it with the CE marking:
definition of harmonized technical specifications, i.e. depending on intended use of
product. It may be a harmonized Polish Standard which is not
a withdrawn standard or the European Assessment Document;
performance of product conformity assessment with harmonized technical
specification, with participation of a notified body (notified product certification
body or a notified laboratory), if the applied conformity assessment system so
require;
when performed assessment of constancy of product performance demonstrate that
the product fulfils the requirements given in harmonized technical specifications, the
manufacturer of a construction product, or its authorized representative, issues at its
own responsibility a declaration of performance for the product, acc. to Article 6 of
Construction Product Regulations (CPR) and subsequently affix the CE marking to the
product, acc. to CPR Article 8 and 9, enclosing required information thereto.
derogations from drawing up a declaration of performance have been defined in
Article 5 of the Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council (UE)
No. 305/2011.
1.3.
Personnel responsibilities and authorizations
The manufacturer shall appoint a person responsible for management and surveillance of
factory production control (e.g. FPC Proxy).
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In relation to the personnel, the manufacturer shall define and document responsibilities and
appointed authority, interrelations of the personnel managing, executing and verifying activities
which have effect on product conformity with the requirements, and in particular those in respect
to:
establishing necessary procedures;
defining requirements for raw materials and materials to be used in production;
release of raw materials and materials for production;
assessment of subcontractors;
supervision of production process, including breaking the process;
assessment and verification of performance of product essential characteristics at
particular production stages;
defining requirements for finished construction product;
release of finished construction product;
supervision of marking and securing finished construction product;
issue of declaration of performance;
supervision of the nonconforming product;
finding nonconformities and analyzing their causes;
analysis of complaints;
establishing appropriate corrective actions;
supervision of production machinery and equipment;
control of monitoring and measuring equipment;
execution of any other activities within the scope of FPC, such as inspections and testing,
identification and traceability.
The manufacturer shall ensure training for the personnel, whose activities affect the product
conformity with the requirements.
1.4.
Supervision of FPC documentation and records
The manufacturer shall determine a period of time and a place for keeping documents and records
as well as the method of handling them to demonstrate conformity and effectiveness of factory
production control. The manufacturer is obliged to keep any records pertaining to particular
products or product batches for a period of time defined in technical specifications or appropriate
legal regulations.
1.5.
Control and checking of raw materials and material components to be used

in production
The manufacturer shall establish and supervise method of evaluation of suppliers of production
means (materials, components, subassemblies) and subcontractors of services affecting factory
production control and shall define the requirements for such means and services.
When choosing the method of supervision, the control made by the manufacturer and
documented conformity evidences (conformity declarations, attestations, certificates, test
reports, safety data sheets, acceptance protocols and other) shall be considered.
The manufacturer shall ensure that supplied production means have been verified for their
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conformity before being applied or processed.
The manufacturer shall keep records to document purchasing process.
The manufacturer shall perform inspections and examinations of deliveries (raw materials,
materials and components) and define:
requirements for raw materials and components at particular stages of production;
criteria of assessment of inspections and test results (for raw materials, components);
method of conducting control of deliveries conformity with orders (including control
method of documents confirming conformity of the delivery with requirements),
method of taking samples for inspections and tests,
appropriate plan of tests to cover: tested features, methods, frequency and responsible
persons;
principles of supplies release for production and the persons responsible for execution
thereof;
kind of records of inspections and tests.
The manufacturer shall have appropriate technical competences to carry out inspections and
tests or use services of laboratories having such competency.
1.6.
Control and examinations at the production time
The manufacturer shall supervise the process of construction product manufacturing and carry
out inspections and testing to make product conforming with requirements. The manufacturer
shall, in particular:
define stages of the production process;
define type, scope, frequency and methods of tests carried out during production;
define the parameters to be controlled together with assumed tolerances;
define the persons responsible for carrying out inspections and examinations;
provide document specifying product performance and containing appropriate workplace
procedures/ instructions;
provide appropriate equipment for inspections and examinations.
The manufacturer shall keep records to document inspections and testing activities during
production. When any nonconformities have been identified during production process, the
manufacturer shall take appropriate corrective actions provided by factory production control
system. After removal of the nonconformities, inspection or testing shall be repeated to prove that
the fault has been eliminated.
1.7.
Supervision of production machinery and equipment
The manufacturer shall provide supervision of production machinery and equipment, including their
maintenance, inspections, overhauls and repairs, in accordance with prepared schedule. Execution
of these activities shall be controlled. The manufacturer shall also define the method of post-repair
and post-overhaul control activities. Performed activities shall be recorded.
1.8.
Control and testing of finished product

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The manufacturer shall carry out examinations in accordance with test plan, within the scope,
by methods and with frequency specified in technical specifications and/or other reference
documents.
The manufacturer shall define the method of taking samples, as well as sample and batch sizes.
Procedures for examinations shall define criteria of assessment of examination results and the
principles of finished products release for sale shall be established. The manufacturer shall keep
records confirming execution of the activities.
The records of inspection and examination results shall include at least:
product identification;
date of manufacture, size of product batch;
method of taking samples for inspection and examinations;
methods of examination of particular properties;
examination procedures, as indicated in the reference document;
examination results;
assessment of conformity of the inspection/examination results with the criteria
established in harmonized technical specifications;
identification and signature of the authorized person, who performed the inspections/
examinations.
In the case the product does not comply with the requirements, the manufacturer shall take
necessary corrective/correction actions provided by factory production control. After
nonconformity removal, inspection or examination of the product shall be repeated, to
demonstrate that the nonconformity has been eliminated.
1.9.
Identification and traceability of finished product
The manufacturer shall establish a method of identifying product at the stages of its
manufacturing (if it is possible) and of finished product. Particular products or product batches
shall be capable of being identified and their production history shall be traceable. The
manufacturer is obliged to keep records for particular products or product batches, together
with relevant detailed information pertaining to products manufacture and characteristics.
Retrieval of any essential information such as: manufacture date, applied raw materials,
materials, components and products, product batch, product type, designation or intended use,
method of marking product with safety mark, date of sale, product recipient, etc., shall be
possible on the basis of the records made.
1.10. Supervision of measuring, control and testing equipment
The manufacturer shall establish and document a method of supervision, calibration/ verification
and maintaining in appropriate condition of measuring, control and testing equipment. The
manufacturer shall supervise equipment and:
define instruments necessary for measuring, control and examination, taking into account
appropriate level of accuracy (on the basis of tests plan);
keep the list of all own equipment and keep it identified;
prepare the schedule of metrological verifications for the instruments and supervise
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realization of the schedule;
have manuals of operation and current verification of the instruments;
maintain calibration and verification by the method ensuring maintaining measurement
traceability;
perform calibration by the national metrological institution (in Poland it is Central Office
of Measures), by accredited calibration laboratories or in own capacity, if having
appropriate technical facilities;
define a method of proceeding with damaged measuring equipment;
define persons responsible for supervision of the equipment and give them appropriate
authorizations.
Supervision of equipment shall also cover standard measures (control instruments) used in
internal verifications. If the manufacturer has no appropriate technical competences to carry out
inspections and testing, he may subcontract the services. The manufacturer shall keep records to
document supervision activities over equipment and/or subcontracted services. Calibration
certificates issued by accredited measurement laboratories shall be subject to supervision in
accordance with the recording principles.
1.11. Activities taken in case of nonconforming products
The manufacturer shall ensure identification and supervision of nonconforming product so as to
prevent its inadvertent use or delivery to recipient. The manufacturer shall ensure that:
nonconforming product is duly marked and isolated to prevent its release for use;
activities to eliminate disclosed nonconformities as well as corrective actions have been
taken;
further steps with nonconforming product have been established;
records have been kept on the nature of nonconformity and on any follow-up actions taken;
responsibilities and authority concerning the method of handling the nonconforming
product have been defined for person(s) responsible for management and supervision of
factory production control (e.g. FPC Proxy).
1.12. Supervision of corrective and preventive actions
The manufacturer shall determine a method of proceeding in case of taking corrective and
preventive actions. Corrective actions shall include:
analysis of product nonconformity causes, production process, FPC system;
determination of the method of eliminating established causes and taking appropriate
actions;
assessment of effectiveness of taken actions.
Preventive actions shall cover:
use of available information sources, their analysis considering elimination of causes of
potential product nonconformities, production process, FPC;
determination of method of proceeding to eliminate established causes of
nonconformities and taking appropriate actions;
assessment of effectiveness of performed actions.
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The manufacturer shall keep records to document preventive and corrective actions.
1.13. Product packaging, storage, CE marking and delivery
The manufacturer shall define and describe a method of handling finished product, a method of its
packing, storage, marking and transportation. The method shall meet the principles specified in valid
relevant regulations and instructions contained in relevant technical specifications. T he
manufacturer shall ensure that packaging and storage conditions do not have negative effect on the
product quality and that the product compliance with requirements will be maintained. If it is
necessary and may affect product quality/conformity, the manufacturer shall ensure proper
environmental conditions for product storage and monitor them, if necessary. The conditions for
receiving finished product into a warehouse shall be explicitly defined and appropriate records shall
be made on the process of product receipt into a warehouse and its further dispatch. The
manufacturer is obliged to attach the below information to the construction product marked with
The CE mark:
name, seat and address of the manufacturer and address of manufacturing plant, if other
than that of manufacturer seat;
name, trade name, type, variety, brand, class according to the technical specifications;
designation of the harmonized technical specification, which performance of
construction product conformity was assessed with (number of the harmonized standard
or the European Technical Assessment and the year of its issue);
number and date of issue of a declaration of product performance;
name of certification body, if the body participated in the conformity assessment;
other data according to the harmonized technical specification.
Finished construction products shall be marked in accordance with the requirements of reference
documents and valid law regulations. The product marking is possible only when the manufacturer
has implemented and maintains the FPC system, has carried out conformity assessment in
accordance with appropriate conformity assessment system as well as issued a declaration of
performance.
1.14. Handling complaints
The manufacturer shall establish procedures for dealing with complaints, both submitted by
construction product recipients and made by the manufacturer against suppliers of raw materials,
materials, product components to be used in production.
The manufacturer is obliged to:
keep records of complaints about conformity of product with the requirements of
harmonized technical specifications;
take appropriate actions as regards complaints and any detected product faults;
carry out periodical assessment of complaints, including analysis of nonconformity causes,
analysis of effectiveness of corrective actions taken and justness of decisions made;
use own complaints for the periodical assessment of suppliers of raw materials,
materials and product components;
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keep records to document actions taken within complaint procedure and corrective
and/or preventive actions resulting from these complaints.
1.15. Training
The manufacturer shall establish training procedures and ensure training of personnel engaged in
activities affecting construction product quality. The manufacturer shall keep records to document
performed training. Records on training shall be kept up-to-date and stored.
2. List of external documents to be applied at FPC certification

Legal basis
Item
Document name
Designation
1.
Act of 16 April 2004 on construction materials (in force in Poland)
Journal of Laws, No. 92, item

881, as further amended
2.
Act of 30 August 2002 on the conformity assessment system (in force in

Poland)
Journal of Laws, No. 204, item

2087, as further amended
3.
Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of
construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC
Official Journal of the European

Union 2011.88.5 (entry into
force 24.04.2011)
4.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 157/2014 of 30 October 2013 on

the conditions for making a declaration of performance on construction
products available on a website

Union 2014.52.1 (entry into force
24.02.2014)
5.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 568/2014 of 18 February 2014

amending Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards the assessment and verification of
constancy of performance of construction products

Union 2014.157.76 of
27.05.2014 (entry into force 20
days from publication)
6.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 574/2014 of 21 February 2014

amending Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the model to be used for drawing up a
declaration of performance on construction products

Union 2014.159.41 of 28.05.2014
(entry into force 3 days from
publication)
7.
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the

Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of
laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States
relating to construction products (Publication of titles and references to
harmonized standards upon EU harmonization legislation)

Union 2013/C 186/02) of
28.06.2013
Standards for products

Item
Document name
Designation
1.
Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Requirements for

conformity assessment of structural components
EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011
2.
Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Technical

requirements for steel structures
EN 1090-2:2008+A1:2011
3.
Execution Of Steel Structures And Aluminium Structures - Part 3: Technical

Requirements For Aluminium Structures
EN 1090-3:2012
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Item
Document name
Designation
4.
Aggregates for concrete
EN 12620:2002+A1:2008
Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments for roads,

airfields and other trafficked areas
EN 13043:2002
6.
Lightweight aggregates. Lightweight aggregates for concrete, mortar and

grout
EN 13055-1:2002
7.
Lightweight aggregates. Lightweight aggregates for bituminous mixtures and

surface treatments and for unbound and bound applications
EN 13055-2:2004
8.
Aggregates for mortar
EN 13139:2002
9.
Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use in civil
engineering work and road construction
EN 13242:2002+A1:2007
10.
Aggregates for railway ballast
EN 13450:2002
11.
Armour stone. Specification
EN 13383-1:2002
Requirements
Item
Name of document
Designation
1.
Conformity assessment Requirements for bodies certifying products,

processes and services
ISO/IEC 17065:2013
Other requirements
Item
Name of document
Designation
1.
IAF GD Guidelines 5:2006 on the Application of ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996
ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996
2.
Accreditation of product certification bodies. Detailed requirements
DACW-01
3.
Accreditation of bodies participating in the process of assessment and

verification of construction products performance with reference to the
Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 305/2011
(CPR) )
DAN-01
4.
Polish Centre for Accreditation policy on provision of measurement traceability
DA-06

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

1. Factory Production Control

Definition of Factory Production Control

Factory Production Control (FPC) permanent, internal production control conducted by a

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

Personnel responsibilities and authorizations

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

Supervision of FPC documentation and records

Control and checking of raw materials and material components to be used

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

Control and examinations at the production time

Supervision of production machinery and equipment

Control and testing of finished product

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

Identification and traceability of finished product

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

2. List of external documents to be applied at FPC certification

Act of 16 April 2004 on construction materials (in force in Poland)

Journal of Laws, No. 92, item

Act of 30 August 2002 on the conformity assessment system (in force in

Journal of Laws, No. 204, item

Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Official Journal of the European

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 157/2014 of 30 October 2013 on

Official Journal of the European

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 568/2014 of 18 February 2014

Official Journal of the European

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 574/2014 of 21 February 2014

Official Journal of the European

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the

Official Journal of the European

Standards for products

Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Requirements for

Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Technical

Execution Of Steel Structures And Aluminium Structures - Part 3: Technical

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL

Aggregates for concrete

Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments for roads,

Lightweight aggregates. Lightweight aggregates for concrete, mortar and

Lightweight aggregates. Lightweight aggregates for bituminous mixtures and

Aggregates for mortar

Aggregates for railway ballast

Armour stone. Specification

Conformity assessment Requirements for bodies certifying products,

IAF GD Guidelines 5:2006 on the Application of ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996

ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996

Accreditation of product certification bodies. Detailed requirements

Accreditation of bodies participating in the process of assessment and

Polish Centre for Accreditation policy on provision of measurement traceability

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