Broadcast of the Conference on the new Construction Product Regulation CPR

The Conference presentation of the new Construction Products Regulation, organized in Brussels on October 30th by the Directorate General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (hereinafter D.G. Growth), of the European Commission and attended by IETcc, has been publicly broadcasted.

The two sessions Conference, chaired respectively by Katharina Knapton-Vierlich in the morning and by Jens Schumacher in the afternoon, from the D.G.-Growth, H.1 Construction. In accordance with the planned program, the following speakers participated:

  1. Presentation
    • Kerstin Jorna. General Director of D.G. Growth
  2. What is the new CPR (presentation)
    • Oscar Nieto. Policy Officer of D.G. Growth
  3. Harmonized Zone and CPR ACQUIS (presentation and panel)
    • Agata Kotkoswka. Deputy Head of Unit. Of Circular Economy
    • Buntan Iea. Policy Officer and Seconded National Expert ENER.B.3 Buildings and products
    • Oscar Nieto. Policy Officer of D.G. Growth
    • Jens Schumacher. Policy Officer of D.G. Growth
    • Ieva Kisieliute. Legal Advisor of market surveillance. Boverket, Suecia.
    • Antonio Caballero González. CPE CPR WG Convenor
  4. Standardization (presentation and panel)
    • Oscar Nieto. Policy Officer of D.G. Growth
    • Pavlina Karagianni. Project Manager CEN/CENELEC
    • Anne Minne. Convenor of CEN/TC 129 Glass in Building
  5. Economical Operators (presentation and panel)
    • Greta Borg. Policy Officer of D.G. Environment
    • Evangelia Tsiala. Technical officer of European Building Confederation (EBC)
    • Vanessa Pereira. Technical Director of Construction Products Europe (CPE)
  6. Digitalization and DPP (presentation and panel)
    • Oscar Nieto. Policy Officer of D.G. Growth
    • Aitor Aragón Basabé. UNE, DPP Feasibility Studies responsible
    • Øivind Rooth. Convenor of CEN/TC 442 BIM)
  7. Voluntary CE marking – EOTA (presentation and panel)
    • Heikki Väänänen. Policy Officer of la D.G. Growth
    • Sebastian Wall. President of EOTA
    • Eric Winnepenninckx. European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC)
  8. Transition to new CPR
    • Greta Borg, Policy Officer of D.G. Environment

The attached photograph shows the Spanish representatives of both national or international organizations. From left to right: Eduardo Lahoz Ruiz (IETcc-CSIC), Sergio Vazquez Jiménez (EOTA), Rubén Mateo García (Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible), María Bento Fernández (ITeC), Oscar Nieto Sanz (D.G. Crecimiento), Aitor Aragón Basabe (UNE), Jorge Jimeno Bernal (Ministerio de Industria y Turismo), and Arturo Alarcón Barrio (IECA)

More information:

https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/conference-on-the-new-construction-products-regulation-cpr-24-10-30