The new EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) entered into force at the end of 2024, and the complete transition to this new regulatory framework will take around 15 years. As implementation starts, the timely compliance of all actors of the glazing value chain will be required, with numerous new administrative procedures to comply with.
This contribution extracts the provisions on the conditions for marketing construction products, sustainability requirements, and digitalisation of the sector. Their likely implications on glass producers and transformers will be discussed.
This new regulation has the potential to enhance the functioning of EU standardisation and incentivise a reduction of construction products’ environmental impacts. Yet, the materialisation of these objectives largely depends on the glazing sector’s ability to coordinate itself to sequence implementation properly and to avoid excessive administrative burden.
Given the current stakes and uncertainties generated by the text, monitoring and preparing early for its forthcoming implementation is crucial. Tools and activities developed by relevant stakeholders will be presented to stimulate the necessary cooperation between all glazing actors to ensure that the new regulation positively impacts the building glass sector.
