. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/218 
15 October 2008 
 (08-4912) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 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, 
i.e. products or kits placed on the market for incorporation in a permanent manner in 
construction works. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised 
conditions for the marketing of the constructi on products (COM(2008) 31 1 final) (61 pages, 
in English, French and Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The proposal aims at the replacement of Directive 89/106/EEC on 
the approximation of laws, regulations and admi nistrative provisions of the Member States 
relating to construction products with the proposed Regulation. It contains definitions of the 
most pertinent concepts of this area and de termines clearly the specific meaning of CE 
marking for these products. Apart from these clar ifications, the proposal contains several 
measures aimed at simplifying the route to CE marking and thereby reducing the 
administrative burden of enterprises. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective of the proposed Regulation is to  enhance and to ensure free circulation and 
use of construction products in the Internal Mark et. This is to be achieved by ensuring that 
reliable information is presented in relati on to their performances, through providing a 
common technical language to be used by manufacturers and public authorities alike. This common technical language is set out in the harmonised technical specification developed 
under the Regulation. G/TBT/N/EEC/218 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the 
Council laying down harmonised conditions fo r the marketing of the construction products; 
Impact Assessment 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/construction/ cpdrevision/com2008_311en_impact_assesm.pdf
 
Directive 89/106/EEC  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31989L0106:EN:HTML  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Mid - 2009 
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.) 
10. Final date for comments:   90 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EC-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
and at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0311:FIN:EN:PDF
 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0311:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0311:FIN:ES:PDF  
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/EEC/08_3260_00_e.pdf