Building components that come into contact with drinking water

It is a requirement that building components in contact with drinking water is approved before being placed on the Danish market.

The purpose of the regulation regarding components that come into contact with drinking water, is to ensure the quality of the drinking water.

The Executive Order on the placement on the market and sale of building components that come into contact with drinking water states that to be placed on the market or sold, it must be documented that the building component as a whole or the subassemblies in contact with water of which the building component consists are:

GDV approved in Denmark
certified in Germany with a DVGW-certificate
approved in the Netherlands with an ATA approval/The KIWA Water Mark
type approved in Sweden by either RISE og KIWA Sweden

See the danish GDV approvels here

Building components covered by the Executive Order

All factory-made building components in contact with drinking water such as taps and other building components in contact with and connected to the cold drinking water supply and therefore included in the fixed installation for drinking water in the building from the property boundary to and including the tap (i.e. the point where the user releases the cold drinking water).

It is stated in the Executive Order, which building components that are exempted from the requirement of approval.

The GDV scheme

The GDV scheme is a fee funded approval scheme for building components in contact with drinking water where building components can be approved and certified for placement on the market and sale in Denmark.

The approval scheme for building components in contact with drinking water (GDV) covers only the health properties of building components, namely migration of potentially harmful substances into drinking water.

The Danish Authority of Social Services and Housing is the regulatory authority for the approval scheme and are managing the processing of applications for GDV approval.

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency under the Ministry of Environment and Food advises the Danish Authority of Social Services and Housing on requirements, test basis and methods in order to ensure that the quality requirements for building components in contact with drinking water are fulfilled when the water reaches the taps of consumers.

The Danish Authority of Social Services and Housing refers to the Executive Order on drinking water, the list of drinking water quality criterias as well as the guidelines on water quality and inspections with water supply systems published by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (both Danish only).

Apply for GDV approval

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Executive Order on placement on the market and sale of building components that come into contact with drinking water as well as the guidelines of the GDV scheme.

Please note that applications cannot be submitted before all health-related documentation is in place. Find more information on the requirements of the GDV scheme below.

Read about the conditions of GDV approval, including which building components are covered by or exempt from approval in the scheme, and which building component can obtain a voluntary approval.

Go to the list of drinking water quality criterias

Go to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's homepage

Read the Executive Order for sale of building components that come into contact with drinking water

Kontakt

GDV

E:GDV@sbst.dk