Product Contact Point for Construction

Article 72 of Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 (CPR 2024), requires all Member States within the European Union to designate a Product Contact Point for Construction and to deliver services in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 and coordinate with the product contact points for mutual recognition established pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/515 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

This webpage is Ireland's Product Contact Point for Construction.

The Product Contact Point for Construction provides, at the request of an economic operator or a competent national authority of another Member State, useful product related information, such as:

• electronic copies of, or online access to, the national technical rules and national administrative procedures applicable to products in the territory in which the product contact points for construction is established;
• information on whether those products are subject to prior authorisation under national law;
• rules applicable to the incorporation, assembling or installation of products.
• information on product related provisions of CPR 2024 and of acts adopted in accordance with it.

This information may relate to construction products which are covered, and those that have not yet been covered, by harmonised technical specifications.

Irish national provisions aimed at fulfilling the basic requirements for the construction of buildings are available at the following links:

• Building Regulations
• Technical Guidance Documents

National provisions aimed at fulfilling the requirements for the construction of roads and bridges are available at TII Publications.

National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, produces additional national guidance for some I.S. ENs in the form of National Annexes or Standard Recommendations, which provide guidance on the appropriate minimum performance levels for specific intended uses of the products in Ireland. Information on national standards, standard recommendations and national annexes may be obtained from the NSAI website at Product Standards.

For information about the CPR 2024 see the European Commission’s Webpage

DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs website.

For information on the provision of Product Contact Point for Construction in other Member States of the European Union, please refer to the full list of Product Contact Point for Construction

All requests for the Product Contact Point for Construction should be addressed to: pcp@housing.gov.ie

In the context of the Mutual Recognition Regulation (EU) 2019/515, the Product Contact Point for Ireland is NSAI, contactable at pcp@nsai.ie

The Product Contact Point for Construction will provide relevant information, free of charge, within 15 working days of receiving any request.

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