Requirements to each material is stated in Annex 1 of our Executive Order. You can find the Executive Order, on our main page.
Health-related documentation
You also must obtain the relevant documentation, necessary to apply for approval. This includes documentation of health-related properties of the building component.
You can read more about which health-related documentation is necessary, in the guidelines
Link to the guidelines on health-related documentation for building components that come into contact with drinking water
Inspection
It is a condition for the approval of a building component, that an annual inspection is carried out.
This is to ensure that the building component is marketed under the same conditions that formed the basis for the approval.
Accordingly, the building component must have the same health-related properties that formed the basis of the approval throughout the entire approval period.
The requirements for the inspection agreement on annual inspection can be found in the Inspection Guidelines below.
Link to the inspection guidelines
Accredited inspection bodies
The inspection should take place as an accredited inspection. This means that the supervisory body (inspection body) must be accredited in accordance with DS/EN ISO/IEC 17020 to carry out inspections and must at the same time be accredited to carry out inspections in accordance with the Executive Order no. 1007 of 29 June 2016 on the placement on the market and sale of building components that come into contact with drinking water.
Currently the following inspection bodies are accredited to carry out inspections with building components in contact with drinking water:
- The Danish Technological Institute
- KIWA Sverige AB
- IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH
- TTR Institute s.r.l
- RISE Sverige
The list will be edited as needed. Please contact us if your inspection body is accredited to conduct inspections according to the GDV scheme.
Test requirements
The test requirements for the building component depend on the material composition.
The following overview can be used to clarify what the building component have to be tested for.
Link to the overview of testing requirements
The test method M01 applies to certain water treatment devices for use in building installations in connection with the GDV scheme.
Read more about the M01 test method below.
Link to "Test method for certain water treatment devices M01"