Fields of Activity

Market surveillence ensures that harmonised construction products placed on the market and traded freely in the EU single market

• comply with the EU harmonisation legislation (Construction Products Regulation, CPR),
• are supplied with a declaration of performance or a declaration of performance and conformity , CE marking and related documentation as set out in the CPR and
• do not present a serious risk

Market surveillance does not investigate into the use of harmonised construction products.

The DIBt Market Surveillance Section acts as the joint market surveillance authority of the German federal states with regard to harmonised construction products. Responsibilities include:

• uniform testing and evaluation of construction products, commissioning expert opinions and tests
• carrying out market surveillance procedures which the market surveillance authorities of the federal states have delegated to DIBt, taking appropriate action, imposing sanctions
• co-ordinating the market surveillance activities of the federal states
• providing expertise to the federal states with regard to market surveillance for harmonised construction products (including related to drafting the sector-specific market surveillance strategy, developing implementation provisions and training)
• notifying construction products 'presenting a serious risk' via the EU rapid alert system Safety Gate
• representing the federal states in the European Administrative Cooperation Group – Construction Products Regulation (AdCo CPR), which brings together the market surveillance authorities from the EU Member States
• collaborating with the market surveillance authorities from other EU Member States and third countries within the framework of the AdCo CPR
• participating in joint market surveillance initiatives and in the European Information and Communication System for Market Surveillance (ICSMS)
• representing the federal states in the national cross-sector coordination forum for market surveillance (DMÜF)

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