20/04/2020
Survey on added value of ETA route to CE marking successfully completed
Survey on added value of ETA route to CE marking successfully completed
EOTA and the Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL) thank all manufacturers, associations and members who have taken part in the 2020 survey on the added value of the ETA route to CE marking. The survey was successfully closed on 17th ...
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08/04/2020
The ETA route provides considerable and intrinsic added value to the European construction product market
The ETA route provides considerable and intrinsic added value to the European construction product market
In an open letter to members of the CPR Review Technical Platform, EOTA positions itself clearly in favour of maintaining the ETA route to CE marking in the event of a CPR revision.
The European Commission had called ...
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23/01/2020
EOTA provides comments to European Parliament session on the Construction Products Regulation
EOTA provides comments to European Parliament session on the Construction Products Regulation
The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament held a scrutiny session on the state of the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on 22 January 2020. Such scrutiny sessions belong to the means ...
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11/12/2019
EOTA specifications could soon serve as a basis for access to the US market
EOTA specifications could soon serve as a basis for access to the US market
European Assessment Documents, or EADs for short, are the basis for European Technical Assessments (ETAs) and thus for marketing construction products all across Europe based on the CE marking. In the future, European Assessment Documents could also serve ...
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20/03/2019
New EADs published
A list of new EADs is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Since today, Technical Assessment Bodies are to use methods and criteria provided in the following EADs for assessing performance of construction products which are covered by those EADs:
EAD Number
Title
040427-00-0404
Kits for external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) with ...
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10/08/2018
New EADs published
Today, the European Commission communicated 6 new references to EADs (European Assessment Documents) in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ).
The new reference list includes one listing which converts European Technical Approval Guideline (ETAG) 001 part 6. The phased conversion of ETAGs developed under the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) into ...
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19/07/2017
EOTA appoints new Secretary General
The European Organisation for Technical Assessment (EOTA) has appointed a new Secretary General. As of beginning of July, 42-year-old Sergio Vazquez Jimenez from Spain heads the EOTA office in Brussels.
Before joining EOTA, Mr. Vazquez, a technical architect and manager, has worked in various roles in the construction industry. His expertise includes ...
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20/12/2015
EADs available to Notifying Authorities prior to OJEU citation
In fulfillment of the provisions laid down in the Construction Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (CPR), EOTA holds the adopted European Assessment Documents (EAD) publicly available to Notifying Authorities prior to citation in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU - www.eur-lex.eu).
This has been decided in agreement with the European ...
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