COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION (First) CPR Working Plan for 2026-2029
Date: 2025-12-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, EU action, European standard, building materials, market supervision, regulatory policy, single market, technical standard

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 16.12.2025  COM(2025) 772 final  COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION (First) CPR Working Plan for 2026-2029  
 
 
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(First) CPR Working Plan for 2026-2029 

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INTRODUCTION 

A single market for construction products 

1.1 
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR)1 lays down harmonised rules for the marketing of 
construction products in the EU. The CPR ensures the smooth functioning of the single market 
and the free movement of construction products in the EU. It does so mainly through harmonised 
technical  specifications,  which  provide  a  common  technical  language  on  how  to  assess  and 
communicate the performance of construction products (e.g. reaction to fire, thermal conductivity 
or  sound  insulation  properties).  The  use  of  standards  is  mandatory  after  they  have  been  made 
mandatory by way of an implementing act. The CPR ensures that reliable information is available 
to professionals, public authorities and consumers, so that they can compare the performance of 
construction products from different manufacturers in different EU Member States.2 

According  to  Article  4(2)  of  the  CPR,  “the  Commission  shall  establish  a  working  plan  for  the 
development  of  harmonised  technical  specifications  for  product  families  listed  in  Annex  VII, 
including product requirements as well as general product information, instructions for use and 
safety information, covering at least the following three-year period.” To this end, the Commission 
has consulted with the CPR Acquis Expert Group3 in the first half of 2025.  

The Commission has the obligation to publish this first working plan no later than 8 January 2026. 
It covers the years 2026 to 2029. As the Commission must renew and update the working plan at 
least every three years, the next working plan will be published by the end of 2028 at the latest.  

The Commission will inform the European Parliament and the Member States annually at the end 
of the year about the progress made in implementing the working plan – for the first time at the 
end of 2026.  

This  working  plan  will  also  contribute  to  the  aims  of  the  recently  adopted  Competitiveness 
Compass4, by helping to close the innovation gap and to boost competitiveness, decarbonisation 
and EU economic security. Moreover, it can help develop lead markets for sustainable and circular 
products,  in  line with  the recent  Clean  Industrial Deal5, the Steel  and Metals Action Plan6,, the 
Energy  Performance  of  Buildings  Directive7,  and  the  EU  2025  Bioeconomy  strategy8.  The 

1 Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 laying down 
harmonised rules for the marketing of construction products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, OJ L, 
2024/3110, 18.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/3110/oj. 
2 And in EEA countries, Switzerland and Turkey 
3 CPR Acquis Expert Group (E03776); Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities. 
4 A competitiveness Compass for the EU COM(2025) 30 final. 
5 The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation COM(2025) 85 final. 
6 A European Steel and Metals Action Plan COM(2025) 125 final.   
7 Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy 
performance of buildings (recast), OJ L, 2024/1275, 8.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj 
8 Towards a circular, regenerative and competitive bioeconomy 

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Commission  plans  to  adopt  the  Circular  Economy  Act  to  boost  the  supply  of  high-quality 
secondary materials and the demand for them, and the Industrial Accelerator Act9 to complement 
these initiatives.  

The CPR is a key contribution to the Clean Industrial Deal’s ambition to make the EU the world 
leader on circular economy by 2030. The adoption of harmonised technical specifications under 
the CPR – complemented by measures supporting the circularity of the construction sector in the 
upcoming Circular Economy Act – will be central to making our economies more competitive and 
more circular as they provide a complete and reliable regulatory environment and promote lead 
markets for sustainable and circular products. In short, the CPR will significantly advance our goal 
of a clean, decarbonised, and resource-efficient EU economy. 

The  CPR  will  also  be  a  key  element  of  the  European  Strategy  for  Housing  Construction10  by 
facilitating  innovation  and  enhancing  the  competitiveness  of  the  industry.  Through  the 
development of new harmonised standards, the update of the existing ones to the state of the art 
and the development  of European Assessment  Documents (EADs) for innovative products, the 
CPR  can  support  the  accelerated  deployment  of  offsite  manufacturing,  which  will  increase  the 
productivity  of  the  overall  construction  ecosystem  and  help  tackle  the  housing  shortage  by 
reducing  construction  times.  The  introduction  of  the  Digital  Product  Passport  will  support  the 
digitalisation of the construction ecosystem. 

The CPR Acquis process 

1.2 
In 2020, the Commission started the so-called CPR Acquis process under the CPR-201111 which 
aims to collect the technical and regulatory needs from stakeholders and Member States to create 
detailed standardisation requests, delegated acts, product requirements and product information. 
This allows to update all existing harmonised standards under the CPR and extend their scope to 
cover new products.  

In 2021, the Commission established the CPR Acquis Expert Group and several Sub-Groups in 
order to structure the work of the CPR Acquis process. Each Sub-Group is working on one or 
more of the product families now set out in Annex VII of the CPR. In addition, three horizontal 
Sub-Groups (on environmental sustainability, fire safety and dangerous substances) have been 
set up.  

Article 4 of the CPR formalises the process and defines the tasks of the Commission and 
responsibilities of Member States and other stakeholders in the process. The Expert Group 
structure was aligned to the new regulation in spring 2025. European associations and NGOs are 
encouraged to apply to become members in the Expert Group or in one or several of the Sub-
Groups12 to contribute to the work.  

9 Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act - speeding up decarbonisation 
10 European strategy for housing construction 
11 Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down 
harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC, OJ 
L 88, 4.4.2011, pp. 5–43 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/305/oj. 
12 Continuously open calls for applications Commission Expert Groups. 

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Figure 1: Structure of the CPR Acquis Expert Group and its Sub-Groups 

1.3  Milestones of the CPR Acquis process 
The work in a specific product family follows pre-defined milestones with the entry into force of 
harmonised technical specifications (harmonised standards and accompanying delegated acts) as 
final delivery. The next work cycle in a specific product family will begin when Member States 
and  other  relevant  stakeholders  see  the  need  to  update  the  respective  harmonised  technical 
specifications. The experts in the standardisation organisations usually start consulting about the 
need  for  the  revisions  of  standards  five  years  after  they  have  submitted  the  standards  to  the 
Commission13. After such consultations the Commission will also consult with the respective Sub-
Groups of the CPR Acquis Expert Group. 

Figure 2: Milestones of the CPR Acquis process 

13 See e.g. Review of European Standards 

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1.3.1  Milestone 0 

This milestone is optional and deals with the development of assessment methods. 

If it there is no (up-to-date) European assessment method for important essential characteristics or 
product requirements and its/their development or update will require some time and additional 
resources beyond those usually required, the later CPR Acquis work can be sped up by starting a 
project under an EISMEA open call or other financing instruments to develop or update it/them.  

Milestone 0 may begin before the decision of the CPR Acquis Expert Group to officially start the 
work in the respective Sub-Group.  

1.3.2  Start of the work in a Sub-Group:  

The Commission agrees with Member States and other members of the CPR Acquis Expert Group 
to start the work cycle related to a product family in the respective Sub-Group of the CPR Acquis 
Expert Group at the time set out in the working plan.  

The first step is setting out the work programme of the Sub-Group: The members of the Sub-Group 
will  agree  on  the  specific  deliverables  and  an  indicative  timetable  for  the  preparation  of  the 
technical content for the standardisation request and its accompanying delegated acts.  

1.3.3  Milestone I 

Milestone  I  deals  with  the  definition  of  the  scope  of  the  product  family.  The  Sub-Group  first 
decides which products  including  which materials and intended uses  within the product  family 
should be included in the scope of the work in this work cycle (e.g. not all conceivable products 
have to be harmonised, not all existing harmonised standards have to be updated at the same time). 
This decision must be endorsed by the CPR Acquis Expert Group.  

1.3.4  Milestone II 

Milestone II deals with the creation of technical boards of the Sub-Group (when relevant). If the 
defined scope under Milestone I is wide and includes heterogenous products, then the participants 
of the Sub-Group can divide the work in several technical boards (working groups within the Sub-
Group). 

1.3.5  Milestone III 

Milestone  III  deals  with  the  preparation  of  the  technical  content  (high  level  structure  of  the 
harmonised technical specifications) for the standardisation request and accompanying delegated 
acts.  This  is  the  most  important  milestone  where  the  main  work  takes  place.  Based  on  the 
regulatory needs of Member States, Commission priorities (e.g. related to the Clean Industrial Deal 
or the Circular Economy Act), industry’s, consumers’ and other stakeholders’ input the Sub-Group 
collects and aims to agree on: 

(a) 

Basic requirements for construction works (BRCW) (Annex I of the CPR) 

(1)  Essential  characteristics, including  the identification  of thresholds  and  classes of 

performance, assessment methods; 

(2)  Product documentation and/or calculation to express the performance of structural 

behaviour (when relevant); 

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(3)  Assessment  and  verification  (AV)  clauses  and  factory  production  control  (FPC) 

checks; 

(b) 

(c) 

(4) 

Inconsistencies of/with national construction regulations; 

Predetermined environmental essential characteristics (Annex II of the CPR) 

General product information, instructions for use and safety information (Annex IV of 
the CPR) 

(d) 

Product requirements (Annex III of the CPR) 

(1)  Requirements ensuring appropriate functioning and performance; 

(2)  Product safety requirements; 

(3)  Product environmental requirements; 

(e) 

Assessment and verification systems applicable (Annex IX of the CPR) 

The Sub-Group will check if the outcome sufficiently reflects the national regulatory needs. The 
outcome of Milestone III will be presented to the CPR Acquis Expert Group.   

1.3.6  Milestone IV  

Milestone  IV  deals  with  the  final  process  to  adopt  the  standardisation  request  for  harmonised 
standards  dealing  with  performance  and  the  additional  legal  acts  related  to  them  (e.g.  classes, 
thresholds, mandatory declaration or labels). 

After the endorsement of Milestone III by the CPR Acquis Expert Group, the Commission will 
draft the respective standardisation request (implementing act with examination procedure under 
the Standardisation Regulation)14 based on the Milestone III document. After consulting with the 
CPR Acquis Expert Group, the Commission will formally submit the standardisation request to 
the Committee on Standards15 and adopt it after positive vote of the Member States.  

Milestone  III  may  also  identify  the  need  to  establish  product  requirements.  In  this  case  the 
Commission  will  adopt  a  delegated  act  setting  out  product  requirements  after  it  has  made  the 
respective  performance  harmonised  standard  mandatory  (see  1.3.8)  and,  if  necessary,  issue  a 
separate  standardisation  request  for  the  development  of  (voluntary)  harmonised  standards  to 
provide presumption of conformity with the product requirements. 

1.3.7  Drafting the performance harmonised standard 

The adopted standardisation requests will be submitted to the relevant standardisation organisation 
for acceptance (usually CEN but could also be CENELEC for electric products such as cables). 
The standardisation organisation will accept, prepare the standards, publish and submit them to 
the Commission for scrutiny. To ensure a timely delivery, the work is subject to deadlines defined 
in the standardisation request.  

14 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 on European standardisation, OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, pp. 12–33, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1025/oj. 
15 Committee established in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 on European standardisation, OJ L 316, 
14.11.2012, pp. 12–33, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1025/oj. 

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1.3.8  Making the standard mandatory 

The Commission will check if the standards are compliant with the standardisation request and 
aligned  to  the  European  legal  framework  and  then  adopt  an  implementing  act  with  advisory 
procedure to make the standard mandatory. At the same time the Commission adopts a delegated 
act  to  endorse  the  applicable  classes,  thresholds  and  mandatory  declarations  included  in  the 
standards which will enter into force at the same time as the implementing act. 

CPR Acquis work on Product Families 2020-2025 

1.4 
Between  2020  and  the  first  quarter  of  2025,  the  work  in  14  Sub-Groups  dealing  with  product 
families  has  started.  It  was  decided  to  merge  the  workstreams  on  structural  timber 
products/elements  and  ancillaries  (product  family  13)  with  wood-based  panels  and  elements 
(product  family  14).  So  far,  the  Commission  has  adopted  three  standardisation  requests  on  the 
basis of this work for 21 harmonised standards, four supporting standards and one technical report 
(the first two still under CPR-2011): 

-  Precast normal/lightweight/autoclaved aerated concrete products (product family 1)16 
-  Structural metallic products and ancillaries (product family 20)17 
-  Cement, building limes and other hydraulic binders (product family 15)18 

Four more standardisation requests are currently under preparation: 

-  Reinforcing  and  prestressing  steel  for  concrete  (and  ancillaries)  -  Post  tensioning  kits 

(product family 16) 

-  Doors, windows, shutters, gates and related building hardware (product family 2) 
-  Thermal insulation products - Composite insulating kits/systems (product family 4) 
-  Flat glass, profiled glass and glass block products (product family 30) 

2  METHODOLOGY AND PRIORITY SETTING FOR THE CPR WORKING PLAN 

The CPR sets out in Article 4(2) that "the Commission shall set the priorities of the working plan 
using a transparent and balanced methodology, which shall be published together with the working 
plan. That methodology shall at least reflect the regulatory needs of the Member States, the safety 
issues related to construction works and products and the climate and circular economy goals of 
the Union." 

The CPR working plan follows a similar approach as the working plan19 for the Ecodesign for 
Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)20. However, there is a main difference in content: The 
CPR working plan mainly sets out the timeline of the development of new harmonised technical 
specifications  for  all  product  families  of  Annex  VII  of  the  CPR.  Only  during  the  work  in  the 
specific Sub-Groups of the CPR Acquis Expert Group on the respective product families it will be 

16 eNorm Platform 
17 eNorm Platform 
18 eNorm Platform 
19 ESPR and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025-30 
20 Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a 
framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 
and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L, 2024/1781, 
28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj 

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identified  and  decided  which  products,  essential  characteristics,  classes,  thresholds,  product 
requirement, labels, product information etc. should be regulated.   

Therefore, the required transparent and balanced methodology mainly focuses on the right order 
of product families in which harmonised technical specifications should be developed or updated.  

The core part of this methodology is to determine how to set priority order for launching the work 
of  subsequent  Sub-Groups.  Starting  point  is  the order  established  in  2020.21  It  was  based  on  a 
consultation  of Member  States priorities  for the  CPR Acquis under CPR-2011. Member States 
were  asked  to  indicate  the  sequence  in  which  work  on  34  product  families  should  start.  This 
consultation resulted in the prioritisation order presented  based on the following eight criteria:22 

1.  Member States' regulatory needs, 

2.  Safety issues related to the basic requirements for construction works, 

3.  Inherent safety issues of the construction products, 

4.  Environmental issues, including energy and sustainability, 

5.  Size of the EU market in volume, 

6.  Cross-border trade, 

7.  Potential cross-border trade, and 

8.  Incompleteness or inexistence of harmonised standards. 

2020 
Priorit
y 
01 

No. of 
Product 
Family 
01 

02 

03 

04 

05 

06 

07 

08 

09 

10 

11 

20 

16 

02 

15 

04 

13 

26 

17 

24 

10 

Table 1 - Initial priority list, product families and mandates23 

Product family 

Precast normal/lightweight/autoclaved aerated 
concrete products 
Structural metallic products and ancillaries 

Reinforcing and prestressing steel for concrete (and 
ancillaries) - Post tensioning kits 
Doors, windows, shutters, gates and related building 
hardware 
Cement, building limes and other hydraulic binders 

Thermal insulation products [- Composite insulating 
kits/systems] 
Structural timber products/elements and ancillaries 

Products related to concrete, mortar and grout 

Masonry and related products - Masonry units, 
mortars, and ancillaries 
Aggregates 

Fixed fire fighting equipment (fire alarm/detection, 
fixed firefighting, fire and smoke control and explosion 
suppression product) 

Old Standardisation 
Mandate 

Letter 
code 

M100 Precast concrete 
products 
M120 Structural 
metallic products 
M115 Reinforcing steel 

PCP 

SMP 

RPS 

M101 Doors, windows 

DWS 

M114 Cement 

M103 Thermal 
insulating products 
M112 Structural timber 
products and ancillaries 
M128 Concrete, mortar 
& grout 
M116 Masonry 

M125 Aggregates 

M109 Fixed fire fighting 
equipment 

CEM 

TIP 

STP 

CMG 

MAS 

AGG 

FFF 

21 Acquis - European Commission 
22 https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/42128/attachments/1/translations/en/renditions/native  
23 https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/42129/attachments/1/translations/en/renditions/native  

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2020 
Priorit
y 
12 

No. of 
Product 
Family 
23 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

19 

04 

09 

14 

05 

34 

21 

27 

22 

12 

18 

25 

07 

33 

03 

30 

08 

11 

28 

31 

06 

32 

29 

35 

36 

Old Standardisation 
Mandate 

Letter 
code 

M124 Road 
construction products 
M119 Floorings 

RCP 

FLO 

M489 ETICS 

Product family 

Road construction products 

Floorings 

[Thermal insulation products] - Composite insulating 
kits/systems 
Curtain walling/cladding/structural sealant glazing 

Wood based panels and elements 

Structural bearings - Pins for structural joints 

Building kits, units, and prefabricated elements 

Internal & external wall and ceiling finishes - Internal 
partition kits 
Space heating appliances 

Roof coverings, roof lights, roof windows, and ancillary 
products - Roof kits 
Circulation fixtures: road equipment 

Waste water engineering products 

Construction adhesives 

Gypsum products 

Fixings 

Membranes, including liquid applied and kits (for water 
and/or water vapour control) 
Flat glass, profiled glass and glass block products 

M108 Curtain walling 

M113 Wood based 
panels 
M104 Structural 
bearings 
Kits and assembled 
products of the families 
above 
M121 Wall and ceiling 
finishes 
M129 Space heating 
appliances 
M122 Roof coverings 

M111 Circulation 
fixtures 
M118 Waste water 
disposal 
M127 Adhesive 

M106 Gypsum 

N/A 

M102 Membranes 

M135 Glass 

Geotextiles, geomembranes, and related products 

M107 Geotextiles 

Sanitary appliances 

Pipes-tanks and ancillaries not in contact with water 
intended for human consumption 
Power, control and communication cables 

Chimneys, flues and specific products 

Sealants for joints 

Construction products in contact with water intended 
for human consumption 
Fire stopping, fire sealing and fire protective products, 
fire retardant products - Fire retardant products 
Attached ladders 

M110 Sanitary 
appliances 
M131 Pipes, tanks not 
in contact with DW 
M443 Power, control 
and communication 
cables 
M105 Chimney 

M474 Sealants for non-
structural use in joints 
in buildings and 
pedestrian walkways 
N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

CWP 

WBP 

SBE 

KAS 

WCF 

SHA 

ROC 

CIF 

WWD 

ADH 

GYP 

FIX 

MEM 

GLA 

GEO 

SAP 

PTA 

CAB 

CHI 

SEA 

DWP 

FPP 

LAD 

As the work started under the CPR-2011 is still ongoing, the Commission proposed to the CPR 
Acquis Expert Group in  early 2025 to maintain largely the order established in 2020, as it still 
reflected the regulatory needs of the Member States, the safety issues related to construction works 

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and  products,  and  the  climate  and  circular  economy  goals  of  the  Union24.  The  Commission 
proposed to slightly update the previously established order to: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

adapt to the changes of priorities of Member States regarding their regulatory needs; 

reflect on the current priorities of the Commission, especially in relation to the European 
Affordable  Housing  Plan,  the  European  Strategy  for  Housing  Construction,  the  Clean 
Industrial Deal, the Circular Economy Act and the EU Bioeconomy strategy on how such 
initiatives can be complemented by the CPR. 

ensure that the scope of the CPR is fully reflected by including all product families listed in 
Annex VII. 

synchronise  the  implementation  activities  of  the  Ecodesign  for  Sustainable  Products 
Regulation  with  the  work  on  the  CPR  Acquis,  ensuring  that  work  for  (similar)  products 
covered by both regulations takes places at the same time. 

(5) 

streamline activities if the work on two product families can be combined into a single Sub-
Group. 

The consultation with the CPR Acquis Expert Group resulted in the following order for starting 
the work in specific Sub-Groups.  

Table 2 - New priority list of product families  

New 
Priority/ 
status 

SReq. 
adopted25 
SReq. 
adopted 
SReq. 
adopted 
SReq. 
preparatio
n 
SReq. 
adopted 
SReq. 
preparatio
n 
SReq. 
preparatio
n 
01 

02 

03 

04 

05 

01 

02 

03 

04 

05 

06 

28 

07 

16 

08 

09 

10 

15 

Priority 
2020 

No. 
Product 
family 

Product family 

01 

20 

16 

02 

15 

04 

Precast normal/lightweight/autoclaved aerated 
concrete products 
Structural metallic products and ancillaries 

Reinforcing and prestressing steel for concrete 
(and ancillaries) - Post tensioning kits 
Doors, windows, shutters, gates and related 
building hardware 

Cement, building limes and other hydraulic 
binders 
Thermal insulation products - Composite 
insulating kits/systems 

Letter 
code 

PCP 

SMP 

RPS 

DWS 

CEM 

TIP 

CPR 
Acquis 
work 
started 
Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

30 

Flat glass, profiled glass and glass block products 

GLA 

Yes 

13 

14 

26 

17 

24 

09 

Structural timber products/elements and 
ancillaries 
Wood based panels and elements 

Products related to concrete, mortar and grout 

Masonry and related products - Masonry units, 
mortars, and ancillaries 
Aggregates 

Curtain walling/cladding/structural sealant glazing 

STP 

WBP 

CMG 

MAS 

AGG 

CWP 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

24 See Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities 
25 SReq means standardisation request 

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New 
Priority/ 
status 

Priority 
2020 

No. 
Product 
family 

Product family 

06 

07 

08 

09 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

11 

12 

13 

18 

N/A 

19 

25 

17 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

34 

N/A 

26 

27 

29 

30 

31 

N/A 

32 

N/A 

33 

10 

23 

19 

34 

36 

21 

07 

05 

27 

22 

12 

18 

25 

32 

35 

33 

03 

08 

11 

28 

29 

31 

Fixed fire fighting equipment (fire alarm/detection, 
fixed firefighting, fire and smoke control and 
explosion suppression product) 
Road construction products 

Floorings 

Building kits, units, and prefabricated elements 

Attached ladders 

Internal & external wall and ceiling finishes - 
Internal partition kits 
Gypsum products 

Structural bearings - Pins for structural joints 

Space heating appliances 

Roof coverings, roof lights, roof windows, and 
ancillary products - Roof kits 
Circulation fixtures: road equipment 

Waste water engineering products 

Construction adhesives 

Sealants for joints 

Fire stopping, fire sealing and fire protective 
products, fire retardant products - Fire retardant 
products 
Fixings 

Membranes, including liquid applied and kits (for 
water and/or water vapour control) 
Geotextiles, geomembranes, and related products 

Sanitary appliances 

Pipes-tanks and ancillaries not in contact with 
water intended for human consumption 
Construction products in contact with water 
intended for human consumption 
Power, control and communication cables 

N/A 

06 

Decorative paints and wallpapers  

Chimneys, flues and specific products 

Letter 
code 

FFF 

RCP 

FLO 

KAS 

LAD 

WCF 

GYP 

SBE 

SHA 

ROC 

CIF 

WWD 

ADH 

SEA 

FPP 

FIX 

MEM 

GEO 

SAP 

PTA 

DWP 

CAB 

DPW 

CHI 

CPR 
Acquis 
work 
started 
No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

No 

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3  HORIZONTAL MEASURES 

The Chapter 3 and 4 describe the concrete actions planned for the years 2026 to 2029.  

3.1  Amendment of Annex VII (list of product families) 

The Commission will amend Annex VII to adapt it to technical progress: 

-  This  will  include  merging  product  families  34  “Building  kits,  units,  and  prefabricated 
elements”  and  36  “Attached  ladders”,  as  the  latter  does  not  constitute  a  self-standing 
product family.  

26 CEN is developing the technical content to adopt a standardisation request to be adopted in 2026, which will 
cover partially the scope of this Sub-Group. The remaining products (self-standing chimneys) will be discussed in 
the order established in the table. 

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- 

In  addition,  a  new  product  family  named  “Decorative  paints  and  wallpapers”  will  be 
created. Wallpaper is currently included in product family 21 but fits better in a separate 
group  together  with  decorative  paints.  When  the  ESPR  will  regulate  paints,  the 
Commission  aims  to  regulate  construction  paints  complementarily  within  the  CPR 
regulatory framework.  

-  The amendment will also include widening the name of product family 27 “Space heating 
appliances”  to  “Heating  and  cooling  appliances”  to  include  all  heating  and  cooling 
appliances, and of the product family 31 “Power, control and communication cables” to 
“Power,  control  and  communication  cables,  electrical  and  electronic  products  and 
accessories”.  

-  Finally,  product  family  22  “Roof  coverings,  roof  lights,  roof  windows,  and  ancillary 
products - Roof kits” will be renamed “Roof coverings, and ancillary products - Roof kits 
and photovoltaic panels” as roof lights and roof windows are already included in product 
family 2 “Doors, windows, shutters, gates and related building hardware” and photovoltaic 
panels are so far not mentioned. 

3.2  Work in the horizontal Sub-Groups (fire, environmental sustainability and 

dangerous substances)  

3.2.1  Fire  

The  Commission  will  adopt  delegated  acts  for  resistance  and  reaction  to  fire  of  construction 
products.  Beyond this  the delegated  act  for  external  fire exposure  –  roofs and  roofings  will be 
reviewed  in 2026 to explore how potential  needs  from  the  product  family 2  “Doors, windows, 
shutters,  gates  and  related  building  hardware”  may  impact  the  testing  and  classification 
arrangements  (roof  windows  and  rooflights).The  Commission  will  initiate  the  work  on  a 
standardisation request for façade fire testing standard(s) to be adopted in 2027. This work will be 
based on the finalisation of the project of a European approach to assess the fire performance of 
façades.27 

3.2.2  Environmental sustainability 

According to Article 15 of the CPR, the declaration of performance and conformity must include 
the  product’s  environmental  sustainability  performance  over  its  life  cycle  in  respect  of  the 
predetermined environmental essential characteristics listed in Annex II such as global warming 
potential (total, fossil, biogenic and land use and land-use change). This approach provides a level 
playing field as the assessment methods will apply to all construction products including biobased 
materials.  
The Commission is supporting the drafting of complementary product category rules (c-PCR)28. 
This will speed up the development of technical content required to implement the environmental 
sustainability provisions of the CPR and it ensures consistency and timely delivery of standards. 
The work will be used in future standardisation requests and product category rules. The ultimate 

27 https://www.ri.se/en/expertise-areas/projects/european-approach-to-assess-the-fire-performance-of-facades  
28 through EISMEA call SMP-STAND-2025-ESOS-01-IBA topic 24 Support to Standardisation activities performed 
by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI - European Commission 

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goal  is  to  deliver  a  consistent  technical  framework  for  the  assessment  of  the  environmental 
sustainability of construction products. 

The  Commission  launched  a  call  for  tender  for  background  datasets  for  the  calculation  of  the 
environmental  performance.  The  project  aims  to  establish  European  background  datasets  for 
manufacturers. It will start with providing data for the first harmonised standards which include 
the environmental sustainability and will be expanded to further product families  over the next 
years.  

Background datasets are meant be used mandatorily in those cases were company-specific data, 
including also the high-quality data generated in the implementation of the EU Emission trading 
system (ETS) for big installations, are not readily available or expensive to obtain. To avoid “data 
shopping”  (i.e.  choosing  those  data  that  let  the  product  appear  in  the  best  light),  background 
datasets are to be of a conservative nature. 

The  Environmental  sustainability  Sub-Group  is  also  discussing  the  implementation  of  the 
environmental sustainability assessment, in particular as regards the homogeneous implementation 
of AVS 3+ and developing the rules for future delegated acts for the declaration without testing of 
the essential characteristics related to environmental sustainability. 

The  Commission  will  adopt  a  delegated  act  recognising  the  use  of  ETS  data  as  input  for  the 
environmental  sustainability  assessment  for  the  for  those  product  groups,  where  ETS  data  and 
methodology  would  allow  to  cover  a  considerable  share  of  the  life  cycle  emissions.  This  will 
ensure  a  harmonised  approach  of  relevant  EU  legislation  and  reduce  administrative  burden  for 
manufacturers.   

3.2.3  Dangerous substances 

The  Commission  will  adopt  a  standardisation  request  in  2026  to  include  additional  assessment 
methods which are complementing the existing instruments to assess the content or the emissions 
in  or  from  construction  products.  This  work  will  focus  on  adding  additional  substances  and 
materials (e.g. micro-plastics) and assessment methods (to complement/refine existing methods 
for emissions/content of dangerous substances) to adapt to new EU legislation as well as national 
requirements. 

3.3  The digital product passport (DPP) - information on all parts of the value chain  

A key pillar of the CPR is the digital product passport. Every product regulated by harmonised 
technical specifications or EADs under the CPR (not the CPR-2011) will have a digital product 
passport once the DPP is operational and made mandatory by delegated act. The DPP will provide 
data access for businesses, consumers and public authorities, based on open and non-proprietary 
international standards. The Commission has initiated the standardisation process to set rules on 
data  carriers,  infrastructure  and  data  interoperability,  which  are  needed  to  enable  the  product 
passport system to develop. The digital product passport will ensure traceability along the value 
chain after the product has been placed on the market. This will be an important contribution to a 
coherent digitalisation  of  the construction ecosystem.  It  will support the implementation  of the 

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Energy  Performance  of  Buildings  Directive29,  the  use  of  Digital  Building  Logbooks,  and  of 
Building  Information  Models  (BIM).  Information  on  the  essential  characteristics  and  materials 
will be included, together with information on how the product can be safely used, repaired, reused, 
recycled and disposed. This will facilitate end-to-end product life cycle management.  

3.4  Empowering consumers and professionals: general product information, instructions 

for use and safety information and informative labels 

The  CPR  has  a  strong  focus  on  product  information.  Annex  IV  defines  the  content  of  product 
information.  The  Commission  will  ask  the  standardisation  organisations  in  the  standardisation 
requests to draft guidance for manufacturers on how to fulfil the legal obligations.  

For  products  which  are  chosen  by  consumers,  the  CPR  sets  out  that  mandatory  environmental 
sustainability labels can be introduced to help consumers make informed choices and stimulate the 
behavioural change. This can help to unlock the environmental sustainability benefits of the CPR 
beyond the level that is achievable by regulating minimum performances.  

In the  future, this  information  will generally be provided in  the digital product  passport.  Some 
products may also carry an ESPR label and/or other labels governed by specific EU legislation. 
These  labels  will  provide  clear  and  trustworthy  information  on  relevant  product  features  or 
performance  such  as  carbon  footprint,  biobased  content,  water  consumption,  durability, 
repairability or recyclability.  

It will be the task of the CPR Acquis Sub-Groups as part of their work on the product families and 
of the horizontal Sub-Group on environmental sustainability to identify the construction products 
for  which  such  labels  should  be  established.  In  this  assessment,  the  Sub-Groups  will  take  into 
account  existing  labels  based  on  EU  legislation  to  avoid  overlaps  and  confusing  messages  to 
consumers. 

The Clean Industrial Deal announced the introduction of a mandatory label on cement (display of 
the global warming potential) when the new cement standards will be made mandatory.30  

3.5  Green public procurement 

The  CPR  provides  for  the  possibility  to  adopt  delegated  acts  setting  mandatory  minimum 
environmental  sustainability  requirements  for  construction  products  in  public  procurement 
procedures  whenever  the  products  regulated  by  harmonised  standards  are  relevant  for  public 
buyers  and  it  is  economically  feasible  for  them  to  buy  the  best  environmentally  sustainable 
products. These measures are designed to foster the creation of lead markets, stimulate investments 
and  help  the  EU  industry  improve  its  competitiveness  in  line  with  the  Clean  Industrial  Deal’s 
objectives. The Commission will launch the first impact assessment by the end of 2026.  

29 Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy 
performance of buildings (recast), OJ L, 2024/1275, 8.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj 
30 The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation COM/2025/85 final 
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52025DC0085  

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Possible  measures  will  have  to  take  into  account  the  revision  of  the  public  procurement  legal 
framework and the upcoming Industrial Accelerator Act. 

4  MEASURES RELATED TO PRODUCT FAMILIES  

The core of the work is related to product families. The following table 3 presents all planned and 
ongoing actions during the working plan period of 2026 to 2029 for all product families sorted by 
the order established in table 2. The product families are organised by the (projected) start of the 
Acquis work. All dates are indicative.  

Explanation of the table:  

⎯  Product family Code - three letters code assigned in the CPR Acquis 
⎯  Milestone I - delivery of the Milestone I document: products to be covered 
⎯  Milestone III - delivery of the Milestone III document: essential characteristics, classes, 
thresholds, general  product  information,  instructions for use  and safety  information  and 
preliminary content for product requirements (when applicable). 

⎯  Standardisation request - draft standardisation request submitted to vote to the Committee 

on Standards. 

⎯  Standards  delivery  deadline  -  expected  delivery  of  the  first  standards  included  in  the 

standardisation request, specific dates for each deliverable to be discussed 

⎯  Standard made mandatory and DA adoption  - date of adoption of the implementing act 
making  the  standards  mandatory  and  the  delegated  act  establishing  classes,  thresholds, 
mandatory declaration, etc. related to it. 

⎯  Product  requirements  DA  -  date  of  adoption  of  the  delegated  act  establishing  product 
requirements. It may be followed by a separate standardisation request for the development 
of  voluntary  harmonised  standards  to  provide  presumption  of  conformity  with  the 
requirements 

⎯  Additional information - other relevant information to take into consideration such as the 

preparatory work in milestone 0 launched in some groups. 

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Table 3: Measures related to product families  

No. Product 
family in 
Annex VII. 

Product family 

Code 

Milestone 
I 

Milestone 
III 

Standardi
sation 
request 

Standard
s delivery 
deadline 

Standard 
made 
mandator
y and DA 
adoption 
Q2 2025  Q4 2025  Q4 2025 

Product 
requirem
ents DA 

Additional information 

no 

citation under CPR-2011 

1 

20 

2 

16 

15 

4 

30 

6 

13 

14 

26 

17 

precast 
normal/lightweight/autoclaved 
aerated concrete products 
structural metallic products and 
ancillaries 

PCR 

finished 

finished 

SMP 

finished 

finished 

Q3 2025  Q4 2025  Q2 2026 

no 

doors, windows, shutters, gates 
and related building hardware 

DWS 

finished 

finished 

Q1 2026 

2028 

2029 

2029 

under 
discussio
n 
no 

under 
discussio
n 
2028 

reinforcing and prestressing 
steel for concrete (and 
ancillaries) - post tensioning kits 
cement, building limes and 
other hydraulic binders 

thermal insulation products - 
composite insulating 
kits/systems 
flat glass, profiled glass and 
glass block products 
chimneys, flues and specific 
products 
structural timber 
products/elements and 
ancillaries 
wood based panels and 
elements  
products related to concrete, 
mortar and grout 
masonry and related products - 
masonry units, mortars, and 
ancillaries 

RPS 

finished 

Q4 2025  Q2 2026 

2029 

2029 

CEM 

finished 

finished 

Q3 2025  Q3 2027  Q4 2027 

TIP 

finished 

ongoing 

Q3 2026 

2029 

2029 

GLA 

finished 

ongoing 

Q1 2026 

2028 

2029 

CHI 

finished 

ongoing 

Q3 2026 

2028 

2028 

STP 

ongoing 

Q1 2026  Q3 2026 

2029 

2029 

WBP 

CMG 

ongoing 

Q1 2026  Q4 2026 

2029 

MAS 

ongoing 

Q2 2026  Q1 2027 

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citation under CPR-2011; for standards 
not delivered or not compliant there will 
be a new SReq. under CPR in Q2 2026 
with a delivery deadline in  
Q3 2027 
product requirements for building 
hardware were identified and will be 
established by delegated act. This 
relates to requirements for escape 
routes 

Commission to request EADs for 
innovative & alkali-activated cements  
Q1 2026 
standardisation request for alkali-
activated cement  
Q4 2027 

product requirements were identified 
and will be established by delegated act 
free-standing chimneys excluded 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No. Product 
family in 
Annex VII. 

Product family 

Code 

Milestone 
I 

Milestone 
III 

Standardi
sation 
request 

Standard
s delivery 
deadline 

Product 
requirem
ents DA 

Standard 
made 
mandator
y and DA 
adoption 

Additional information 

24 

9 

10 

23 

19 

34  

21 

7 

5 

27 

22 

12 

18 

25 

32 

aggregates 

curtain 
walling/cladding/structural 
sealant glazing 
fixed fire fighting equipment (fire 
alarm/detection, fixed 
firefighting, fire and smoke 
control and explosion 
suppression product) 
road construction products 
(asphalt etc.) 
floorings 

building kits, units, and 
prefabricated elements 

AGG 

CWP 

ongoing 

Q2 2026  Q1 2027 

finished 

Q2 2026  Q4 2026 

2029 

2029 

FFF 

Q2 2026  Q1 2027  Q3 2027 

RCP 

Q1 2026  Q3 2026 

2027 

FLO 

Q2 2026  Q4 2026 

2027 

KAS 

Q2 2026  Q2 2027 

2027 

internal & external wall and 
ceiling finishes - internal 
partition kits 
gypsum products 

structural bearings - pins for 
structural joints 
space heating appliances and 
other heating and cooling 
appliances 
roof coverings, roof lights, roof 
windows, and ancillary products 
- roof kits, PV Panels 
circulation fixtures: road 
equipment (paints, traffic signs, 
road restraint systems) 
waste water engineering 
products 
construction adhesives 

sealants for joints 

WCF 

Q3 2026  Q3 2027 

2028 

GYP 

SBE 

Q3 2026  Q3 2027 

Q4 2026  Q4 2027 

2028 

2028 

SHA 

Q4 2026  Q4 2027 

2028 

ROC 

2027 

2027 

2028 

CIF 

2027 

2027 

2028 

WWD 

2027 

2028 

ADH 

SEA 

2027 

2027 

2028 

2028 

2029 

2029 

31 SMP-STAND-2024-ESOS-01-IBA topic 19 
32 SMP-STAND-2024-ESOS-01-IBA topic 17 

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milestone 0 already working on test 
methods for slip resistance31 
including family 36. If appropriate, this 
work is divided in several workstreams 
with different timelines. In addition, the 
Commission may request EADs for 
innovative kits 

part of the products is also regulated by 
Ecodesign/ESPR, work will be aligned 
with activities there 
PV panels are regulated by 
Ecodesign/ESPR, work will be aligned 
with activities there 
milestone 0 already ongoing to develop 
an assessment method for road restraint 
systems32 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No. Product 
family in 
Annex VII. 

Product family 

Code 

Milestone 
I 

Milestone 
III 

Standardi
sation 
request 

Standard
s delivery 
deadline 

Product 
requirem
ents DA 

Standard 
made 
mandator
y and DA 
adoption 

Additional information 

35 

33 

3 

8 

11 

28 

29 

31 

new 

6 

fire stopping, fire sealing and 
fire protective products, fire 
retardant products - fire 
retardant products 
fixings 

membranes, including liquid 
applied and kits (for water 
and/or water vapour control) 
geotextiles, geomembranes, 
and related products 
sanitary appliances 

pipes-tanks and ancillaries not 
in contact with water intended 
for human consumption 
construction products in contact 
with water intended for human 
consumption 
power, control and 
communication cables 
decorative paints and 
wallpapers 
chimneys, flues and specific 
products 

FPP 

2028 

2028 

2029 

FIX 

MEM 

2028 

2028 

2028 

2028 

GEO 

2028 

2028 

2028 

2028 

2029 

2029 

SAP 

PTA 

DWP 

CAB 

2029 

2029 

2029 

2029 

CHI 

work will be aligned to 2nd working plan 
of ESPR 
includes only free-standing chimneys 

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