The Council has today adopted the construction products regulation (CPR), which harmonises the EU rules for marketing of those products, facilitates their free movement in the single market, reduces administrative burdens and promotes the circular economy and technological development in that sector. This is the last step in the decision-making procedure.
The CPR updates the existing EU rules in that area, provides an opportunity to adapt standardisation to new technical developments, providing better information to consumers with the creation of product digital passports and facilitating green choices. The new regulation facilitates the adoption of new standards and empowers the Commission to adopt common specifications under certain conditions when the usual standardisation route is blocked. It also provides for the development of a digital passport system for construction goods,
The regulation adopted today modifies the definition of ‘construction product’.
The CPR sets out the obligations of manufacturers, importers and other economic operators and strengthens market surveillance and consumer protection. At the same time, the CPR respects the fact that the right to regulate construction works remains a national competence,
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Following the Council’s approval today, the legislative act has been adopted.
After being signed by the President of the European Parliament and the President of the Council, the regulation will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force on the 20th day following its publication.
The articles of the regulation relating to the development of standards will be applicable one month after the date of entry into force. All the other articles of the regulation will apply one year after the date of entry into force, except for Article 92 (on penalties), which will apply two years after the date of entry into force.
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