This European Standard specifies Factory Production Control (FPC) requirements for use by the manufacturers of bituminous emulsions, cut-back and fluxed binders. This European Standard is applicable to the control of bituminous binders where the constituents and composition are known, having been derived from a prescriptive specification or from the Initial Type Test (ITT) procedure for demonstration of performance related properties described in the appropriate product standard or from a European Technical Approval. NOTE 1 Factory Production Control is a requirement of all harmonised elements of harmonised European Standards and European Technical Approvals for bituminous binders if the CE mark of conformity is to be affixed. The system can also be applied to non-harmonised elements and to situations where CE marking is not mandatory. NOTE 2 Regulated properties of the products are involved in this document.