Building products regulation correctly applied: These requirements result for your CE-compliant product

The Construction Products Regulation is primarily intended to protect the user of construction products and to ensure the safety of people, other living beings, goods and the environment. The conformity of a construction product with the regulation says that the construction product complies with all applicable legal regulations and technical standards in the EEA and under these regulations, the risk to health and safety has been reduced. The Construction Products Regulation is intended for manufacturers of construction products. The CE marking on the products is the indicator of compliance with the regulation. A construction product with CE marking may be sold throughout the EEA (European Economic Area). A construction product without CE marking may not be imported into the EEA. The experts at easyCE will be happy to help you place your construction product on the market in the EEA.

for construction products and checking the conformity of standards for institutes in the EEA. Furthermore, organisations, civil engineers/contractors also use the Construction Products Regulation as a basis for selecting the construction product for use in construction work. The Construction Products Regulation ensures reliable information on the performance of construction products:

• Provide methods and criteria for assessing the performance of construction products.
• The Construction Products Regulation applies to all construction products to be used in buildings.
• The Construction Products Regulation harmonises all construction products for the purposes of the CE marking.

the construction product on the market in the EEA. This can therefore be the importer as well as the actual manufacturer. The experts at easyCE will be happy to help you further assess who has to carry out the conformity assessment of the construction product in your specific case.

Below are some examples of construction products covered by the Construction Products Regulation. The experts at easyCE will be happy to help you assess whether your product is a construction product:

• Doors, windows, shutters
• Chimneys
• Floor coverings
• Sanitary facilities
• Cement, construction lime, etc.
• Products for the road construction
• Flat glass, glass blocks
• Communication cable
• Fire retardant and fire retardant products
• Products for thermal insulation.

Directive and the Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility are simultaneously applicable to remote-controlled power-operated garage doors, because these different acts cover different requirements. The experts at easyCE will be happy to help you assess these special cases and carry out the conformity assessment correctly in accordance with several directives and regulations.

in the form of maximum or minimum values. The declaration of performance is a document drawn up by the manufacturer for each product covered by the Construction Products Regulation. The declaration of performance identifies the product, specifies its intended use and its essential characteristics resulting from the declared performance.

The declaration of performance for the product must contain the following information.

• The reference of the product type.
• Systems for evaluating the performance of construction products.
• The reference number and the date of issue of the harmonised standard.
• Information on the purpose of the product.
• The performance of at least one essential feature of a construction product.

It is particularly relevant when a construction product is not covered by existing harmonised standards. The European assessment document contains the general information about the construction product, the list of essential characteristics and the intended use of the product. The European Assessment Document also contains the methods and criteria for assessing performance in relation to the essential characteristics of the product. The experts at easyCE will be happy to help you with the organisation of the ETA.

• Request to your contact point for construction.
• Ask the notified body indicated on the label and the declaration of performance.

• The CE marking should be affixed to those construction products for which the manufacturer has drawn up the declaration of performance.
• If the declaration of performance is not drawn up by the manufacturer, the CE marking must not be affixed to this product.
• By affixing the CE marking, the manufacturer is responsible for conformity and compliance with regulations and standards.
• For each construction product covered by harmonised standards, the CE marking is the only marking certifying the conformity of the construction product with the declared performance in relation to its essential characteristics.
• The CE marking shall be visibly affixed to the construction product or to a label attached thereto.
• The CE marking shall be affixed before the construction products are placed on the market.