What is the Construction Products Regulation (CPR)?

The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) — Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 — lays down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products in the European Economic Area. Its core elements are:

• the declaration of performance (DoP), by which the manufacturer declares a product’s performance in relation to its essential characteristics,
• the CE marking, based on harmonised technical specifications (harmonised standards).

A recast as Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 has been adopted; its application is subject to staggered transitional arrangements. The precise status (which rules apply from when) is authoritative and should be taken directly from the regulation text.

Related topics: EPD (EN 15804) as an environmental data basis, DPP (ESPR) as a digital data carrier.

Placeholder scaffold: not full legal advice. The regulation text in force is authoritative.