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Construction Products Europe

Construction Products Europe is an international association representing the interests of the European construction products industry.

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Construction Products Europe urges harmonized circular building rules

6 Nov 2025
Topic — The European Commission is consulting on the new Circular Economy Act.
Message — The group calls for harmonized waste rules and clear liability for reused products. They propose mandatory audits and digital passports to improve material traceability across markets.123
Why — A unified legal framework would lower administrative costs and open new markets for secondary materials.4
Impact — Landfill operators would lose business as the industry pushes for bans on dumping recyclable waste.56
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Meeting with Borja Giménez Larraz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Eurocities and

7 Oct 2025 · HOUS Draft Report

Construction sector urges EU strategy to boost housing competitiveness

16 Sept 2025
Topic — The consultation seeks ways to support the construction sector and increase housing supply.
Message — The group suggests combining new construction with deep, energy efficient building renovation. They propose creating an EU Housing Fund and simplifying national planning procedures. The association also recommends easing financial rules to encourage housing sector investment.123
Why — These measures would increase market demand for materials and reduce regulatory costs.45
Impact — Financial regulators may face risks if banking rules are eased for construction.6
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Meeting with Dirk Gotink (Member of the European Parliament) and Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken / Dutch Banking Association

4 Jun 2025 · Housing

Meeting with Matthew Baldwin (Deputy Director-General Energy)

6 May 2025 · Exchange of views on European Affordable Housing Plan and European Strategy for Housing Construction

Meeting with Irene Tinagli (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

10 Apr 2025 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

28 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on policies for the construction industry including the Implementation of the Construction Product Regulation, the Affordable Housing Plan, the Clean Industrial Deal, and the Circular Economy Act.

Meeting with Matthew Baldwin (Deputy Director-General Energy)

17 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on housing policy

Meeting with Marcos Ros Sempere (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Meeting with Construction Products Europe

Meeting with Marcos Ros Sempere (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Meeting with Construction Products Europe

Meeting with Celine Gauer (Head of Task Force Secretariat-General)

12 Feb 2024 · The implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

27 Jul 2023 · on construction sector & solutions

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

18 Jul 2023 · on construction sector

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and European Aluminium AISBL and

20 Oct 2022 · circular economy and construction sector

Meeting with Christian Doleschal (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

28 Apr 2022 · revision of the Construction Products Regulation

Response to Review of the general product safety directive

4 Oct 2021

Construction Products Europe welcomes the initiative proposal COM (2021) 346 final of the European Commission in relation to consumer product safety. However, we identified the need for a sector specific approach when dealing with construction products. Construction Products Europe request the exclusion of construction products from the General Product Safety Regulation because they are covered by the Construction Products Regulation (EU 305/2011) which is in the process to be revised and addresses the specificities of the construction business. Construction Products Europe insists on the need to assess the consumer risk related to construction products under a separate perspective and on using the specific and available regulatory instruments of the CPR regime. We offer our support and expertise to ensure that all objectives of the GPSR are achieved by the implementation of the necessary provisions in the current CPR and its future revision. See attachment for detailed input.
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Meeting with Celine Gauer (Head of Task Force Secretariat-General)

29 Sept 2021 · RRF

Response to Climate change mitigation and adaptation taxonomy

18 Dec 2020

Construction Products Europe welcomes the initiative of the EC to develop a taxonomy on this field but the approach to the assessment of the life cycle of products and buildings is very limited because only addresses one environmental indicator (Global Warming Potential - GWP) from the list available in Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and included in EN 15978 (annexes 1 and 2 clause 7.1). As regards the restrictions on content (annexes 1 and 2 clause 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3), a more pragmatic approach could be replacing the ban of certain substances by setting a very restrictive threshold to the content because banning any content may prevent the use of secondary materials in the manufacturing of products harming circularity in the value chain. The clause dealing with formaldehyde and carcinogens emissions should refer to EN 16516 (instead of TS 16516) and clarify that the restriction is applicable only to products are not installed outside the building because these substances only have a harmful health effect indoor. Finally, it should be clarified that in case the requirements are covered by any European regulation, they should be aligned to the European regulatory approach. Construction products are covered by 305/2011, the legal text and its implementation through harmonised standards includes provisions for the declaration of performance of certain essential characteristics, in case any of these essential characteristics is linked to the conditions set in the relevant annexes, assessment methods and the way to express the performance must be aligned.
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Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

13 Nov 2020

Construction Products Europe shares the views of the EC about the need to build a fairer, greener and more digital Europe. Our industry worked during the last years to accomplish these goals under a European approach considering that the environmental performance of construction products only make sense in the context of the building or the construction works (the final "product"). Our products are CE marked according to Regulation (EU) 305/2011 (CPR) and the EC is discussing how environmental performance of products is going to be integrated in this product policy. The document reflects the reality of some markets, but it is not applicable to construction products for the following reasons: -Construction products lifespan is longer than usual consumer products and is constantly improving. -CPR is a solid regulatory framework able to facilitate the delivery of environmental information from construction products and can implement any information need. The regulatory overlap between CPR and Ecodesign is not justified because the scope of the first already covers a potential wider scope of the Ecodesign. In addition, duplication of CE marking according to two legislative frameworks is misleading for the market and creates an unjustified risk of regulatory clash. -Construction products manufacturers deliver Environmental Product Declarations under a voluntary approach according to a European methodology for the assessment of the environmental performance of products exists: EN 15804+A2 and it is aligned as much as possible with the PEF methodology. The information provided is complete and include additional indicators to the PEF list e.g. renewable energy use. -Sustainability construction products information is reliable and is used in National regulatory frameworks to assess the performance of buildings and in the European methodology for the assessment of buildings, Level(s). Therefore, stakeholders in the construction value chain can base their decisions on a harmonised and consistent sustainability criterion. Widen the scope of Ecodesign to cover high impact intermediate products such as steel, cement and chemical is not justified for the construction market for the following reasons: -Overarching sustainability principles are available at European level both at product and at building level and were developed in close coordination with the EC. -Construction products are part of a complex value chain, in fact manufacturers are not responsible of the integration of their products in construction works, circularity in construction can only be addressed in a holistic approach respecting the subsidiarity principle (market regulated at European level and construction works at National level). CPR was developed to be able to deal with this competence sharing. -CPR contains provisions for setting requirements on mandatory information through a document called Declaration of Performance (DoP) which is a product passport for construction products, it can be delivered in electronic format and is being digitised according to the state of the art on this field. -DoP according to the CPR proved to be an excellent instrument to implement public procurement, environmental information integrated in DoP will serve for this purpose without the need for additional regulatory frameworks. -Social aspects are already addressed in construction but cannot be implemented only in a product policy because the value chain is more complex, and a variety of stakeholders are involved in the construction process apart from manufacturers of construction products. -The regulatory framework of the CPR implements declaration requirements as regards recycled content, reuse or hazardous substances which could be mandatory if need be. Considering the previous arguments we believe that there is no need to widen the Ecodesign legal framework for construction products because CPR offers enough and even more instruments to achieve the European Union goals.
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Response to Environmental claims based on environmental footprint methods

31 Aug 2020

Construction Products Europe shares the views of the European Commission about the delivery of accurate and reliable environmental information from products. Our industry worked during the last years to accomplish these goals under a European approach considering that the environmental performance of construction products only make sense in the context of the building or the construction works (the final "product"). The document reflects the reality of some markets, but it is not applicable to construction products for the following reasons: - Construction products markets did not fail to agree on a single, reliable method/approach to quantify environmental impacts, on the contrary a European methodology exists and is used across Europe. It is standardised in CEN documents developed by CEN/TC 350 e.g. EN 15804+A2 addresses the development of Environmental Product Declaration from construction products. The methodology described in these standards is aligned as much as possible with the PEF methodology and only deviates from the common framework to deal with the specificities of construction, in particular with the need to assess the environmental performance of the building in the decision making process. - Construction products are delivering Environmental Product Declarations under a voluntary approach, the number of documents available in the market is growing every day. About the development of a compulsory regulatory approach, subsidiarity principle reflects two competence fields, the European market for construction products is regulated according to Regulation 305/2011 (Construction Products Regulation - CPR) while construction works are regulated at National level by Member States. At European level, the CPR could request the delivery of environmental information from construction products, this implementation in now being addressed by the European Commission. Member States are also discussing national requirements and some of them have already established legal frameworks and regulations on this topic. - Information market for construction product is also different from usual consumer products, only a limited number of construction products are purchased by consumers and the most relevant materials from the environmental point of view are selected by professionals because it requires skills and technical expertise. The delivery of B2B communications together with the construction products in the form of Environmental Product Declarations is the preferred approach in the construction chain and from the regulatory point of view. A B2C approach limited to some products is now being developed in the same standardisation committee to fit DIY consumer needs. Both approaches are as consistent as possible with PEF. Considering the previous arguments Construction Products Europe believes that there is no need to establish any legal framework for construction products because it already exists under regulation 305/2011 and its approach requires the declaration of the performance of construction products, if any, according to the harmonised methodology referred to in the regulation. It should also be noted that any legal implementation needs to address construction works and the competence in this field is allocated to Member States.
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Response to Review of the Construction Products Regulation

19 Aug 2020

Construction Products Europe industry cannot wait until the end of the review process to find solutions to the implementation problems related to the CPR. We are committed to work together to find short-term solutions so that the internal market for construction products can function in an efficient and effective way, in particular as regards the situation of harmonised standards. Some of the problems presented in the roadmap can be solved without the need for a revised legal text. In fact, the revision of the CPR acquis initiated by the European Commission is expected to work under the current regulatory scheme. A similar situation is applicable to environmental requirements, which could be implemented under the current legal regime. The options presented in the roadmap were assessed by our experts and detailed feedback will be provided in the parallel consultation but as a general remark, an alternative option needs to be developed taking some actions suggested in some of the options and developing new ones for issues not included in the document. It should be noted that considering the need to implement option B in options C and D, the choice is limited to: no legislative change, repeal or the modifications suggested by the EC in option B including some additional options or not. Construction Products Europe developed recently a public document reporting the principles of the CPR to be kept in any potential revision. We hope this document will complement our input to the roadmap.
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Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

23 Apr 2020 · How building renovation can contribute to post covid-19 recovery, how to get renovation projects off the ground, how to remove regulatory obstacles and improve advice.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

20 Apr 2020 · Follow-up call on the crisis’ impact on the built environment sector

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

1 Oct 2019 · The future Circular Economy Action Plan

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

7 Apr 2016 · Digitising European Industry

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

18 Mar 2015 · European standardisation - Digital Single Market