Kiwa Expands Accreditation for the Construction Products Regulation (CPR)

Why Environmental Sustainability?

The Construction Products Regulation continues to evolve—and with it, the requirements for manufacturers:
Sustainability is becoming a decisive competitive factor.
With its expanded accreditation in the area of environmental sustainability, Kiwa is positioning itself exactly where the market is heading: from purely technical product performance to holistic performance that encompasses sustainability. At Kiwa, we offer “everything from a single source.”

Expansion of Existing Technical Expertise

Kiwa has been conducting testing, inspections, and certifications in the accredited field of products under the Construction Products Regulation for many years and has long been one of the established players in the market. In this context, the Kiwa Group has many notified bodies that cover nearly all product groups.

With the expansion of its accreditation for environmental sustainability (AVS 3+) under the Construction Products Regulation, Kiwa is now specifically expanding this range of services within the European context. To ensure efficient organization, a central unit—similar to the approach used for EPD program operations—has been established, enabling us to support all product manufacturers and Kiwa Notified Bodies.

Certification Program Based on European Requirements

In addition to the relevant European legal frameworks, the extended accreditation includes a certification program that is specifically described and confirmed by DAkkS. This certification program systematically maps the requirements of the aforementioned regulations and EN 15804.

These assessments serve to conduct a targeted conformity assessment of environmental sustainability (AVS 3+) in accordance with the Construction Products Regulation and enable manufacturers to:

• classify regulatory requirements early on and in a structured manner
• prepare for the subsequent conformity assessment efficiently and in a planned manner

What does this mean for manufacturers?

With our expanded accreditation as a conformity assessment body under the European Construction Products Regulation, our customers will benefit in the future from testing, inspection, certification, and validation of environmental sustainability—all bundled under one roof with an experienced partner. At the same time, we are also available to other technical notified bodies. We have well-established processes and a high level of technical expertise to ensure reliable assessment and secure implementation of regulatory requirements.

Regulatory Framework and Deadlines

The new Construction Products Regulation establishes a Europe-wide harmonized framework for the marketing of construction products, in which their performance—both technical and environmental—is presented transparently, comparably, and digitally through CE marking and the declaration of performance and conformity, including environmental characteristics.

• Effective immediately for all harmonized specifications: mandatory for all harmonized construction products—harmonized European standards (hENs), European Technical Assessments (ETAs)

This is an extension of the traditional EPD concept (Environmental Product Declaration, Type III environmental declaration according to ISO 14025). It involves the regulatory further development and application of the EPD framework within the Construction Products Regulation—with additional, mandatory requirements regarding conformity, documentation, and (in the future) digital provision. In short: EPD = data declaration; “validation” = a regulatory conformity assessment based on this data.
We can prepare EPDs.

In this context, Kiwa-EE, in collaboration with the Kiwa Group’s notified bodies, offers the following services:

• CPReadiness Check 
• Validation report according to CPR