Santiago del Pozo
Ester Ciércoles
ITeC EOTA Office

The Regulation of the construction products establishes two technical specifications for the CE marking: harmonized standards and European Assessment Documents (EAD).

The EAD is an instrument conceived for any enterprise, whether it be an SME or a big corporation, which facilitates the CE marking of those construction products not covered by a harmonized standard.


The EAD route

When a product is not covered or totally covered by a harmonized standard, the manufacturer can carry out the CE marking […]

Santiago del Pozo
Júlia Leigh
ITeC EOTA Office

The Construction Products Regulation lays down two harmonised technical specifications: harmonised standards and European Assessment Documents-EAD.

EAD are specifications for innovative products and for products without a harmonised standard, which are not covered or not fully covered by a harmonised standard that allows its CE marking.

These documents are prepared by the European Organisation for Technical Assessment-EOTA and are the basis for elaborating European Technical Assessments-ETA requested by manufacturers for products without a harmonised standard. ETAs enable […]

Santiago del Pozo
Antoni Walton
ITeC EOTA Office

On July 7^th, the European Commission published the Report on the state of the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The report does not include proposals to change the CPR text, but it outlines the issues that need to be enhanced.

The scope of the Report is much broader than foreseen in the Regulation (Art. 67(2)). The objective is to identify the areas where there is a need for improvement, to undertake those […]