European Technical Assessment

1. CE MARKINGFOR
CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCTS NOT COVERED
BYHARMONISED
STANDARD
EUROPEANTECHNICAL
ASSESSMENT
Mr. Miguel Mateos
[email protected]
Construction Area
Technological Services Division
Tecnalia Research & Innovation

2. 1. Regulation (UE) Nº 305/2011
2. European Assessment Document
3. European Technical Assessment
4. General procedure
5. Use of documents from CPD

3. 1.-Regulation (UE) Nº 305/2011
“Wherever possible, uniform European methods should be laid down for
stablishing compliance with the basic requirements set out in Annex I.”
(CPR).
“Those harmonised technical specification should include testi ng, calculation
and other means, defined within harmonised standards and European
Assessment Documentsfor assessing performance in relation to the essential
characteristics of construction products.” (CPR).
“Harmonised technical specifications”: means harmonised standards and
Europen Assessment Documents. (CPR, Article 2)
“…or, in abbreviated form, Construction Product Regulation, CPR.”

4. 1.- CPR - Regulation (UE) Nº 305/2011
Directive89/106/CE
CPD
Regulation(UE) 305/2011
CPR
EuropeanTechnicalApproval
Guideline(ETAG)
EuropeanAssessmentDocument
(EAD)
CUAP, CommonUnderstanding
Assessment Procedure
EuropeanTechnicalApproval
(ETA)
EuropeanTechnicalAssessment
(ETA)
ApprovalBody
TechnicalAssessmentBody
(TAB)
EuropeanOrganisationforTechnical
Approvals(EOTA)
EuropeanOrganisationforTechnical
Assessment(EOTA)
Main changes in instruments for construction products not covered by
harmonized standards

5. 2.-European Assessment Document
“Following a request for a European Technical Assessment by a
manufacturer, a European Assessment Documentshall be drawn up and
adopted by the organisation of TABs for anyconstruction product not
covered or not fully covered by a harmonised standard, for which the
performance in relation to its essential characteristics cannot b e entirely
assessed acording to an existing harmonised standard, because, inter alia:
a) the product does not fall within the scope of any existing harmo nised
standard;
b) for at least one essential characteristic of that product, the assessment
method provided for in the harmonised estándar is not appropi ate; or
c) the harmonised standard does not provide for any assessmenti meth od in
relation to at least one esential characteristic of that product ”
(CPR; Article 19).
“European Assessment Document”: document adopted by the organisation of
TABs for the purposes of issuing European Technichal Assessments (CPR;
Article 2).

6. 2.- European Assessment Document
Content of EuropeanAssessmentDocument(CPR,
Article24)
• A general description of construction product
• The list of essential characteristics relevant for the intended use of the
product as foreseen by the manufacturer and agreed between the
manufacturer and the organisation of TABs
• The methods and criteria for assessing the performance of the p roduct in
relation to those essencial characteristics
• Principles for the applicable factory production control (FPC )

7. 3.-European Technical Assessment
The European Technical Assessment shall be issued by a TAB, at the
request of a manufacturer on the basis of a European Asse ssment Document
established in accordance with the procedure set out in Ar ticle 21 and Annex II.
The ETA shall include the performance to be declared of those essential
characteristics agreed by the manufacturer and the TAB fo r the declared
intended use, and technical details necessary for the impl amentation of the
system of the assessment and verification of constancy of perf ormance.
The ETA will follow a format stablished by the Commissi on .
(CPR; Article 26).
“European Technical Assessment”: means the documented assessment of
the performance of a construction product, in relation t o its essential
characteristics, in accordance with the respective European A ssessment
Document.

8. 4.-General procedure
Request
Manufacturer’s
Technical File
(MTF)
Consultation on
application of
Art. 21
ETA request
(Manufacturer)
Work
Programme
EAD
proposal
EAD
EAD
adoption
EAD
reference to
be published
in OJEU
Declaration of
performance
(DoP)
CE
Marking
CE marking and
dissemination
EAD
Amendment
(if needed)
ETA
elaboration
Issued
ETA
AVCP
Product assessment and tasks
related to AVCP
General Procedure for European Assessment
Document Elaboration (CPR, Anexo II)

9. 4.- Procedure
•Application.
Commercial Secrecy agreement (if needed).
Manufacturer: Manufacturer’s Technical File (MTF) describin g product,
intended use(s) and FPC conditions.
.
•ETA Contract and Initial Work Programme(1 Month acc. ToAnnex II,
CPR)
Initial proposal of WP (Working Group composition, coordinat ion, initial
time frame for EAD).
•Work programme(3 Months acc. toAnnex II, CPR)
Final WP and EAD schedule.
EOTA shall inform the EC Services of complete WP and EAD schedule.
•EAD proposal(6 Months acc. toAnnex II, CPR)
Commission representative may participate as observer.
Extension of the time limits can be justified, e.g. in ab sence of a
Commission decision on the applicable system of Assessment and
Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP) or if a new test method
has to be developed.

10. 4.- Procedure
•EAD Amendments and Adoption
Communication of the draft EAD to theApplicant, 15 workingdays to
react.
Amendment, if needed, and adoption of draft EAD by EOTA.
Send adopted draft EAD to Commission for comments (15 working
days).
Final EAD adoption.
•Product Assessment
Sampling, tests, tests results evaluation (Evaluation Report) , draft ETA.
•Final ETA issuance
ETA Format.
•Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP)
•Declaration of Performance (DoP)
•CE Marking
• Rules and conditions for afixing of CE marking.

11. 4.- Procedure
•Final European Assessment Document to be published
EAD shall be adjusted, if appropiate, based on experience ga ined during
ETA elaboration.
Adoption of adjusted EAD by EOTA and copy to Commission.
Publication of EAD reference in all the official languages.
EAD available by electronic means as soon as the product has been
CE-marked.

12. 5.-Use of documents from CPD
After 1
st
of July 2013:
• ETAG published before 1 July 2013 may be used as EAD.
• Manufacturers and importers may use ETA (approval) issued before 1st of July
2013 as ETA (Assessment), throughout its validity period (ma ximun 5 years)

13. Thanks for your attention
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