Council Working Party discusses future construction products Regulation

The Council Working Party on Technical Harmonisation discussed the proposal to revise the construction products Directive on 12 April 2010 and turn it into a Regulation. Council Working Party discussions have focused on the key areas identified in the amended proposal presented by the Commission in October 2009.

Discussions have therefore focused on a further examination of Member State positions on Article 3 on the Basic Works Requirements and essential characteristics, Article 4 on conditions for drawing up the declaration of performance concerning issues related to the mandatory or voluntary character of the CE-marking and Article 5 on the content of the declaration of performance.

The Council Working Party on Technical Harmonisation will continue to meet throughout May in order to finalise the text. The Council is provisionally scheduled to meet on 25 May 2010 to hold formal discussions on the proposal with a view to reaching a political agreement on the text. The Council’s amended text or ‘Common Position’ is expected to be adopted on 26 May 2010.

The Commission’s amended proposal can be found here:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0579:FIN:EN:PDF