The European Concrete Platform (ECP) welcomes this initiative aiming to promote environmentally friendly buildings. However, we question the decision to pursue such an aim via the Ecolabel Regulation (66/2010). The Ecolabel Regulation applies to “goods or services which are supplied for distribution, consumption or use on the Community market”, which clearly does not include complex structures such as buildings. The work being developed by the Joint Research Centre on office buildings is to be supported, but decoupling this work from the Ecolabel Regulation would allow for the development of criteria which are better suited to buildings, as opposed to products or services. Essential requirements for construction products are being addressed by the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) and its Basic Requirements for Construction Works.
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