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DIBt: FAQs on the EU Construction Products Regulation

The market surveillance authorities of the Länder (federal states) and German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik – DIBt) have established a common FAQ catalogue with regard to individual provisions of the EU CPR.

1. September 2016

DIBt: Supplement to the DIBt comments dated 13 April 2015 and 17 December 2015 concerning CJEU judgment of 16 October 2014

On Aug 18, 2016, German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik – DIBt) published a aupplement to its comments dated 13 April 2015 and 17 December 2015 concerning CJEU judgment of 16 October 2014 on the legal situation of national technical approvals in Germany respectively the Ü-mark.

19. August 2016

DIBt: Draft Model Building Code and Draft Model Administrative Provisions – Technical Building Rules notified

The following drafts have been notified via the EU Technical Regulations Information Service (TRIS):

27. July 2016

OekoControl: Updated criteria

In June 2016 updated its criteria. Download criteria (only in German) Go to site of OekoControl Association

1. July 2016

eco-INSTITUT is cooperation partner and environmental adviser of IBU

From now on eco-INSTITUT is cooperation partner of Berlin-based .

30. June 2016

Adaption of TS 16516 for defining ammonium gas emission from cellulose insulation mixture sand articles

In June 2016 the Official Journal of the European Union published the ”Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of European Parliament and the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards inorganic ammonium salts“.

27. June 2016

eco-INSTITUT Europe’s first “horizontally“ notified testing body for emissions testing in the context of the Construction Products Regulation

Since June 2016 Cologne-based eco-INSTITUT is listed in the European New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations (NANDO) Information System as first testing body in the context of a horizontal notification for emissions testing of construction products according to CEN TS 16516.

23. June 2016

eco-INSTITUT approved as QDF testing lab

Since May 2016 eco-INSTITUT is listed as official testing laboratory of for analysing wood-based materials in accordance with the QDF standards.

25. May 2016

eco-INSTITUT approved testing partner for VOC emissions by SCS Global Services

As of now eco-INSTITUT Cologne is official testing partner of SCS Global Services (SCS), one of the oldest, most independent and trusted providers for environmental and sustainability certifications in the US.

2. May 2016

New BREEAM criteria for international new construction evaluation published

End of March 2016 the British Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) published new criteria for the international sustainability evaluation of buildings (BREEAM International New Construction 2016 – NC 2016). These replace the former evaluation scheme that has been on the market since 2013.

3. April 2016

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DIBt: FAQs on the EU Construction Products Regulation

DIBt: Supplement to the DIBt comments dated 13 April 2015 and 17 December 2015 concerning CJEU judgment of 16 October 2014

DIBt: Draft Model Building Code and Draft Model Administrative Provisions – Technical Building Rules notified

OekoControl: Updated criteria

eco-INSTITUT is cooperation partner and environmental adviser of IBU

Adaption of TS 16516 for defining ammonium gas emission from cellulose insulation mixture sand articles

eco-INSTITUT Europe’s first “horizontally“ notified testing body for emissions testing in the context of the Construction Products Regulation

eco-INSTITUT approved as QDF testing lab

eco-INSTITUT approved testing partner for VOC emissions by SCS Global Services

New BREEAM criteria for international new construction evaluation published

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