As part of the revised rules – adopted in April - buildings professionals will need to disclose the global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings on energy performance certificates, using a calculation measure drawn from Level(s). The updated rules will come into effect from 2028, for new buildings with a useful floor [...]

The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1681 of 6 March 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing classes of performance in relation to the resistance to fire of construction products was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on [...]

The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1399 of 10 November 2023 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of solid wood panelling and cladding with regard to their reaction to fire and amending Decision 2006/213/EC, was published in the Official Journal of the EU L 2024/1399 on the 22nd of May [...]

The Commission has officially extended anti-dumping measures on imports of birch plywood from Russia to imports from Kazakhstan and Turkey. The extension follows an investigation which concluded that EU anti-dumping duties on imports of birch plywood from Russia were being circumvented by imports transhipped from Russia to Kazakhstan and Turkey, [...]

The European Commission (‘the Commission’) has received a complaint pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (‘the basic Regulation’), alleging that imports of multilayered [...]

Source: European Commission (JRC)   The report emphasizes the importance of standardisation in promoting circular construction and the circular economy. It discusses the need for future standardisation and pre-normative research for circular construction in terminology, metrology, such as indicators, performance characterisation, compatibility and operability assessments.  Several opportunities for synergies are [...]

Source: European Labour Authority The European labour market is tightening, in spite of slower economic growth. Many companies are now competing for workers. Sectors such as construction and engineering crafts, healthcare and ICT occupations are among the most affected. These are some of the insights of the sixth edition of [...]

Priority question for written answer  P-000819/2024 to the Commission Rule 138 Alexander Bernhuber (PPE) 1. The Commission president publicly announced the aim to reduce administrative burdens for farmers where possible. When and in which way will the planned massive additional administrative burdens, costs and restrictions for farmers and forest owners [...]

Information from the Finnish delegation, on behalf of the Austrian, Finnish, Slovenian and Swedish delegations, and supported by the Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Romanian and Slovak delegations. Extract: "The European Commission and its new work programme will play a key role in promoting the EU's [...]

The Commission has adopted an amendment to the 2023-24 Work Programme of Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. The amendment mobilises previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget by nearly €1.4 billion to a total of €7.3 billion. This amendment includes an investment of nearly [...]