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that concern a certain product, and implement all of them. Moreover, each member state has the right to introduce


provisions, related to health, durability, energy economy, economic aspects, environment, and protection of workers. This means that, as it also happened for the CPD with the CPR, the CE marking opens the doors to the internal market, but at the same time it does not prevent the more diligent and regulation minded member states asking for further certifications on issues that are outside the safety of products. An example: In Germany, for some CE marked products, one requires additional certification for installers specifically for that product. The good news is that, to help the manufacturer, the


CPR provides for the creation of Product Contact Points for Construction. These institutions must provide precise and reliable information about the law in force in the Member State where a manufacturer intends to place or make available on the market their product. Once the laws and the standards are identified, and all


provisions have been carried out successfully, the manufacturer will draw up a DoP. What does a DoP look like? The format of a DoP is given in Annex III of the CPR. Depending on the product, a DoP can be a short note or a kind of booklet. As a DoP needs to be translated into all EU languages where the product is sold, the booklet can become very big. Therefore, the CPR foresees the possibility to supply the DoP via websites. A discussion between the European Commission and the industry is still ongoing to define under which conditions this will be possible.


“ The good new is that… the CPR provides for the creation of Product Contact Points for Construction.”


Good news for some manufacturers - but very much


discussed and criticised because it could create disadvantages for all other firms – a manufacturer is permitted to refrain from drawing up a DoP if a product is: • Individually manufactured, or custom-made in a non-series process.


• Manufactured on the construction site for its incorporation in the respective construction works.


• Manufactured in a traditional manner or in a manner appropriate to heritage conservation and in a non-industrial process for renovation construction work, which is officially protected because of their special architectural or historic merit.


To get down to the fine detail you can download the CPR in your language from http://eur-lex.europa.eu searching on 305/2011.


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