POSITION PAPER ON THE MARKET SURVEILLANCE Date  :  24 March 2014 Released in February 2013, the Market Surveillance Package is an EC package proposal to improve consumer product safety and strengthen market surveillance of products in the EU. ECODESIGN POSITION PAPER Date  :  6 January 2014 In the context of the European Commission (EC) consultation on the Evaluation of Energy Labelling Directive and certain aspects of the Ecodesign Directive, Construction Products Europe have released this position paper on ecodesign. SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS CONSULTATION Date  :  1 October 2013 The EC has announced its intention to present a Communication on ‘Sustainable Buildings’. To support the work of the European Commission, Construction Products Europe would like to share the following views that complement our response to the EC stakeholder’s consultation. POSITION PAPER ON WASTE CONSULTATION Date  :  10 September 2013 The European Commission (EC) has announced its intention to review the EU waste policy. Construction Products Europe believes that the sector has a part to play in tackling the current waste challenge and thereby contribute towards a resource-efficient Europe. STATEMENT FROM CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS EUROPE ON THE PRODUCT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT GUIDE Date  :  26 April 2013 On 9 april 2013, the European Commission published its "building the single market for green products” communication. The product environmental footprint guide is a key part of the communication referred above, and cepmc would like to share its views on it. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE, CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS EUROPE POSITION IN VIEW OF TRILOGUE NEGOTIATIONS Date  :  13 March 2013 Following the European Parliament decision on 21 February to start Trilogue Negotiations about a first reading agreement with the Competitiveness Council, CEPMC would like to express its concern about some of the specific proposals, which could have a bearing on the procurement of construction work. CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS EUROPE CONTRIBUTION TO EC AIR CONSULTATION Date  :  4 March 2013 Through its consultation on the revision of the EU Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution and related policies, the European Commission is looking to identify options to further reduce the negative impacts of air pollution. CEPMC would like to draw the EC attention's to the issues in this document. CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS EUROPE ANSWER TO EC CONSULTATION ON VAT Date  :  4 January 2013 CEPMC contribution to the European Commission’s consultation on VAT reduced rates