G/TBT/N/EU/179  
 
5 February 2014  
(14-0658)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43, E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Construction products in the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 as 
regards the assessment and verification of constancy of performance of construction 
products  (6 pages in English, 4 pages in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Regulation proposes to adapt Annex V to Regulation 
(EU) No 305/2011 in order to fulfil three main objectives. First, to determine the particular treatment of products for which a European Technical Assessment (ETA) has been issued. Second, to   simplify and bring clarity to the distribution and description of 
assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP) tasks contained in 
Annex V, including via increasing consistency with the roles and terms used in Regulation (EU) No 305/2011; and third, to better reflect the current application 
practices of the systems of AVCP following experience reported by Member States, 
notified bodies designated for Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 and industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The adoption of the draft Regulation would facilitate the work of 
manufacturers and notified bodies authorized to carry out AVCP tasks. This will be the 
outcome of clarifying their respective roles and the simplified process applicable to 
products for which an ETA has been issued. All these should both reduce administrative 
burden and increase clarity on the interpretation of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.  G/TBT/N/EU/179 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC. 
Official Journal of the EU nº L 88, of 4.4.2011, page 5. 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:088:0005:0043:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    April 2014 20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_0578_00_e.pdf  
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