The Construction Product Regulations 2013

The Construction Products Regulations lay down harmonised rules for the marketing of construction products in the UK. The Regulation provides a common technical language to assess the performance of construction products. It ensures that reliable information is available to professionals, public authorities, and consumers, so they can compare the performance of products from different manufacturers in different countries.

The UKCA marking indicates that a construction product is in conformity with its declared performance and that it has been assessed according to a designated standard.

The Declaration of Performance is a key part of the Construction Products Regulation. It provides information on the performance of a product. Each construction product covered by a designated standard needs this Declaration and has to be UKCA marked.

Approved bodies are the only recognised third party carrying out the assessment of performance of construction products. Approved bodies are designated by the UK government.

The tasks of Approved Bodies include

• assessment of the performance of a construction product;
• certification of constancy of performance;
• factory production control certification.

The Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP) is a harmonised system defining how to assess products and control the constancy of the assessment results. This system safeguards the reliability and accuracy of the Declaration of Performance.

Five different systems are in place for construction products in the Construction Products Regulation. They range from large-scale third-party involvement to self-declaration and monitoring by the manufacturer. The Regulation establishes which systems are applicable for:

• a construction product;
• a family of construction products;
• an essential characteristic.

To affix the UK marking businesses must comply with all relevant requirements under the Construction Products Regulation 2013 as retained in UK law.

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