Construction Products Regulation (CPR)

Article 1 — Subject matter and objectives

1. This Regulation lays down harmonised rules for the placing and making available on the market of construction products, regardless of whether undertaken in the framework of a service or not, by establishing: (a) harmonised rules on how to express the environmental and safety performance of construction products in relation to their essential characteristics, including on life cycle assessment; (b) environmental, functional and safety product requirements for construction products. 2. This Regulation also establishes: (a) rights and obligations for economic operators dealing with construction products or their components; and (b) obligations for other actors providing services linked to the manufacturing and commercialisation of products covered by this Regulation. 3. This Regulation aims to contribute to the efficient functioning of the internal market by ensuring the free movement of safe and sustainable construction products in the Union. It also aims to contribute to the objectives of a green and digital transition by preventing and reducing the impact that construction products have on the environment and on the health and safety of persons.

Article 2 — Scope

1. This Regulation applies to construction products, including used products, and to the following items: (a) key parts of products; and (b) parts or materials intended to be used for products covered by this Regulation, if the manufacturer of those parts or materials so requests. 2. This Regulation does not apply to: (a) lifts subject to Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (21), escalators or their components; (b) requirements or performance assessment subject to Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council (22) and covered by the delegated acts of the Commission referred to in Article 11(8) of that Directive. 3. Member States may exempt from the application of this Regulation products falling within its scope that are placed on the market in the outermost regions of the Union within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU. Member States shall notify to the Commission and to the other Member States the national laws, regulations and administrative provisions providing such exemptions. They shall ensure that exempted products do not bear the CE marking referred to in Article 17. Products placed on the market on the basis of that exemption shall not be deemed to have been placed on the market in the Union within the meaning of this Regulation.