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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
Pre
para
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3,5
m
Skip
Formal
Vote? Y
N
Fin
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n
2 m
23
Pre
para
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0,5
mii
FV2m
Fin
alis
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2 m
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
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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
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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
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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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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