European Commission notifies draft standardisation request to CEN for precast concrete products requiring EN 15804:2012+A2:2019+AC:2021-based product category rules for environmental sustainability characteristics

The European Commission (DG GROW) issued a notification under Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 containing a draft standardisation request (draft Commission Implementing Decision text) to CEN for precast concrete products. The draft explicitly calls for harmonised standards to enumerate essential characteristics related to environmental sustainability and to establish product category rules enabling whole life-cycle analysis and performance declaration, referencing EN 15804:2012+A2:2019+AC:2021 and horizontal standards under Mandate M/350. For EPD/EN 15804 compliance planning, this indicates the direction of future harmonised standards that will embed EN 15804-style EPD methods/data into CPR compliance for the precast concrete product family. Monitor this draft through its adoption and subsequent CEN standard development, as it can drive future mandatory environmental declaration content for affected construction products.