CE MARKING

Construction Products Regulation  CPR became law in all EU member states from the 1st of July 2013.

  CE MARKINGS CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 

CE Marked Fasteners

 

This European regulation replaced the voluntary CPD Construction Products Directive introduced in 1988 and affects all construction products covered by a hEN harmonized European standard  or ETA European Technical Assessment 

Non-preload bolting assemblies have to be supplied in accordance with EN 15048-1 and preload bolting assemblies in accordance with EN 14399-1 in order to adhere to the CE marking requirements. Assemblies need to be labelled in accordance with standard and regulatory requirements and supplied with the required documentation DOP 

Buyers have to ensure that construction products are covered and purchased by a harmonised standard or a European Technical Assessment and that they are properly CE marked. 

  • Preload bolting assemblies must comply with EN 14399
  • Non-preload bolting assemblies have to comply with EN 15048. For dimensional requirements The relevant product standards should be used for dimensional information 

 

Manufacturer

'Means any natural or legal person who manufacturers a construction product or who has such a product designed or manufactured and markets that product under his name or trademark'

 

Manufacturer’s requirements

 

  • Draw up a Declaration of Performance

 

  • Affix the CE Marking in one of four ways: to the construction product, a label attached to it, the packaging or the accompanying documentation

 

  • Draw up technical documentation describing all relevant elements related to the required system of assessment and verification of constancy of performance

 

  • Keep technical documentation and the Declaration of Performance for 10 years

 

  • Put in place and maintain a certified Factory Production Control system

 

  • All products must bear a type, batch or serial number. This can be on the product, the packaging or the accompanying documentation

 

  • All products must bear the name and address or trademark of the manufacturer. This can be on the product, the packaging or the accompanying documentation

 

  • All products must to accompanied by safety instructions. These must be in the appropriate language

 

  • Identify nonconforming products and either put them right or withdraw them from the market

 

  • Upon a 'reasoned' request provide national authorities with all information necessary to demonstrate conformity with the Declaration of Performance

 

Distributor

'Means any person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a construction product available on the market'

 

Distributor’s requirements

 

 

 

  • Act with due care in relation to the requirements of the Construction Products Regulations

 

  • The products distributed bear the CE Marking, as relevant

 

  • The product is accompanied by the appropriate documentation

 

  • The product has the safety instructions in the appropriate language

 

  • The manufacturer and importer have complied with their requirements

 

  • They do not put products on the market that do not conform to the requirements

 

  • Where the construction product presents a risk the distributor shall inform the manufacturer or the importer and the market surveillance authorities

 

  • That storage and transportation of the product do not jeopardise the performance of the product

 

  • Take corrective action and/or withdraw nonconforming products

 

  • Upon a 'reasoned' request provide national authorities with all information necessary to demonstrate conformity with the Declaration of Performance

  

A distributor may re-package certain products and/or break large batches of products into smaller batches provided that traceability to the appropriate paperwork is maintained.

Distributors must put in place a system that complies with the above requirements for construction products covered by a harmonised standard or an ETA. Note this system does not need to be certified.

 

Importer

'Means any natural or legal person established within the EU, who places a construction product from a third country on the European Union market'

This applies to those companies that import construction products such as steel sections or structural bolts from manufacturers outside the European Union.  

  Importer’s requirements

 

 

 

  • Only place construction products on the market that comply with the Construction Products Regulations

 

  • Assessment and the verification of constancy of performance shall have been carried out by the manufacturer

 

  • The manufacturer has drawn up the technical documentation

 

  • The manufacturer has drawn up the Declaration of Performance

 

  • The product bears the CE Marking

 

  • The product is accompanied by the required documentation in the appropriate language

 

  • Not place on the market construction products that do not conform with the regulations

 

  • Place the importer’s name and address on the product, the packaging or the accompanying documentation

 

  • The product is accompanied by the safety instructions

 

  • Storage and transportation do not jeopardise the performance of the product

 

  • Take corrective action and/or withdraw non-conforming products

 

  • Retain records for 10 years

 

  • Upon a ‘reasoned’ request provide national authorities with all information necessary to demonstrate conformity with the Declaration of Performance

  

Article 13.6 states that

Importers shall, when deemed appropriate with regard to ensuring the accuracy, reliability and stability of the declared performance of a construction product, carry out sample testing of construction products placed or made available on the market, investigate, and if necessary, keep a register of complaints, of non-conforming products and of product recall, and shall keep distributors informed of any such monitoring.

  

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