CPE represents the interests of all manufacturers of construction products in Europe. Recently, we published a report on “industrial ecosystems” and “transition pathways”. Why? Because in May, the European Commission updated its 2020 industrial strategy in support of the foreseen transition to a green and digital economy. A priority should be given to these sectors…
This study published by the EC provides input for the impact assessment that would accompany a revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) if the Commission decides to revise it. The main purpose of this study is to collect evidence and complement the available evidence in order to analyse potential future options for the EU…
The European Commission is currently revising the General Product Safety Directive to adapt to present challenges and to better ensure that all kinds of products are safe, online or in a traditional shop, and that all consumers are protected. The European Commission presented their proposal for a Regulation on general product safety.
Hungary notified last 30/06/2021 a draft Government Decree on measures to be taken to relaunch the economy in relation to the export of raw materials and products of strategic importance for security of supply in the construction sector Notification Number: 2021/410/HU (Hungary) Please read the Construction Products Europe contribution on this topic on the TRIS website together with the…
Our Director General, Christophe Sykes was interviewed for the 6th edition of the Build Up Expert Talks series. Watch the video to know about the pathways to recovering from this 2020 Coronavirus crisis, the provisions for the building sector included in the Green Deal, digitalisation and the brand new Construction 2050 Alliance, gathering already 47…
On Wednesday 17th June, the new Construction 2050 Alliance was launched during the 8th High Level Forum of Construction 2020 organised by DG GROW of the European Commission. The Construction 2050 Alliance brings together 47 EU associations, from construction products, to contractors, SMEs, building owners, machinery producers, social housing operators, engineers, promoters and many more. Alliance…
The renovation wave is an initiative of the EC to address current low decarbonisation and renovation rates across the EU and to tackle the underlying barriers for improving the energy efficiency of the EU building stock. The renovation wave initiative will build on measures agreed under the Clean energy for all Europeans package, notably the requirement…
INFORMATION: Maintaining CPR certificates under the COVID-19 outbreak – REVISED This informative document is intended to provide informative guidance to notified certification bodies regarding how to maintain certificates if either the operations of the manufacturers or their own operations are affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The document does only consider maintenance of already issued certificates;…
This document provides principles for circular design of buildings. The document is aligned with the launch of Level(s), a voluntary reporting framework to improve the sustainability of buildings. In particular, this document contributes to Level(s) Macro-objective 2: Resource efficient and circular material life cycles dealing with the reduction of waste, the optimisation of material use, and the reduction…