European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2020/2028(INI) 12.10.2020 AMENDMENTS 1 - 110 Draft report Christian Doleschal (PE655.860v01-00) Implementation of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products (the Construction Products Regulation) (2020/2028(INI)) AM\1214945EN.docx PE658.822v01-00 EN United in diversity EN AM_Com_NonLegReport PE658.822v01-00 2/57 AM\1214945EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Claude Gruffat, Anne-Sophie Pelletier Motion for a resolution Citation -1 (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114; Or. en Amendment 2 Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to The European Green Deal (COM/2019/640 final); Or. en Amendment 3 Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment Aa. whereas buildings account in Europe for almost 40% of energy consumption, 36% of CO2 emissions, 50% of raw materials consumption, 33% of waste generated and 33% (fresh) water used1a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpe rt/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupMeeti AM\1214945EN.docx 3/57 PE658.822v01-00 EN ngDoc&docid=35639 Or. en Amendment 4 Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment Ab. whereas half of the Earth’s raw materials are used for construction, that 40% of the final energy consumption is used during the service life of buildings, that the embodied carbon of construction products represents 10–20% of total embodied carbon in buildings in the EU1a; __________________ 1a As in "Circular Economy in the Construction Sector" adopted by the Council (Competitiveness) at its meeting held on 28 November 2019: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-14653-2019-INIT/en/pdf Or. en Amendment 5 Maria Grapini, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Recital B Motion for a resolution Amendment B. whereas the purpose of the B. whereas the purpose of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is to remove technical barriers to trade in to remove technical barriers to trade in construction products in order to enhance construction products in order to enhance their free movement in the internal market; their free movement in the internal market while ensuring that products meet safety standards, no matter where they are PE658.822v01-00 4/57 AM\1214945EN.docx EN manufactured in the EU; Or. en Amendment 6 Christian Doleschal, Ralf Seekatz, Niclas Herbst, Sven Simon, Marion Walsmann, Norbert Lins, Daniel Caspary, Jens Gieseke, Angelika Niebler, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Andreas Schwab, Edina Tóth Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment Ba. whereas the European system of technical regulation and standardisation has demonstrated to be a driver for competitiveness, innovation and consumer safety in Europe, making European standards a global benchmark; Or. en Amendment 7 Maria Grapini, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment Ba. whereas safe products are one key to reducing the accident rates, which are particularly high in the construction sector; Or. en Amendment 8 Maria Grapini, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba Motion for a resolution Recital C AM\1214945EN.docx 5/57 PE658.822v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment C. whereas the slow adoption and non- C. whereas the slow adoption and non- citation of harmonised standards is citation of harmonised standards is problematic, as the adoption process is not problematic, as the adoption process is not keeping pace with developments in the keeping pace with developments in the sector, creating uncertainty for businesses; sector, creating uncertainty for businesses; whereas, it is necessary to establish clear and comprehensive requirements at European level as regards the quality of construction products; Or. en Amendment 9 Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Recital C Motion for a resolution Amendment C. whereas the slow adoption and non- C. whereas the slow adoption and non- citation of harmonised standards is citation of harmonised standards is problematic, as the adoption process is not problematic, as the adoption process is not keeping pace with developments in the keeping pace with developments in the sector, creating uncertainty for businesses; sector, creating uncertainty for businesses and is harmful to consumers; Or. en Amendment 10 Christian Doleschal, Ralf Seekatz, Niclas Herbst, Sven Simon, Marion Walsmann, Norbert Lins, Daniel Caspary, Claude Gruffat, Jens Gieseke, Maria Grapini, Angelika Niebler, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Andreas Schwab, Edina Tóth Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment Ca. whereas the current gaps in the content of harmonised standards are an obstacle to Member States in meeting their responsibilities with regard to PE658.822v01-00 6/57 AM\1214945EN.docx EN structural safety, health and other construction-related matters; Or. en Amendment 11 Alessandra Basso, Isabella Tovaglieri, Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group Motion for a resolution Recital D Motion for a resolution Amendment D. whereas CPR compliance costs D. whereas CPR compliance costs represent 0.6 % to 1.1 % of the represent 0.6 % to 1.1 % of the construction sector’s turnover, borne construction sector’s turnover, borne mainly by manufacturers, which can be mainly by manufacturers, which is very very burdensome for SMEs; burdensome for SMEs; Or. en Amendment 12 Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment Da. whereas safety aspects for products used by workers and consumers should be considered as a priority in the EU; Or. en Amendment 13 Claude Gruffat, Anne-Sophie Pelletier Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) AM\1214945EN.docx 7/57 PE658.822v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment Da. whereas Article 114 TFEU provides a legal basis to define essential product requirements, which includes safety aspects for products used by workers at work; Or. en Amendment 14 Sandro Gozi, Andrus Ansip, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Motion for a resolution Amendment 1. Welcomes the Commission’s CPR 1. Welcomes the Commission’s CPR evaluation and ongoing review, which seek evaluation and ongoing review, which seek to remove remaining barriers in the internal to remove remaining barriers in the internal market for construction products; market for construction products, while taking into account technological developments and innovation; Or. en Amendment 15 Sandro Gozi, Andrus Ansip, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment 1a. Stresses the importance of avoiding duplications and ensuring coherence of the reviewed CPR with existing legislation and future legislative initiatives, such as sustainable product policy initiative; Or. en PE658.822v01-00 8/57 AM\1214945EN.docx EN Amendment 16 Claude Gruffat Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Motion for a resolution Amendment 2. Points to the specific nature of the 2. Points to the limited nature of the CPR, which differs from the general CPR, which today differs from the general principles of the new legislative framework principles of the new legislative framework (NLF), chiefly because it does not (NLF), chiefly because it does not directly harmonise any specific requirements or harmonise any specific requirements or minimum safety levels for construction minimum safety levels for construction products, but instead defines a common products, but instead defines only a technical language for measuring the common technical language for measuring performance of construction products over the performance of construction products their essential characteristics; by means of harmonised European Standards over their essential characteristics laid down in Member States’ requirements; Or. en Amendment 17 Maria Grapini, Alex Agius Saliba Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Motion for a resolution Amendment 2. Points to the specific nature of the 2. Points to the specific nature of the CPR, which differs from the general CPR, which differs from the general principles of the new legislative framework principles of the new legislative framework (NLF), chiefly because it does not (NLF), chiefly because it does not harmonise any specific requirements or harmonise any specific requirements or minimum safety levels for construction minimum safety levels for construction products, but instead defines a common products, thus unbalancing and technical language for measuring the fragmenting the internal market, but performance of construction products over instead defines a common technical their essential characteristics; language for measuring the performance of construction products over their essential characteristics; Or. en AM\1214945EN.docx 9/57 PE658.822v01-00 EN Amendment 18 Christian Doleschal, Sven Schulze, Ralf Seekatz, Niclas Herbst, Sven Simon, Marion Walsmann, Norbert Lins, Daniel Caspary, Jens Gieseke, Angelika Niebler, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Andreas Schwab, Edina Tóth Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Motion for a resolution Amendment 2. Points to the specific nature