EU SUSTAINABLEENERGY WEEK24-28 JUNE 2013

Energy

Peter D. SchellinckEOTA Secretary General

26 June 2013

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How to support innovation to enter the market?

Performance Paradigm Shift.

Expertise

Product manufacture

Plant

Construction Work

Contract

Regulations

- European

- National

Stakeholders

Certification:

Attestation of the

conformity of … against

a set of defined and

stated requirements ,

according to a defined

scheme, and in a well

specified context.

Assessment of construction process: in a defined context, determining

technical recommendations allowing guidance to the stakeholders in their

decisions on the reliable construction of a defined work.

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How to support innovation to enter the market?

• All/each ETA issued on the basis of an EAD (or ETAG as EAD)

• ETA is no more a Harmonised Technical Specification (EAD is now the HTS)

• EAD developed and adopted by the Organisation of TABs = EOTA

• ETA issued by a TAB acting on its own

• Use conditioned by change in the product or in the assessment methods + criteria (EAD)

• Agreement on characteristics related to the intended use of the product

• Focus on the performances + on assessment and verification of constancy of performance

European technical assessment: ETA

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General assembly(+ 50 member bodies)

Executive Board(7 or 8 members, incl. President

Yannick Lemoigne)(= old Management Team)

EOTA SecretariatSecretary General: Peter Schellinck

Project Manager: Andrea Oel-BrettschneiderSecretary: Karina Lens

NEW STRUCTURE

Technical Board

Technical BoardProject team

Technical BoardProject team

Technical BoardProject team

Technical BoardProject team

Technical BoardWorking group

(all TABs designated for relevant product area)

Technical BoardWorking group

(all TABs designated for relevant product area)

Technical BoardWorking group

(all TABs designated for relevant product area)

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New Regulation (CPR) from 1/07/2013?

• No longer Directive but Regulation: uniform application in all MSs

• Clearer description of responsibilities of all players

• Enhanced control on NBs

• Enhanced market surveillance

• Simplified systems for SMEs

• Clarification of meaning of CE marking

• CE marking mandatory when hEN exists

• CE marking voluntary through ETAG and CUAP replaced by EAD

(European Assessment Document) as basis for ETA (European

Technical Assessment)

• Stricter procedures for making EADs

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CPR - Meaning of CE Marking (Art. 8(2))

By affixing or having affixed the CE marking, manufacturers indicate that they take

responsibility for the conformity of the construction product with the declared performance

as well as the compliance with all applicable requirements laid down in this Regulation and in other relevant Union

harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing.

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CE Marking will be accepted in 33 countries (from 1/7/2013)

Austria (EU)Belgium (EU)Bulgaria (EU)Croatia (from 1/7/2013)Cyprus (EU)Czech Republic (EU)Denmark (EU)Estonia (EU)Finland (EU)France (EU)Germany (EU)Greece (EU)Hungary (EU)Ireland (EU)Italy (EU)Latvia (EU)Lithuania (EU)

Luxembourg (EU)Malta (EU)the Netherlands (EU)Poland (EU)Portugal (EU)Rumania (EU)Slovak Republic (EU)Slovenia (EU)Spain (EU)Sweden (EU)United Kingdom (EU)Iceland (EFTA)Liechtenstein (EFTA)Norway (EFTA)Switzerland (MRA)Turkey (EC-Turkey agreement)

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ETAREG vs ETADIR

• ETADIRECTIVE 89/106/EEC: A European Technical Approval is a favourable technical assessment of the fitness for use of a product for an intended use, based on fulfillment of the essential requirements for building works for which the product is used.

• ETAREGULATION 305/2011 : documented assessment of the performance of a construction product, in relation to its essential characteristics, in accordance with the respective European Assessment Document

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Legal character: mandatory/ voluntary

Directive 89/106/EEC +

national implementationRegulation

Published ETAG →CE+ETADIR mandatory or voluntary,

dependent of the Member state where the

product is placed on the market

ETAREG → voluntary,

but if an ETAREG has

been issued,

CE marking is an

obligationWithout ETAG (CPD art.9.2) →voluntary, independent of the member state

where the product is placed on the market

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New ETAs issued (cumulative) (excluding renewals 20/6/2013)

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EAD – ETA – DOP process

ETA Request

Manufacturer’s technical file

European Assessment

Document (EAD)

European Technical

Assessment (ETA)

ETA Content

• Legal bases

• Definition of product-type(s) and intended use(s)

• Performance of product-type(s) and assessment methods

• Assessment and verification of constancy of performance

Declaration of Performance

Assessment and verification

of the constancy of performance

(AVCP)

CE marking + instructions and safety info

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Different ways to EU marketing

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Declaration of Perf.

CE marking

Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (of 9 March 2011)

Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 (of 9 July 2008)

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CPR as a Performance Paradigm Shift

EOTA Added Value

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The world’s first 3D-printed house

a performance paradigm shift

THANK YOU