The new Construction Products Regulation (CPR) has been publised in the EU Official Journal on 18 December 2024, with an entry into force on 7 January 2025.

With the revised CPR, the European Union aims to solve certain deadlocks in the CPR-related standardisation process and align the sector with EU digital and sustainability objectives:

• Strengthen Standardisation Processes: Addressing bottlenecks in the creation of harmonised standards to simplify compliance across the single market.
• Enhance Sustainability: Integrating environmental considerations into performance declarations, advancing the EU’s climate-neutral objectives.
• Promote Digital Transformation: Leveraging digital tools to improve transparency and efficiency in product assessments.

The full text is available here.