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Construction Products Regulation In force since 1 July 2013

Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC
32011R0305 · official text on EUR-Lex

This English text is a careful, terminology-researched translation prepared by eucite.com — not an official government translation. The German original linked above is the legally authoritative text.

Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Basic requirements for construction works and essential characteristics of construction products

Chapter II DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE AND CE MARKING

• Article 4 — Declaration of performance
• Article 5 — Derogations from drawing up a declaration of performance
• Article 6 — Content of the declaration of performance
• Article 7 — Supply of the declaration of performance
• Article 8 — General principles and use of CE marking
• Article 9 — Rules and conditions for the affixing of CE marking
• Article 10 — Product Contact Points for Construction

Chapter III OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 11 — Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 12 — Authorised representatives
• Article 13 — Obligations of importers
• Article 14 — Obligations of distributors
• Article 15 — Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
• Article 16 — Identification of economic operators

Chapter IV HARMONISED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Article 17 — Harmonised standards
• Article 18 — Formal objection against harmonised standards
• Article 19 — European Assessment Document
• Article 20 — Principles for the development and adoption of European Assessment Documents
• Article 21 — Obligations of the TAB receiving a request for a European Technical Assessment
• Article 22 — Publication
• Article 23 — Dispute resolution in cases of disagreement between TABs
• Article 24 — Content of the European Assessment Document
• Article 25 — Formal objections against European Assessment Documents
• Article 26 — European Technical Assessment
• Article 27 — Levels or classes of performance
• Article 28 — Assessment and verification of constancy of performance

Chapter V TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BODIES

• Article 29 — Designation, monitoring and evaluation of TABs
• Article 30 — Requirements for TABs
• Article 31 — Coordination of TABs
• Article 32 — Union financing
• Article 33 — Financing arrangements
• Article 34 — Management and monitoring
• Article 35 — Protection of the Union’s financial interests

Chapter VI SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES

• Article 36 — Use of Appropriate Technical Documentation
• Article 37 — Use of simplified procedures by micro-enterprises
• Article 38 — Other simplified procedures

Chapter VII NOTIFYING AUTHORITIES AND NOTIFIED BODIES

• Article 39 — Notification
• Article 40 — Notifying authorities
• Article 41 — Requirements relating to notifying authorities
• Article 42 — Information obligation for Member States
• Article 43 — Requirements for notified bodies
• Article 44 — Presumption of conformity
• Article 45 — Subsidiaries and subcontractors of notified bodies
• Article 46 — Use of facilities outside the testing laboratory of the notified body
• Article 47 — Application for notification
• Article 48 — Notification procedure
• Article 49 — Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
• Article 50 — Changes to the notification
• Article 51 — Challenge of the competence of notified bodies
• Article 52 — Operational obligations for notified bodies
• Article 53 — Information obligations for notified bodies
• Article 54 — Exchange of experience
• Article 55 — Coordination of notified bodies

Chapter VIII MARKET SURVEILLANCE AND SAFEGUARD PROCEDURES

• Article 56 — Procedure to deal at national level with construction products presenting a risk
• Article 57 — Union safeguard procedure
• Article 58 — Complying construction products which nevertheless present a risk to health and safety
• Article 59 — Formal non-compliance

Chapter IX FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 60 — Delegated acts
• Article 61 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 62 — Revocation of the delegation
• Article 63 — Objections to delegated acts
• Article 64 — Committee
• Article 65 — Repeal
• Article 66 — Transitional provisions
• Article 67 — Reporting by the Commission
• Article 68 — Entry into force