Construction Products Regulation
EU Regulation 2024/3110 replaces CPR 305/2011 — expanding CE marking requirements, introducing digital product passports, and strengthening market surveillance for construction products.
What's Changed
The Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 is the most significant overhaul of EU construction product marketing rules in over a decade. These changes affect how products are assessed, documented, and placed on the single market.
Digital Product Passport (DPP)
Every construction product will carry a digital passport linking to its Declaration of Performance, traceability records, and compliance documentation — replacing paper-based systems with structured digital data.
Expanded Essential Characteristics
Product families now cover a wider range of essential characteristics that must be declared. Some categories will include environmental performance data as part of the Declaration of Performance — a CE marking requirement, assessed through harmonised standards.
Stronger Market Surveillance
National authorities gain expanded powers to enforce compliance, with tougher penalties for non-conforming products entering the EU market.
Clearer Product Families
The regulation reorganises construction products into 36 defined product families, each with specific essential characteristics and assessment requirements.
Expanded Supply Chain Responsibilities
Importers, distributors, and fulfilment service providers now carry explicit obligations — not just manufacturers. Every link in the chain is accountable.
What This Means for Your Organisation
Whether you manufacture, import, distribute, or specify construction products, the new regulation changes how you demonstrate compliance.
CE marking remains the route to market
CE marking continues as the gateway to the EU single market. The underlying requirements are significantly expanded, but the core principle is unchanged — demonstrate product performance to access the market.
Digital product passports replace paper Declarations of Performance
DoPs are moving to a digital format accessible via the EU construction products database. Manufacturers and importers will need updated data management and documentation systems to comply.
Performance declarations are expanding
Some product families will require declaration of additional essential characteristics — including, where applicable, environmental performance data assessed through harmonised standards.
Greater traceability across the supply chain
Organisations sourcing or specifying construction products must verify compliance documentation — CE marking, harmonised standard references, and product traceability — with greater rigour.
Prepare now. Don't wait for enforcement.
The new CPR is already in force. Talk to us about how it affects your products, procurement, or supply chain — and what you need to do next.