Industrial | Monthly bulletin | March 2020

Heavy Industries

Regulatory news

Europe – Construction products

Regulation proposals

The below table summarises the most recent regulation proposals made to the European Commission (Non-exhaustive):

Notification number	Countries	Title
2020/23/S	Sweden	Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning regulations amending the Board’s building regulations (2011:6) – regulations and general advice, BBR The amendments to Section 5 on fire protection have been made in order to provide up-to-date references for standards and to maintain the safety level of sprinkler systems The aim of the amendments to Section 9 is to tighten up the requirements for energy performance of buildings and to better reflect sustainability in heating. The aim is also to implement Directive 2010/31 on the energy performance of buildings, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/844 and to adapt the regulations on energy conservation to a proposed amendment in the Planning and Building Ordinance (2011:338)

Publications about Construction Products by European Commission

Below you will find a table summarising some recent publications in the Official Journal of the European Union relating to construction products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.

Drafts supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
Date	Reference	Title
12-08-2019	C/2019/2031	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1342 of 14 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing classes of performance in relation to air permeability for rooflights of plastics and glass and roof hatches

Europe/International – Machinery

Standards updates

The below table summarises the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC/CEN) have to be withdrawn.

CENELEC/CEN
Reference	Title	*Date of Withdrawal ()**	Supersedes
EN ISO 28927-1:2019	Hand-held portable power tools - Test methods for evaluation of vibration emission - Part 1: Angle and vertical grinders (ISO 28927-1:2019)	2020-06-30	EN ISO 28927-1:2009/A1:2017 EN ISO 28927-1:2009