Construction Products

The European Union (EU)’s construction products market alone is worth approximately €500 billion. Such a huge business needs to keep an open internal market for construction products consistent with national regulations under continuous technological evolution. The construction sector consists of more than 80 Technical Committees from CEN and CENELEC, dealing with the wide range of construction products, such as concrete, cement, wood, steel, gypsum, aggregates, glass, plastic, insulation materials, masonry, pipes, sanitaryware appliances, roof and wall coverings, etc.

Most of these Technical Committees develop harmonized European standards (hENs) in support of the Construction Products Regulation (Regulation EU 305/2011 - CPR).

Harmonized standards provide a common technical language that can be used by manufacturers to express the technical performance of their construction products, by regulators to express their requirements and by designers, contractors, and other construction stakeholders to exchange information efficiently. Harmonized standards play a key role in the implementation of the CPR because they not only contain the assessment methods for determining the performance of construction products in relation to their essential characteristics, but also include provision for their declaration and the clauses on assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP).

Joint Initiative on Standardization – Action 5

Pilot Project – Aiding the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) through standards

JIS Action 5 provided a fitting forum for constructive discussion of standardization in support of the CPR (Regulation EU 305/2001). The action was aimed at mapping specific issues and challenges linked to the development and citation of harmonized standards (hENs) under the CPR. This initiative brought together a wide range of actors, including standardizers, the European Commission, member states and EU organizations. The outcome of this action was to share a common understanding of the CPR amongst these actors and address common roadblocks, such as processes for standardization request, TC answers to the mandate, request for classes and thresholds, special clauses in standards, such as release of dangerous substances and Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP), as well as other aspects aimed at improving citation in general. The platform allowed stakeholders to discuss expectations and solutions to problems and improve the citation of hENs in the OJEU.

Technical Bodies

CEN/TC 33 - Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling

CEN/TC 38 - Durability of wood and wood-based products

CEN/TC 50 - Lighting columns and spigots

CEN/TC 51 - Cement and building limes

CEN/TC 53 - Temporary works equipment

CEN/TC 67 - Ceramic tiles

CEN/TC 88 - Thermal insulating materials and products

CEN/TC 89 - Thermal performance of buildings and building components

CEN/TC 99 - Wallcoverings

CEN/TC 104 - Concrete and related products

CEN/TC 112 - Wood-based panels

CEN/TC 124 - Timber structures

CEN/TC 125 - Masonry

CEN/TC 126 - Acoustic properties of building elements and of buildings

CEN/TC 127 - Fire safety in buildings

CEN/TC 128 - Roof covering products for discontinuous laying and products for wall cladding

CEN/TC 129 - Glass in building

CEN/TC 134 - Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings

CEN/TC 135 - Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures

CEN/TC 154 - Aggregates

CEN/TC 155 - Plastics piping systems and ducting systems

CEN/TC 156 - Ventilation for buildings

CEN/TC 163 - Sanitary appliances

CEN/TC 165 - Waste water engineering

CEN/TC 166 - Chimneys

CEN/TC 167 - Structural bearings

CEN/TC 169 - Light and lighting

CEN/TC 175 - Round and sawn timber

CEN/TC 177 - Prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or light-weight aggregate concrete with open structure

CEN/TC 178 - Paving units and kerbs

CEN/TC 185 - Fasteners

CEN/TC 187 - Refractory products and materials

CEN/TC 189 - Geosynthetics

CEN/TC 191 - Fixed firefighting systems

CEN/TC 203 - Cast iron pipes, fittings and their joints

CEN/TC 208 - Elastomeric seals for joints in pipework and pipelines

CEN/TC 217 - Surfaces for sports areas

CEN/TC 218 - Rubber and plastics hoses and hose assemblies

CEN/TC 227 - Road materials

CEN/TC 228 - Heating systems and water based cooling systems in buildings

CEN/TC 229 - Precast concrete products

CEN/TC 241 - Gypsum and gypsum based products

CEN/TC 243 - Cleanroom technology

CEN/TC 246 - Natural stones

CEN/TC 247 - Building Automation, Controls and Building Management

CEN/TC 250 - Structural Eurocodes

CEN/TC 254 - Flexible sheets for waterproofing

CEN/TC 277 - Suspended ceilings

CEN/TC 284 - Greenhouses

CEN/TC 288 - Execution of special geotechnical works

CEN/TC 297 - Free-standing industrial chimneys

CEN/TC 303 - Floor screeds and screed materials

CEN/TC 315 - Spectator facilities

CEN/TC 336 - Bituminous binders

CEN/TC 339 - Slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Methods of evaluation

CEN/TC 340 - Anti-seismic devices

CEN/TC 341 - Geotechnical Investigation and Testing

CEN/TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Heritage

CEN/TC 349 - Sealants for joints in building construction

CEN/TC 350 - Sustainability of construction works

CEN/TC 351 - Construction Products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances

CEN/TC 357 - Stretched ceilings

CEN/TC 361 - Polymer modified bituminous thick coatings for waterproofing Definitions/requirements and test methods

CEN/TC 396 - Earthworks

CEN/TC 371 - Energy performance of buildings

CEN/TC 407 - Cylindrical helical springs made from round wire and bar - Calculation and design

CEN/TC 442 - Building Information Modelling (BIM)

CEN/CLC/JTC 11 - Accessibility in the built environment

CEN-CENELEC Guides

CEN-CENELEC Guide 36 ‘Guidance on the rules for drafting and presentation of candidate harmonized product standards’

CEN-CENELEC guidance ‘Core rules for drafting harmonized standards for construction products’

CEN/TC 250 'Structural Eurocodes' - Guidance document on drafting national annexes to EN Eurocodes for NSBs'

Documentation and Materials

Guidance document – How to draft clauses on AVCP (Word format)
Guidance document – How to draft fire clauses (Word format)
Dangerous substances assessment and declaration in hENs (pdf format)
Delegated acts procedure (pdf format)
Standardization request procedure (pdf format)
Annex ZA template (TF 687 rev1, 2015-06-02) (Word format)
Checklist – Items to be considered when drafting standards answering a mandate or Standardisation Request and to be offered for citation in the OJEU under the CPR (Word format)
Instructions for fast-track route (pdf format)
CPR Acquis – input template V2.0 fast-track (word format)

Policy Opinion

Position Paper on the implementation and future of the Construction Product Regulation (2020)

Position Paper on the implications of the Construction Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 305/2011) (2016)

Position Paper on the revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) (2022)

Useful links

Contact:

Pavlina KARAGIANNI
pkaragianni@cencenelec.eu

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