Review of Construction Product Regulations

The Construction Products Regulations (CPR) are under review. There are a number of activities which the EU Commission wishes to engage with stakeholders including:

• The European Commission is reviewing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (known as the Construction Products Regulation or the “CPR”). The review process of the CPR was confirmed by the European green deal in December 2019 and the circular economy action plan in March 2020. See Video presentation from the EC providing an overview of the review process

While no agreement has yet been reached on the specifics of a revision of the CPR, the EC have prepared a document assessing the impact and the preparation of a new proposal. The purpose of this document is to provide a starting point for an open dialogue with industry and other stakeholders to inform the discussions. The EC invites stakeholder feedback on the five indicative options outlined in this document, via a survey, which is open until 31 August 2020. Separately, to facilitate awareness of stakeholder opinion, the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government would be grateful, if you would consider sending a copy of your response to this EU survey to buildingstandards@housing.gov.ie.

• The European Commission is also organising an online CPR Revision Technical Stakeholders Conference, scheduled for 7^th September 2020.

This conference is intended for relevant stakeholders from the industry – construction products manufacturers, construction products importers, construction products distributors, raw material providers, and construction product users (architects, engineers, construction companies). If You or Your Members wish to attend this event, please register on EUSurvey no later than on 31 August 2020.

• The Impact Assessment on the Refined indicative options for the review of the Construction Products Regulation has also been published. See https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12458-Review-of-the-Construction-Products-Regulation. If you wish to provide feedback on the impact assessment it ends 19th August 2020).