Code of Conduct
Members’ Directory and Buyers’ Guide 2014
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No Member will alter or deface any manufacturer’s product or packing marks with the intention of misrepresenting the product’s grade or description. Where Members receive goods that they have reason to believe have been altered or defaced they undertake to inform the National Panel Products Division (“NPPD”) of the supplier involved via the TTF Code of Conduct Disciplinary Procedure.
6.
In cases where Members believe a breach of the Code has been committed as a result of product misrepresentation it is agreed that this must be reported to the appropriate authorities. They also undertake to inform the TTF via the TTF Code of Conduct Disciplinary Procedure of the allegation and to co-operate in any subsequent investigation and any resulting disciplinary proceedings.
7.
Members undertake to ensure that all relevant personnel employed by them will be conversant with and abide by the Code of Practice and its implications.
8.
Members having ownership of stock, undertake to carry out random consignment inspections in respect of both imported and locally purchased products in order to verify that all product markings and descriptions accord with the requirements of the Code of Practice.
9.
Where Members knowingly contravene any part of the Code of Practice, the NPPD will invoke the TTF Code of Conduct Disciplinary Procedure. All Members agree to abide by the current TTF Code of Conduct Disciplinary Procedure.
10.
For specific clarification on adherence to the Panel Products Code of Practice, please refer to the attached ‘Supplementary Guidelines – Structural Panels’, otherwise please contact the Timber Trade Federation.
Supplementary Guidelines – Structural Panels CE Marking
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) became law on 1 July 2013 and imposes certain requirements on the supply chain, including the requirement to CE mark. There are two clear facts:
a.
Compliance with the CPR and CE Marking requires that anyone who handles or distributes a wood-based panel product must be in a position to demonstrate its ‘fitness for purpose’ in the construction environment.
b.
Under the terms of the CPR, distributors, merchants and other such expert suppliers have a legal obligation to supply a product that is suitable for the communicated intended end-use.
Therefore, the simplest and most effective way of supplying a wood-based product, suitable for structural use, is to require compliance with BS EN 13986. However, this is not just a matter of looking at a mark on the panel nor holding a copy of a Notified Body Certificate of Conformity provided by the supplier. In order to comply with a. and b. above, each distributor or merchant must hold, or be fully confident they could provide if required, the relevant Initial Type Testing (ITT) relating to each and every product sold as ‘structural’.
Plywood – Glue Bond
The term ‘WBP’ can only be achieved using a phenol-based resin and the panel must have undergone the testing requirements of the withdrawn BS 6566, Part 8. Therefore, any panel containing a non-phenol resin, or which includes a mixed glue line cannot be described as ‘WBP’.
CE Marking does not recognise the term ‘WBP’, and simply using a phenol-based resin does not automatically qualify a plywood for any CE glue bond classification. All plywood for structural applications must have undergone glue bond testing in its final lay-up according to BS EN 314. Variation of resin mix or application of additional face veneers would invalidate this testing.
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