Implementation of the CPD Manufacturers tasks

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Implementation of the CPDManufacturers tasks

• Ms. Åsa Malmström
• Technical Affairs Manager, CEPMC

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Contents

• CEPMC organisation
• Main Activities
• Manufacturers tasks in CPD implementation
• Relationship with Candidate Countries

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What is CEPMC ?

• A federation of national and European
• associations representing the interests of
• producers of construction materials
• and products
• The industry represents- 15-20 of EU
  manufacturing output- 2.5 million employees-
  more than 20 000 different products

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Organisation

• CEPMC federates 15 national construction
  products associations in Europe
• Furthermore, it has 22 product sectors as
  Associate Members
• Associate members are
• BIBM, BING, BWA, CEI-BOIS, CEMBUREAU,
  CERAME-UNIE, EAA, EAACA, EFFCM, EFNARC, ELSIA,
  EMO, ERMCO, EUMEPS, EUPEFA, EURIMA, EUROFER,
  EUROGYPSUM, EXIBA, GEPVP, ORGALIME, PANAMA
  INTERNATIONAL

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Organisation

• Example of CEPMC membership

French cement company
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Main Activities

• Construction Industry issues (representation in
  40 organisations/groups) - Activities report
• CPD Working Group
• Fire Working Group
• Environment Working Group - Environmental update
• Mineral Resources Working Group

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CPD Working Grouppriorities

• Future development of CPD - revision

• Completion of European Harmonised Standards

• European Technical Approvals

• Application of attestation of conformity
  procedures

• Regulated substances

• CE marking in practice

• Voluntary marks
• Market surveillance

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Fire Working Grouppriorities

• Find effective solutions to remaining problems of
  reaction and resistance to fire which are
  acceptable to industry- testing and other
  conformity procedures- Notified Bodies
• SBI 2nd Round Robin CEPMC/EGOLF - reliability
• Resistance/reaction to fire - direct and extended
  application
• Classified without further testing (CWFT) -
  products of known and stable performance

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Manufacturers tasks under the CPD

• Obliged to CE mark construction products in scope
  of CPD

• Participate in work on European Harmonised
  Standards and European Technical Approvals

• Apply correct attestation of conformity
  procedures, i.e. adapt factory production control
  and testing

• In addition, comply with national regulations,
  e.g. on regulated substances

• Monitor fair competition

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• Consensus on methodology
• Transparency
• Verified information

• As product specific as possible

CE marking Credible Informative Comparable Unders
tandable Market benefits No trade barriers

• Product family specific
• Harmonised requirements

• Relevant and useful

• Facilitate competition
• Affordable for SMEs

• One single market
• Still depend on national regulations on use

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CPD implementationConcerns

• Still rather slow process
• Find effective solutions to remaining problems
  - regulated substances- attestation of
  conformity / Notified Bodies
• Member States regulations- insufficient
  knowledge about existing ones- slow adaptation
  to allow CE marked products
• Costly
• Level playing field for all products?

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Candidate countries

• CEPMC

• Gives support to material/product manufacturers
  in Candidate Countries through a CEPMC
  membership. The CEPMC membership is open to
  national construction products federations. The
  fee is the same for all countries until they
  become EU members
• Offers participation in different CEPMC working
  groups
• Can arrange seminars and workshops for industry
  on the implementation of the CPD in collaboration
  with candidate countries.

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Contacts

• Website
• http//www.cepmc.org
• Secretary General Philip Bennett
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail info_at_cepmc.org
• Technical Affairs Manager Åsa Malmström
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail cepmc_at_cepmc.org