CE Marking of Construction Products
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) in summary
The CE marking of construction products is currently governed by Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council of 9 March 2011, commonly known as the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), which came into full force on 1 July 2013.
This regulation repealed Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988, known as the Construction Products Directive (CPD), which previously governed this marking.
Since the early 2000s, LNEC has made detailed and up-to-date information on the CPD and CE marking available on its website. Given the changes in procedures it introduced to the previous practice, this has proved very useful for the various construction agents. The national technical community has also acquired relevant information on the subject due to a wide range of publicity activities organised by various organisations over the years.
Although the CPR has introduced some changes to the practice resulting from the CPD, LNEC decided to reduce the information made available on its Portal because it considers that the knowledge of the national technical environment on the subject is greater and very important. After all, the CPR is directly applicable in the Member States (it does not require the publication of national transposition laws), and therefore, the existing information on this regulation in Portugal and other EU countries does not differ significantly.
On the other hand, the European Commission also provides relevant information on the Regulation on its website, specially dedicated to the CPR, where you can obtain the brochure entitled The CE marking of construction products step by step, whose consultation is recommended.
Summary of relevant information (documents in Portuguese)
Construction Products Regulation (RPC)
• Initial text published in the JOEU and correction of the Portuguese version; (Documents in Portuguese)
• New version of Annex III of the CPR (model of the declaration of performance); (Document in Portuguese)
• New version of Annex V of the CPR (assessment and verification of constancy of performance systems); (Document in Portuguese)
• Format of the European Technical Assessment; (Document in Portuguese)
• Conditions for making a declaration of performance available on a website; (Document in Portuguese)
National legislation related to the CPR
• Decree-Law No. 130/2013, (document in Portuguese) establishing the effective execution in the national legal order of the Regulation, with emphasis on the identification of the entities involved in that execution and their respective attributions.
Harmonized European Standards
• References of Harmonized European Standards published in the JOEU
Consolidated list published by the European Commission for information purposes
• List of Harmonized European Standards by mandate (Document in Portuguese)
European Assessment Documents
European Assessment Documents published in the JOEU and text (in English) of these European Assessment Documents: see www.eota.eu/eads
Aspects concerning LNEC
See more information in LNEC as a NO
See more information in LNEC as a TAB
Certificates of assessment and verification of constancy of performance issued by LNEC in force (Document in Portuguese)
See more information in LNEC as a NO
European Technical Assessments issued by LNEC in force (Document in Portuguese)
See more information in LNEC as a TSO
Other relevant information
• Brochure published by the European Commission, in Portuguese and other Community languages, entitled CE marking of construction products step by step
• General information about the CPR (European Commission website)
• General information about European Technical Assessments (EOTA website - European Organization for Technical Assessment)
• NANDO database, of the European Commission, on the CPR
• National contact points for products (National CPR Product Contact Points); see article 10 of the CPR