EU Requirements: Regulation (EU) 305/2011, being the EU’s Construction Products Regulation (CPR) regulates the use and sale of construction products in the EU.
It is your responsibility to comply with both EU construction products requirements if you sell on Amazon EU website(s).
Please see below for further information about EU requirements.
UK Requirements: Until the end of the Brexit transition period (December 31, 2020), the CPR regulates the use and sale of construction products in the UK.
After the end of the Brexit transition period (December 31, 2020), the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/465) will apply to construction products.
Both regimes attempt to protect the health and safety of workers using construction products and of users of construction works, including recycling and/or reuse requirements of parts or materials. The requirements include safety objectives for the design and manufacture of construction products, labelling requirements, and the applicable conformity assessment procedures. They also set out the obligations of manufacturers, importers, and distributors.
If you manufacture, import or distribute construction products, you will need to comply with the requirements of both regimes. Different rules apply to goods you sell in:
It is your responsibility to comply with both UK and EU construction products requirements if you sell on Amazon EU website(s) in addition to the UK site following the end of the Brexit transition period.
Please see below for further information about UK requirements.
We encourage you to consult your legal counsel for any concerns about the laws and regulations concerning your product. This material only reflects the position at the date of writing and requirements across the EU and/or in the UK may change – particularly in light of the developing position with Brexit. You should refer to current UK Brexit guidance about your products (see below) to learn more about changes that may affect you following the end of the transition period.
The CPR applies to construction products sold in the EU, which means any product or kit produced and offered for sale in the EU to be incorporated, in a permanent manner, in construction works or parts of construction work. The performance of a construction product will have an effect on the performance of the construction works.
Examples of construction products covered by the CPR are cement, windows, screed, tiles, bricks, or door hardware.
The CPR sets out obligations for manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers and distributors of construction products.
Manufacturer responsibilities include the following:
Importer responsibilities include ensuring the following:
Distributor responsibilities include ensuring the following:
Manufacturers must ensure that construction products bear:
Importers must ensure that construction products bear:
Distributors must:
In addition, a construction product should accompany usage and safety instructions in a user-friendly language catering to the end-users along with authorities.
Distributors should not make a construction product available for sale if they find potential non-conformity with requirements of the CPR. If the construction product presents a risk, distributors must inform the manufacturer or the importer to that effect as well as the authorities.
Manufacturers, importers, and distributors should immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring construction products into conformity, to withdraw or to recall it, as appropriate.
When the construction product presents a risk, manufacturers, importers and distributors should immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where it was sold, along with details of the non-conformity and of any corrective measures taken.
Manufacturers, importers and distributors should provide a competent national authority with all the information and documentation, in paper or electronic form, necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the construction product with the CPR, following a reasoned request. They must also cooperate with competent authorities at their request on action taken to eliminate risks relating to those products.
We strongly encourage you to visit the European Commission’s website for more information on the EU construction products requirements:
The regimes apply to construction products sold in the UK, which mean any product or kit produced and offered for sale in the UK to be incorporated, in a permanent manner, in construction works or parts of construction work. The performance of a construction product will have an effect on the performance of the construction works. The provisions apply differently to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales, GB) and Northern Ireland. You can read more about the position in Northern Ireland (NI) below.
Examples of construction products covered by the regimes are: cement, windows, screed, tiles, bricks, or door hardware.
The regimes set out obligations for manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers and distributors of construction products.
Manufacturer responsibilities include the following:
Importer responsibilities include ensuring the following:
Distributor responsibilities include ensuring the following:
Manufacturers must ensure that construction products bear:
Importers must ensure that construction products bear:
The UK Government has released guidance on alternative means of providing GB importer traceability information until December 31, 2022. See the BREXIT: UK Government Guidance section below for links to this guidance.
Distributors must:
In addition, a construction product should accompany usage and safety instructions in a user-friendly language catering to the end-users along with authorities.
Please note that different rules will apply in NI from January 1, 2021 as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol. In particular:
Distributors should not make a construction product available for sale if they find potential non-conformity with requirements of the regimes. If the construction product presents a risk, distributors must inform the manufacturer or the importer to that effect as well as the authorities.
Manufacturers, importers, and distributors should immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring construction products into conformity, to withdraw or to recall it, as appropriate.
When the construction product presents a risk, manufacturers, importers and distributors should immediately inform the competent UK authority where it was sold, along with details of the non-conformity and of any corrective measures taken.
Manufacturers, importers and distributors should provide a competent UK authority with all the information and documentation, in paper or electronic form, necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the construction product with the regulatory regimes, following a reasoned request. They must also cooperate with competent authorities at their request on action taken to eliminate risks relating to those products.
The UK Government has released guidance on selling construction products in GB and NI after Brexit. The published guidance provides information for those supplying construction products in GB regarding compliance requirements from January 1, 2021, including on:
We encourage you to review this guidance (linked below), alongside any other specific UK Government guidance that applies to your product. You should consult your legal counsel if you have questions about how the laws and regulations apply to your products from January 1, 2021.
We strongly encourage you to visit the below UK Government websites for more information on the UK construction products requirements:
The Brexit guidance referred to above can be found here:
We also encourage you to visit the Business Companion website, which contains further guidance on UK product compliance rules: