CPR — Transparency and Sustainability for Construction Products in the EU
CPR: The EU's Construction Products Regulation
The CPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/3110) is the EU's new Construction Products Regulation, replacing the old CPR 305/2011 and introducing environmental requirements and a digital product passport for the sector. It has applied since 8 January 2026 and sets the obligations of manufacturers, importers and distributors — from the declaration of performance to the digital passport.
Its goal is for construction products on the European market to be traceable, with a declared carbon footprint and ready for the circular economy — from raw material to reuse, durability, repairability, recyclability, energy efficiency and digital traceability.
What does the CPR mean for your digital product passport?
The CPR brings the passport to construction products family by family, from around 2029, with the Declaration of Performance and Conformity as its data backbone. The GWP figure it asks for overlaps with CBAM reporting for steel, cement and aluminium, so the same data serves producers of construction materials, structural steel and aluminium.
DigitalProductPassport by WIARA has templates for construction product families such as masonry and reinforcing steel, and every passport opens from a GS1 Digital Link QR code, the same carrier the ESPR uses. Open a demo passport or check whether your product needs one.
Requirements for construction products
Construction Digital Product Passport (CPR-DPP)
Obligations for businesses
How the CPR connects to the ESPR, CBAM and BIM
Construction products are governed primarily by the CPR, not the ESPR. Where the two regimes overlap — for example with structural steel — the CPR takes precedence under Article 12, but this is a rule of precedence, not a duplication of infrastructure. Both regimes share the same foundation: the common central EU registry (live since 20 July 2026) and the same data carriers (GS1, QR, JSON-LD). The construction layer — the DoPC, environmental declarations (EPD under EN 15804) and BIM interoperability — is added on top, not duplicated. The carbon data (GWP) that the CPR requires also overlaps with reporting under CBAM (in force from 1 January 2026 for imports of steel, cement and aluminium). So a single platform collects the data once and uses it for the CPR, ESPR and CBAM — a strategic advantage for companies that prepare in good time.
Learn more about the DPPWhat does the CPR mean for construction businesses in practice?
Not just regulation, but a new way to prove your product.
A carbon footprint declaration (EPD/GWP) is now a market requirement, not merely a regulatory one. The CPR brings transparency and trust, opens access to green public procurement and prepares businesses for the mandatory digital passport. Companies that gather their data in good time gain a competitive edge and alignment with the Green Deal.
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
Key CPR deadlines
The CPR is now applicable. Here are the dates every construction business within its scope needs to know.01
8 January 2026
The CPR becomes applicable; the old CPR 305/2011 is repealed. The carbon footprint declaration (GWP) under EN 15804 begins for the priority families.02
16 December 2025
The CPR Work Plan 2026–2029 (COM(2025) 772) is published, with the roadmap for standards and the DPP by product family.03
~8 January 2027
Penalties on environmental declarations become enforceable by Member States. The data must be verified before then.04
~Q4 2027
Standards and a delegated act for cement and building lime; the mandatory DPP arrives by family from around 2029 (doors and windows 2030–2031).05
9 Jan 2030 → 2032
Core environmental indicators become mandatory (2030), with full life-cycle reporting by 2032.
Prepare your construction products for the CPR
The GWP declaration is now law, and the digital passport is arriving family by family. We help you gather the data once — for the CPR, ESPR and CBAM — easily, quickly and without major investment.
Publish this passport with DigitalProductPassport by WIARA
The revised CPR brings the passport to construction products: the declaration of performance and the environmental profile end up behind the same code.
DigitalProductPassport by WIARA is a cloud platform built by WIARA, a software company. You enter the product data once; the platform publishes a passport page with a permanent QR code and a GS1 Digital Link URL, in all 24 official EU languages, keeping public, professional and authority fields apart. ESPR and CPR templates come ready made.
The free plan covers 3 passports in total. What the platform does is set out on the product page, and the plans and their limits are on pricing.
CPR across the EU
Frequently asked questions
For cement, concrete, insulation, steel and reinforcement for construction, doors, windows, coatings, membranes, plaster, cables and kits — as well as used and 3D-printed construction products.
The Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC) is the digital successor to the old DoP. It is the foundation of the CE marking and the data backbone of the construction DPP.
The CPR is applicable from 8 January 2026. The GWP declaration begins by family in line with the updated standards; the mandatory DPP arrives from around 2029 (cement) through 2030–2031 (doors, windows). Penalties on environmental declarations apply from around 8 January 2027.
From 8 January 2026, tied to the updated harmonised standards by product family (concrete, steel and insulation come first). Full environmental life-cycle reporting arrives by 2032.
The carbon footprint data (GWP) that the CPR requires overlaps with the carbon data for CBAM (in force from 1 January 2026). You calculate the figure once and use it for both.
Start collecting EPD/GWP data for their products, build processes for the DoPC and plan integration with their systems. The best move is to choose a reliable partner for CPR and ESPR compliance.
Clay masonry units (bricks, blocks) fall under EN 771-1; clay roof tiles under EN 1304. In the CPR Working Plan 2026–2029 (COM(2025) 772) family 17 “Masonry” is a priority: a standardisation request is expected in Q1 2027, while the delivery date of the revised standard and the date it becomes mandatory are not yet set. Family 22 “Roof coverings” (incl. tiles) is further back — request in 2028. So today there is no DPP obligation for bricks or tiles; realistically it arrives after 2029–2030, following a delegated act for the family. What applies now: the DoPC (successor to the DoP) and the GWP declaration once the revised standard is cited. The demo passport of a clay block on the “DPP for construction materials” page shows the data that will be required.
Both, with a clear boundary. The platform collects, structures and publishes the data — DoPC, declared characteristics, EPD, substances, instructions — as a passport in 24 languages, keeps the templates current when the regulation changes at no extra cost, and maintains the audit trail. We do not calculate or verify carbon footprints: GWP and EPD to EN 15804 are prepared by an LCA specialist and verified by a third party — we take the finished declaration and work with your existing DoPs, test reports and certificates. If you have no EPD, we say so at the start and point you to where to get one, rather than promising that software will replace it.
From us: the published passport, with the declaration-of-performance data in structured fields, the audit log (who changed what and when) and the version history — every publish creates a new version. Your responsibility under the CPR is the accuracy of the declared data — characteristics, tests, GWP — and that the passport matches the product you place on the market. Ours is the platform: availability, data integrity, format to EN 18216–18223, the audit trail. Everything you enter is reachable through the REST API, and every published passport carries its data as JSON-LD. You can also export all your data at any time in open formats.
