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Harmonized Standards under the CPR:

Harmonizing the methods to assess performance of construction products

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CEN CENELEC Main players & process

Standardization requests and mandates

Impacts of CPR on Standardization

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European Standardization Organizations (ESOs) & Sectors

Chemistry

Material

Food

Energy

Services

Transport

Metrology

Healthcare

Construction

Environment

Security and defence

Electricity – Electrotechnical

Electronic Communications

Information society

Mechanical engineering

HVAC

European Committee

for Standardization

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CEN & CENELEC

33 Members (NSB/NC of 28 EU Members +3 EFTA countries +2 candidate countries)

Affiliates (17 CEN, 14 CLC)

3 CEN Partner Standardization Bodies (PSBs)

More than 400 TCs

20.000 published documents

CEN & CENELEC World

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Members

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Construction Standardization

CEN & CENELEC CONSTRUCTION

Legislation

Harmonized Standards

(447 out of 600)

EOTA & European Assessment Documents

Technical Developments

Group of Notified Bodies

Eurocodes Dangerous Substances

Sustainability

Fire safety

European Commission

Construction Products Regulation

EU 305/2011

45 Mandatesand additional amendments

TC Work Programme

Consultant assessment

Standing Committee on Construction

+/- 80 Technical Committees

EPB & Ecodesign

Adco CPR

Regulation on Standardization EU 1025/2012

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Technical work – main bodies

Technical Board (BT)

Technical Committee

(TC)

Working Group (WG)

Working Group (WG)

Working Group

(BT/WG)

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TCs and WGs:The core of our activities

TC

Management body taking

decisions of principle (work

programme, procedures)

National delegations (voting

rights) + Observers (no voting

rights)

Decision making

Majority

Consensus

Vote of national members

WG

Body that actually drafts the

standard

Members, speaking in

personal capacity, appointed

by NSB-NC & Observers.

Agreement achieved through

consensus of members

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‘National delegation’ principle

CEN CENELEC Technical

Bodies

NSB/NC

NSB/NC

NSB/NC

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CEN/TC SC 250/SC2 Eurocode 2 Design of concrete structures

National Mirror Committee

(DIN)

National Mirror Committee (NSAI)

‘National delegation’ principle

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Technical Committees:Main actors

Technical Committee officers

• Chairperson

• Secretary (NSB/NC)

National delegations

• National position

• Voting Right

Observers

• European Partners (CEN CENELEC Guide 25)

• “Annex III” Organisations

• Affiliates

• Representatives of other technical bodies

• No voting right

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An overview:From new work item to Publication …

StartEnquiry

Registration of NWI

End Enquiry

Time (Months)

0 8 11,5

Drafting

8m iENQ3m

14,5

Considerationof comments

max. 8m

22,5

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Vote? Y

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23

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25 27

Publication

i Possibility to be extended to 12 monthsii Translation previous to Formal vote is optional. If translation is necessary 1,5 months need to be added

4

Circulation of 1st WD

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Legal Framework

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EU 1025/2012 on European standardization;

(Annual) Union Work Programme (AUWP) for European Standardization (art. 8 of EU No 1025/2012);

Standardization request (art. 10 of EU No 1025/2012) adopted as an Implementing Act;

European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI) have one month to accept Standardization Request

Once accepted, commit the ESOs to publish the identified deliverables within agreed deadlines

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Standardization requests and mandates

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Future SR planned in the AUWP

for the following

year

EC starts informal

consultation of

stakeholders incl. ESOs

Mature draft SR

presented to Committee

on Standards (CoS) for

information

Internal consultation

within European

Commission

Translation

Submission of the final draft SR to

the CoS

Approval of SR

SR preparation process

Influence on draft SR

Informal consultationFormal

consultation

In parallel: submission of final draft SR to BT(s) for approval

ESOs invited to

give comments

EC

ESOs

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Amendments to mandates are not foreseen in EU 1025/2012

Need to systematically inform the Committee on Standards (CoS) on new drafts and proposals (including drafts amendments);

Decision whether amendment or Standardization request lays on CoS

Situation of certain amendments and new Standardization requests is not always clear

ESOs can accept or reject the standardization requests

Standardization requests and mandates – Current situation

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Inconsistencies CPR and Standardization Regulation

Exhaustive harmonization:

o Mandates and standardization requests

o National (legal) requirements

Procedural aspects of the CPR implementation

o Classes and thresholds

o Non-citation of hENs

Global relevance of hENs

CEN CENELEC Position Paper

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

References cited in OJEU 25 26 45 44 10 26 1

References candidated for the OJEU 28 26 45 58 30 89 45

Percentage eventually cited 89% 100% 100% 76% 33% 29% 2%

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Yearly offering of hENs

References cited in OJEU References candidated for the OJEU Percentage eventually cited

Statistical analysis of hENs

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

References cited in OJEU 25 51 96 140 150 176 177

References candidated for the OJEU 28 54 99 157 187 276 321

Percentage eventually cited 89% 94% 97% 89% 80% 64% 55%

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INCREMENTAL TOTAL

References cited in OJEU References candidated for the OJEU Percentage eventually cited

Statistical analysis of hENs

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Approach to deal with dangerous substances

When no harmoniozed test method exist

Terminology (common use of terms in standards such as evaluation of conformity, requirements)

Use of classes and thresholds (including a pass/fail approach)

Inclusion of essential characteristics not included in the mandate

Stuctural Products (different methods – Guidance paper L)

Key issues in the development of hENs

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