Environmental Sustainability in The Context of The New CPR

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CEN/TC 104 N 2231
CEN/TC 104 "Concrete and related products"

Secretariat: SN
Secretary: Solnørdal Anna Mrs
CEN-TC350_N1118_Environmental sustainability in the context of the new CPR
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CEN/TC 350 N 1118
CEN/TC 350 "Sustainability of construction works"

Secretariat: AFNOR
Secretary: Dari Karine Mme
Environmental sustainability in the context of the new CPR
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General document / Meeting: København (Denmark) 24 Jun 2022-06-27 INFO
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Dear members,
During our meetings week, Oscar Nieto Sanz, European Commission, made a very interesting presentation on
Environmental sustainability in the context of the new CPR.
We thank him for this presentation, with about 100 participants in face-to-face and zoom.
Best regards
Karine

Environmental sustainability
in the context of the new CPR
CEN/TC 350
22 June 2022
Unit GROW H.1 – Construction

Outline
Vision of the new CPR

Single market
ESPR and CPR
Standardisation
Environmental declaration
Reused products

Vision of the new CPR

Functioning of Environmental
Single Market Sustainability
• unlock the construction • green transition of the
sector’s growth and jobs manufacturing processes
potential • overall sustainability of the
• improve the competitiveness of built environment
the sector • efficient use of natural
• digital transition of the resources by facilitating reuse
construction ecosystem and recycling
Single market: CE marking meaning

Economic operator takes
responsibility for the conformity of the
product with:
 The declared performance
included in the Declaration of
Performance (DoP)
 The applicable requirements
included in the Declaration of
Conformity (DoC)
Single market: CE marking meaning

Only marking which attests the
conformity with the declared
performance and requirements
Member States to regulate
construction products only on the
basis of the DoP and DoC
Member States not allowed to used
an alternative approach (unless
authorized in the context of
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ESPR
Circular economy spring package

Why is ESPR needed?
Inefficient use of Planetary boundaries New business

resources exceeded opportunities
Global extraction of EU has less than 10% Better functioning of the
materials tripled since of world population, yet Single Market
1970 its consumption-based Reduce material use and
Over 90% of biodiversity impacts are close to expenditure
loss and water stress from or exceed boundaries
Level playing field
resource extraction and for climate change,
processing particulate matter, land use
and mineral resources (Sala
Waste generation set to et al, 2020)
increase 70% by 2050
High strategic and
material dependency
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Spring Package
Package providing the necessary

tools to address environmental
challenges
CPR to implement ESPR measures
to construction products
ESPR also as safety net in case
sectoral legislation does not
sufficiently address environmental
sustainability goals

ESPR and CPR interface

Ensure
ESPR coherence CPR
Energy related products Unique comprehensive
e.g. local space heating assessment of safety,
All other (final)
appliances health & environmental
construction products and
aspects (no separation)
Intermediate products key parts
(except cement) e.g. steel Avoids incoherence and
For these products, ESPR
unjustified administrative
Mixed use products e.g. goals are exclusively
burden of assessments
wood panels used for addressed by CPR
performed under two
furniture or packaging different frameworks

EU Regulatory framework
ESPR Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

Setting performance and information requirements
for products placed on the Single Market
CPR Construction Products Regulation

Delivery of environmental information from construction
products and implementation of requirements
Level(s) Level(s) methodology

Sustainability assessment of buildings
Taxonomy
Sustainable activities
EPBD
Sustainable buildings
EED
Public procurement of buildings
National Regulatory framework
ESPR Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

Setting performance and information requirements
for products placed on the Single Market
CPR Construction Products Regulation

Delivery of environmental information from construction
products and implementation of requirements
Level(s) Level(s) methodology

Sustainability assessment of buildings
National approach
Environmental building assessment
Product Public procurement
ESPR framework
Regulation defines general framework

(objectives, scope, procedures, etc.)
Product-specific delegated acts to define

mandatory performance and info
requirements
Other product legislation can regulate

sustainability of its products instead of
ESPR to achieve these goals 
as CPR for construction products
ESPR
Standardisation in the new

CPR

Mandatory
standards
Declaration of life cycle assessment

indicators to be implemented according to
this approach e.g. climate change
Information requirements
Information relevant to the

products and its use e.g. do not
use nails to fix the product
Conformity requirements
Requirements e.g.
stand-by mode in a
power operated door

Summary
Mandatory harmonised standards

Performance-based
Information
requirements
Voluntary harmonised
delegated acts/standards
Non-performance based
Environmental declaration

Essential characteristics Annex I Part A point 2

Core indicators Additional indicators
• Climate change – total / fossil / biogenic / • Particulate matte remissions
land use and land use change • Ionizing radiation, human health
• Ozone Depletion • Ecotoxicity (freshwater)
• Acidification • Human toxicity, cancer effects
• Eutrophication aquatic freshwater • Human toxicity, non- cancer effects
• Eutrophication aquatic marine • Land use related impacts / soil quality
• Eutrophication terrestrial
• Photochemical ozone creation
• Depletion of abiotic resources – mineral
and metals Same indicators and modelling used in PEF except
• Depletion of abiotic resources – fossil fuels for end of life calculation and GWP biogenic
• Water use

Climate Climate Climate Climate Ozone
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Product Declaration
change change change land use Depletion
total fossil biogenic and land
use change
of performance [kg CO2 eq.] [kg CO2 eq.] [kg CO2 eq.] [kg CO2 eq.] [kg CFC11 eq.] [mol H+ eq.]
Raw material supply A1

Product stage Transport A2
Manufacturing A3
Construction Transport A4
process stage Construction – installation process A5
Use B1
Maintenance B2
Mandatory declaration
Repair B3
if required by the
regulatory framework of
Use stage Replacement B4 Mandatory declaration
the Member State market
Refurbishment B5
in which the product is
Operational energy use B6
placed
Operational water use B7
Deconstruction demolition C1
Transport C2
End of life stage
Waste processing C3
Disposal C4
Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary D
Other essential characteristics

Resource use indicators Output flows
• Use of renewable primary energy • Components for re-use
• Total use of renewable primary energy • Materials for recycling
resources • Materials for energy recovery
• Use of non-renewable primary energy • Exported energy
• Total use of non-renewable primary energy
• Use of secondary material Biogenic carbon content
• Use of renewable secondary fuels • Biogenic carbon content in product
• Use of non-renewable secondary fuels • Biogenic carbon content in accompanying
• Net use of fresh water packaging
Waste related indicators

• Hazardous waste disposed
• Non-hazardous waste disposed
• Radioactive waste disposed
Third party validation
New AVS system 3+ Annex V Point 4 and Point (7)(e)

Notified Body to:
• verify the manufacturer’s initial and updated assessment;
• validate the process applied to generate that assessment.
• verify the modelling used
• verify the correct use of IT tools

Simplified provisions (reduced burden)
Cascading Declaration without Software validation

Collaboration by companies assessment Assessment simplified by
performing different activities Performance can be subject using validated IT tools
in the manufacturing process to the legal procedure compliant with the technical
is granted (delegated act) and technical and regulatory provisions
Relevant for composite validation to be declared Relevant for SMEs and
products without assessment manufacturers with a very
Art. 64(1)(b) Relevant for product families long catalogue of products
with minimum variation in Art. 22(1)
their performance
Art 64(1)(a)

Digitalisation of information – Art. 78 & Art 89

Provide (sustainability) information to costumers,
downstream economic operators and users
Product Database
Digital Product Passport = DoP, DoC, Instructions for use
• Allows choice between products based on sustainability
performance
• Link to Digital Building Logbooks
• Information available for decades
Product labelling requirements – Art. 22(5)

Required for alignment to ESPR
To be implemented only when relevant
and required through a delegated act
Benchmarking required (only applicable to
some products)
Based on the environmental provisions
already presented:
Art. 4, Art 5 and Annex I Part A and C
Environmental information
today New CPR
Voluntary declaration Mandatory declaration
• Already available in the market as • Implemented progressively by
Environmental Product construction product family
Declarations (EPD) • Integrated in the regulatory
• To remain valid as a reference framework of the CPR
during the design phase • Linked to the product placing on
the market
• Third party validation by notified
bodies

Implementation
CPR acquis process

Current CPR
Timeline transition process New CPR – harmonised zone
Date to be fixed
New CPR January 2045
Entry into force Repeal
20XX 20XX 20XX 20XX 20XX 2045
Product group A
Citation OJEU
Product group B
Citation OJEU
Product group C
Citation OJEU
Different product groups will have different timeframes

Committee & Expert Groups

CPR Committee COM expert groups (consultative)
Committee on Advisory group CPR acquis steering group

Construction Products (COM expert group) (COM expert group)
Art. 88
(Implementing acts)
Subgroup Subgroup Subgroup
horizontal subgroups vertical subgroups

fire structural metallic products
dangerous substances precast concrete products
environmental sustainability …
CPR acquis preparatory work

2022 2023 2024 2025
1 Precast concrete
2 Structural metallic products
3 Reinforcing steel
4 Windows and doors
5 Cement
6 Thermal insulating products
7 Structural timer products
8 Concrete, mortar and grout
9 Masonry
…

Reused products
New provisions available

Economic operator Reused products

do not apply the
new CPR
Out of the scope of
the new CPR
Economic operator New DoP on the

Reused basis of the initial
voluntarily apply the
product DoP, if available
new CPR
Economic operator
Within the scope of New DoP based on
CE mark the
the new CPR a new assessment
product
• Products not placed on the EU market before New DoP referring
• Intended use changed from the initial one only to decorative
• Declaration and requirements changed since the purposes
product was first placed on the market
• The product was transformed
• Member State exemption does not apply

Thank you
© European Union 2022
Unless otherwise noted the reuse of this presentation is authorised under the CC BY 4.0 license. For any use or reproduction of elements that are
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alex_halcu@yahoo.

com - 2023-03-23 15:28:27

CEN/TC 104 N 2231

CEN/TC 104 "Concrete and related products"

CEN-TC350_N1118_Environmental sustainability in the context of the new CPR

Document type Related content Document date Expected action

alex_halcu@yahoo.com - 2023-03-23 15:28:27

CEN/TC 350 N 1118

CEN/TC 350 "Sustainability of construction works"