The Legitimacy of Standardisation as a Regulatory Technique in the EU – A Cross-disciplinary and Multi-level Analysis: An Introduction

Cauffman, Caroline; Eliantonio, Mariolina

doi:10.4337/9781789902952.00005

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“…Therefore, it needs to be underlined that, considering the obligatory character of hEN implied by art. 4 of the regulation [28,29], the standardisation needs to be perceived as a core tool for European harmonisation of construction products under the CPR. Therefore, European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) developments are perceived as essential for the implementation process of the CPR, including environmentally-related BWRs 3, 6 and 7.…”

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CE Marking of Construction Products—Evolution of the European Approach to Harmonisation of Construction Products in the Light of Environmental Sustainability Aspects

Wall

2021

Sustainability

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European harmonisation of construction products provides a uniform expression of performance aspects relevant for essential characteristics coming from notified technical building regulations of the EU Member States. Since the current regulation has been in force for over seven years, this study evaluates further possibilities of its evolution, including a more efficient approach to implementing environmental sustainability aspects. The provided research is based on qualitative analysis of the past and current legislation, official documents, related guidance, judgements, scientific articles and the author’s practical experience coming from participation in the European committees, organisations and standardisation activities. Various legislative techniques and regulatory tools that could be potentially used to review the Construction Products Regulation are analysed and compared with regards to their impact on the inclusion of environmental sustainability principles. Therefore, the objective of this research is to provide substantive grounds that can be directly or indirectly used in the policymaking processes on the European and national level.

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CE Marking of Construction Products—Evolution of the European Approach to Harmonisation of Construction Products in the Light of Environmental Sustainability Aspects

Wall

2021

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“…nauki i przemysłu, których działania oceniane są według różnych kryteriów, przy czym laboratorium wykonującemu pomiary na zlecenie organów nadzoru rynku a priori przyznany został status eksperta, choć jak wskazuje analiza status ten nie jest uprawniony. practitioners to a lesser extent (87,88). The producer is closest to the market among all participants of the standardization process, knows the most about the customer, and is the fastest and most sensitive to changes in market conditions.…”

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The risk of a different assessment of the performance of cementitious ceramic tile adhesives in the light of the results of interlaboratory comparisons

Michalak¹

2023

Cement Wapno Beton

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The article presents the current state of knowledge on the measurement of the adhesion of cementitious ceramic tile adhesives [CTAs] using the pull-off technique. The author discusses the results of the systematic literature review for the keywords of this article with particular attention to the interlaboratory comparisons [ILCs]. The cementitious CTAs adhesion measurements, particularly the results obtained in the ILCs, became the basis for analyzing the relationship between the participants of the conformity assessment of construction products. The analysis considers the links between science and industry and their environment resulting from formal and legal conditions related to the evaluation of construction products. Based on the study, the author proposes a mind map showing the relationships between potential participants in the CTAs compliance assessment process, with particular emphasis on ILCs. It indicates that using different criteria for evaluating the results of cementitious CTAs adhesion measurement by science and industry is not conducive to developing mutual relations between the two worlds.

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“…As a rule, the basis for standardization work is transparency and openness of its conduct, aimed at achieving consensus, consistency, and independence from special interests effectively [ 4 ]. In principle, in the EU, regardless of the standardization organization, they are carried out by, i.e., CEN (Comité Européen de Normalization), CENELEC (Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique), and EOTA (European Organisation for Technical Assessment); the standards are driven by business with the involvement of various stakeholders in the stimulation of competition and innovation as improvement in consumer safety [ 5 ]. One of the European systems of technical regulations tasks is making European standards a global benchmark [ 6 ].…”

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Construction Products between Testing Laboratory and Market Surveillance: Case study of Cementitious Ceramic Tile Adhesives

Stancu¹,

Dębski²,

Michalak³

2022

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This article presents the results of the interlaboratory comparison (ILC) study of the following four characteristics of ceramic tile adhesives (CTAs): initial tensile adhesion strength, tensile adhesion strength after heat ageing, tensile adhesion strength after immersion in water, and tensile adhesion strength after freeze–thaw cycles. The results showed that the objective of the ILC was achieved—the z-score analysis carried out following ISO 13528 allowed for classifying all results obtained by 23 laboratories out of 27 as satisfactory. The results of the remaining four laboratories were rated worse. Despite the achieved goal, the ILC notes high heterogeneity of the results in terms of failure patterns, as well as significant differences between the lowest and the highest values of tensile adhesion strength for various measurement conditions. The results of the ILC were discussed in terms of the possibility of including them in the risk analysis conducted by the manufacturer. The results of the ILC are also valuable information for market surveillance authorities, who, in the authors’ opinion, should be more cautious about results on samples taken from the market. The ILC results for CTAs are also a valuable recommendation for a possible revision of EN 12004.

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The Legitimacy of Standardisation as a Regulatory Technique in the EU – A Cross-disciplinary and Multi-level Analysis: An Introduction

Cited by 13 publications

References 1 publication

CE Marking of Construction Products—Evolution of the European Approach to Harmonisation of Construction Products in the Light of Environmental Sustainability Aspects

CE Marking of Construction Products—Evolution of the European Approach to Harmonisation of Construction Products in the Light of Environmental Sustainability Aspects

The risk of a different assessment of the performance of cementitious ceramic tile adhesives in the light of the results of interlaboratory comparisons

Construction Products between Testing Laboratory and Market Surveillance: Case study of Cementitious Ceramic Tile Adhesives

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