CPD i iCPD i iCPD revisionCPD revision

EDINBURGH EDINBURGH –– 2323--24/10/200824/10/2008

European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and IndustryUnit I5: Construction pressure equipment and metrologyUnit I5: Construction, pressure equipment and metrology

Revised Lisbon StrategyRevised Lisbon Strategygygy

Industrial Policy Better Regulation

Construction

INNOVATIONINTERNAL MARKET

Better RegulationBetter Regulationgg

• Regulating for a reason • Consultation• Impact AssessmentImpact Assessment• Internal Market for construction products• Through common technical language

Use of construction productsUse of construction productsUse of construction productsUse of construction products

• Intermediate productsIntermediate products• Responsibility for actors:

– architects, ingenieurs, constructors …• Focus on performance of productsp p

Common technical languageCommon technical languageCommon technical languageCommon technical language

• Means for assessing performance– in relation to essential characteristics

• Harmonised technical specifications– standards (hEN)– more individualised solutions

What is wrong with CPD ?What is wrong with CPD ?What is wrong with CPD ?What is wrong with CPD ?

Large-scale open consultation 2006:– confusion on basics – CE marking– ETAs…– complex & time-consuming proceduresp g p– effects on SMEs ?– credibility of the system ?credibility of the system ?

Objectives for the revisionObjectives for the revisionObjectives for the revisionObjectives for the revision

Clarification : definitions, concepts, obligations …

Simplification : testing, micro-enterprises, procedures,

C dibilit

individual products

ti ht h d lCredibility : tighter schedules,stricter requirements for administrative b dibodies

NA/NLF…: Or not ?NA/NLF…: Or not ?NA/NLF…: Or not ?NA/NLF…: Or not ?

• New Legislative Framework “adopted“ Feb 2008• New Legislative Framework “adopted“ Feb 2008

• Sector specificities – Products for works – Different uses, no product harmonisation– Specific meaning of CE markingp g g– Experience under CPD

• Notified bodies & Market surveillance from NLF

Why Regulation ?Why Regulation ?

• Effectiveness of CPDEffectiveness of CPD– Internal Market objectives– Confusion on basics

• Direct applicability• Direct applicability• Challenges forg

– Subsidiarity– Proportionality– ClarityClarity

MS & EU competencesMS & EU competences

EUMember States EU

Rules on constructionk

Internal Market for construction

works products

National regulations Harmonised technical specificationsspecifications

Role of standardsRole of standards

• Main harmonisation tool• Main harmonisation tool– Harmonising assessment methods (not

d )products)

Al S h l i ( )• Also MS to use when regulating (BWRs)– From BWRs to Mandates to hENsFrom BWRs to– Use of classes & levels

Mandates to hENs

• Clear rules on complaints

EAD & ETAEAD & ETA

• Instead of ETAGs / CUAPs, EADsInstead of ETAGs / CUAPs, EADs– Function comparable to standards

Drafted through collaboration of TABs– Drafted through collaboration of TABs– Always based on the manufacturer’s initiative

• On the base of EAD, European Technical Assessment (ETA)– Function adjusted from CPD-European j p

technical approvals– Applicable also when hEN existspp

Declaration of performanceDeclaration of performance

• In accordance with hENs / EADS– product-type– essential characteristics & levels/classes for them

E i th f t l &• Expressing the performance accurately & reliablyy– when done correctly, MSs to presume this

• Supplied with each productll b l i– eventually by electronic means

Manufacturer’s choiceManufacturer’s choice

Between "floor" & "ceiling" : according to needsBetween floor & ceiling : according to needsMinimum = obligation

When hEN/ETA and requirements in placeFor the required characteristics

Maximum = opportunityWhen hEN/ETA and requirements in placeWhen hEN/ETA and requirements in placeFor all available characteristics

Dictated mainly (?) by the market

CE markingCE marking

Clarifications on use:Clarifications on use:When declaration of performance, always

But also only thenEvery manufacturer & importer will knowEvery manufacturer & importer will know

Responsibility for the declaration

Sole marking for this purposeMS " i d "MS to respect: not "to impede"

Link to NLF general principlesLink to NLF general principles

Simplification practicesSimplification practices

• WT / WFT• WT / WFT• Sharing TT / TC• Cascading TT / TC

All th h STD• All through STD• STD = Specific Technical Documentationp

– Part of the declaration + documentsD t ti th t th diti f th– Demonstrating that the conditions for these procedures exist

• Causing no risks to safety

Other uses of STDOther uses of STD

• Micro-enterprisesMicro enterprises– Demonstrating the compliance with

irequirements– Safety clause also hereSa e y c ause a so e e

• Individually manufactured productsIndividually manufactured products– Demonstrating the compliance with

irequirements– Safety clause also herey

Notified bodiesNotified bodies

• 3rd party tasks in assessment systems• 3rd party tasks in assessment systems– Certification bodies– Inspection bodies

T ti l b t i– Testing laboratories

• Requirements from NLF• Requirements from NLF– However, "systems" instead of "modules", y

• Thrust for increased credibilityy

Market surveillanceMarket surveillance

• In general accordance with NLF

– For all construction products

• Safeguard procedure availableSafeguard procedure available

• Instances of non-compliance listed clearly

ComitologyComitology

A it ti C D• Areas necessitating ComDecs– Regulatory procedure with scrutinyegu a o y p ocedu e w sc u y

S di C i b f d• Standing Committee to be formed– For consultative (non-regulatory) issues, noFor consultative (non regulatory) issues, no

reason to regulateC i b f th l li bilit– Commencing before the general applicability

For more informationFor more information

• e-mail: entr-constr-pressure-equ-metrology@ec.europa.eu

• http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/construction/index en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/construction/index_en.htm

• http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/construction/cpdrevision/cpd_revision_intro_en.htm