29/08/2017
Call for Experts – ETAG conversion into EADs
The European Organisation for Technical Assessment (EOTA – www.eota.eu) is a non-profit organisation, bringing together Europe's Technical Assessment Bodies. EOTA was founded in 1990 to help realise the common European market for construction products. EOTA's special expertise is innovative and non standard construction products. Through its services, EOTA helps product manufacturers ...
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01/08/2017
EOTA SAG 15 November 2017 - SAVE THE DATE
Destination Europe - How to bring your non-standard construction product to the European marketplace as a small or medium-sized manufacturer
The European construction market has a volume of approx. 13 trillion EUR – a huge opportunity for construction product manufacturers. However, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with innovative or non-standard products ...
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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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09/06/2017
New EADs published and Corrigendum
Today 4 new EADs (European Assessment Documents) were cited in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). These EADs are published by us on our website for free download: Publications -> EAD
Manufacturers interested are invited to assess their construction products via the ETA route together with our Technical Assessment Bodies ...
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12/04/2017
More than 100 EADs published
Since 2015 EOTA is publishing those EADs which are cited in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Until now 113 EADs are cited.
Amongst them 61 documents result from an exchange of best assessment practices for construction products under the former Construction Products Directive which were further developed. 20 EADs ...
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11/11/2016
EOTA: a competent partner for the construction sector
ETA: a reliable way to CE-marking
For the third time since the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (CPR), EOTA met all stakeholders and the European Commission together at the EOTA Stakeholder Advisory Group Conference on 10th November 2016 in Brussels.
EOTA plays an important role for construction products not covered by harmonised standards, especially ...
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19/04/2016
DIBt Vice President elected as the new President of EOTA
The General Assembly of EOTA on April 19, 2016, unanimously voted Dr.-Ing. Karsten Kathage as President of the European Organisation for Technical Assessment (EOTA). With immediate effect he indicated having big plans for the organisation. The 52-year old succeeded Yannick Lemoigne of the French Technical Assessment Body, CSTB. Yannick Lemoigne concluded ...
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31/12/2015
Database for ETAssessments
In November EOTA launched the new look of the ETA Public Database online. The update (migration of data) was processed until end of 2015. Further development of the tool will allow real-time information about the status of issued ETAs by Technical Assessment Bodies. EOTA Secretariat has stored more than 1900 references to ...
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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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23/03/2015
EAD-format available!
In the view of effective implementation of Construction Products Regulation, the Commission together with EOTA elaborated and concluded the final of EAD-Format.
The adaptation of the already elaborated EADs to this format does not have an impact on ETAs already issued based on these EADs.
With the support of Technical Assessment Bodies (TABs) ...
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26/11/2014
EADs and publication
EOTA has developed until today more than 40 European Assessment Documents (EADs) following the criteria and requirements of the Construction Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (CPR). This Regulation came fully into force on 1st July 2013.
These EADs may be used by Technical Assessment Bodies (TABs) for further assessments of products related to other ...
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27/05/2014
Reference of ETAG used as EAD is published on NANDO
Today the European Commission provided on NANDO site the complete list of ETAGs used as EAD under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) for the issuing of European Technical Assessments. This allows Member States to notify NBs for ETAGs used in line with Art 66(3) of the CPR.
The information is now available ...
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19/03/2014
EC confirmed that ETAGs can be used as EADs
Today the European Commission confirmed that the aim of the CPR co-legislators has been to ensure that the consolidated technical knowledge which found its place in the European Technical Approval Guidelines (ETAGs) elaborated under the Construction Products Directive could be used to provide the technical basis for issuing ETAssessments (ETA). Emphasis ...
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