Standardisation of construction products is not an easy task and the Construction Product Regulation has added an extra layer of complexity. Almost two years after the entry into force of the Regulation, a great number of CEN Technical Committees are developing or have already published their revised hEN. However, some of the rules remain unclear. Through this event, Construction products Europe will bring together standardisation experts to collect their ideas on how to best deal with existing challenges and ways in which this important system could be improved. 

Agenda: The morning session was dedicated to the needs of the industry and there were presentations from Mr Winnepenninckx, rapporteur of FIEC TEC-1: regulatory matters, standards and quality assurance, Mr Ascensão, programme manager for industry, technology & infrastructure of CEN CENELEC and Mr Nieto, Sustainable Construction Manager of Construction Products Europe. Mr Antonio Caballero, Convenor of our CPR Working Group, introduced the debate on the challenges that the industry has to deal with. Based on the input received from the participants, Mr Sykes, Director General of Construction Products Europe, presented some conclusions and proposed a way forward to be shared with other stakeholders and the European Commission.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The following questions will allow you to understand the kind of topics we will discuss in the debate. Feel free to send us your position / opinion on the following questions:

POLITICAL ISSUES

1. What differences do you find, if any, when developing harmonised standards to be in compliance to the CPR in comparison to the work for the CPD?
2. What is your experience in the development of harmonised standards when working with Mandates? 
3. What difficulties, if any, do you find when revising harmonised standards under the CPR? 
4. What is your opinion about the part of the harmonised standards not referred to in Annex ZA (voluntary part)? 
5. What is the impact of standardisation under the CPR in the European market? 

TECHNICAL ISSUES

• What problems, if any, do you find to update standards (AVCP systems, modification or introduction of classes…)? 
• What do you think of the templates and models to develop harmonised standards under the CPR? 
• What do you think of the examples of CE marking in harmonised standards? 
• What is your opinion about the procedure of citation in the Official Journal of harmonised standards after their publication? 
• How do you solve your doubts when developing harmonised standards?