Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 and delays in the publication of European Assessment Documents (20.3.2026)

Question for written answer  E-001171/2026 to the Commission (20.3.2026)
Christian Doleschal (PPE)

The timely availability of European Assessment Documents (EADs) and European Technical Assessments (ETAs) is essential for the placing on the market of innovative construction products, in particular where no harmonised standards exist.

Stakeholders report that since the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/3110[1] (Construction Products Regulation – CPR 2024), the development and publication of new EADs have been delayed because of missing implementing provisions, notably regarding sustainability and digital requirements. These delays risk slowing down construction, renovation and infrastructure projects and may negatively affect innovation and competitiveness in the European construction sector.

The Commission is asked:

1. Which legal, technical or operational prerequisites for the development and publication of EADs under CPR 2024 are not yet in place, and when does the Commission expect them to be available?
2. Given that not all CPR 2024 requirements are fully implemented, is the Commission considering transitional measures to allow the continued development and publication of EADs?
3. What measures will the Commission take to prevent a regulatory gap that could delay innovation and increase the cost of construction and infrastructure projects before CPR 2024 becomes fully operational?

Source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2026-001171_EN.html

Application of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR 2024) to products covered by European assessment documents (EADs) and European technical assessments (ETAs)

Question for written answer  E-004235/2025 to the Commission (29.10.2025)
Christian Doleschal (PPE)

1. How can it be ensured that the harmonised data sets for global warming potential (GWP) values and the new general formats for EADs and ETAs are published sufficiently early to ensure data comparability and planning security, and can existing data from environmental product declarations (EPDs) be used for lifecycle analysis under CPR 2024?
2. Who will be responsible for the forthcoming adoption of the complementary product category rules (cPCR), when will the guidelines on the requirements for digital provision and machine-readable processing of information under CPR 2024 be published, and will these guidelines be submitted to the industry and assessment bodies before the deadline for application of 8 January 2026?
3. How will the legal status of ETAs that have been adopted by the European Organisation for Technical Approvals (EOTA) but not yet cited in the Official Journal by 8 January 2026 be regulated, and when can details of the promised ‘cover sheet solution’ and the publication of the EADs already scheduled for citation be expected?

Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné on behalf of the European Commission (17.12.2025)

The obligations under the Construction Product Regulation (CPR) 2024[1] only apply to manufacturers once the harmonised technical specifications (hEN) will become mandatory, or for voluntarily CE marking once the European Assessment Documents (EAD) are cited in the Official Journal of the European Union. The co-legislators prevented any regulatory gap by setting out that the system established under the CPR-2011[2] will be maintained until then.

For products still under the CPR-2011, there is no obstacle to use environmental product declarations. Their content may also be used under the CPR-2024 if it fulfils the regulatory requirements established in hENs and EADs.

The rules for the environmental calculations and to digitalise declarations under the CPR-2024 are specific for each product family and will be available in the respective hENs and EADs. Each standardisation request includes the development of complementary product category rules documents which will be also used in EADs as applicable.

The Commission published the CPR Working Plan 2026-2029 on 16 December 2025[3] setting out the timeline for the development of hENs and legal acts under the CPR-2024. The implementing act for the European Technical Assessment (ETA) format will be adopted in the first quarter of 2026.

For ETAs based on EADs not cited before 8 January 2026, Article 95(6) of CPR-2024 states that they become ETA requests under CPR-2024. This transfer is without cost to the manufacturers. Following citation of more than 100 EADs in 2025, the number of ETAs based on non-cited EADs is very low.

At the beginning of 2026 the European Organisation for Technical Assessment and the Commission will update the cover page of ETAs based on non-cited EADs explaining their legal status.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202403110.
[2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02011R0305-20241117.
[3] https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/circabc-ewpp/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/1e989b50-3020-406b-9add-f847fc26de49/download.

Source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-004235_EN.html