This standard specifies Factory Production Control requirements for use by the manufacturers of bituminous mixtures. The Factory Production Control has the quality aim to give adequate assurance that the asphalt mixtures conform with the relevant technical specifications. The Factory Production Control is required to be applied to all harmonised elements of European Harmonised Standards and European Technical Approvals for bituminous mixtures if the CE mark of conformity is to be affixed. The system may also be applied to non- Harmonised elements and to situations where CE marking is not mandatory.