Bottom line:
CE-CPR (Construction Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011) requires construction products to declare performance according to harmonised standards (hEN) or a European Technical Assessment (ETA) and to issue a DoP Declaration of Performance; the AVCP system 1+/1/2+/3/4 determines the depth of Notified Body (NB) involvement, with a typical lead time of 20–60 working days.
Five key checkpoints
1. Classification — What to confirm: Whether the product falls within the scope of the regulation; Common problems: Treating non-applicable as applicable, or vice versa
2. Standards — What to confirm: Whether the referenced standard version is current; Common problems: Using withdrawn versions
3. Documentation — What to confirm: Whether the technical file is complete and traceable; Common problems: Only reports, no TCF
4. Testing — What to confirm: Whether sample condition matches shipping condition; Common problems: Testing with engineering prototypes
5. Certification — What to confirm: Whether certificate information matches customs clearance documents; Common problems: Inconsistent product names and model designations
Lead time and cost reference Reference lead time 20–60 working days, reference cost 1,000–80,000 RMB. The above are public industry ranges; actual figures are subject to engineer assessment and body scheduling.
The most easily overlooked point Writing the DoP as a brochure — the DoP is a statutory declaration document and must list item by item the performance levels required by the harmonised standard; it cannot simply state "high quality" or "meets standards".
The takeaway:
The success of CE-CPR Construction Products Regulation certification usually lies not in testing, but in "applicability determination" and "documentation consistency".
These notes come from project records; the answer for a specific product still depends on its construction.
Prepared by the Shuwang certification engineering team from live project records.
Service boundary: Shuwang Certification Platform is an export certification solution provider. It does not perform testing and is not a certification body. Testing described on this page is carried out by partner laboratories accredited to CNAS/CMA or ISO/IEC 17025; certificates are issued by EU Notified Bodies or by the authorised bodies of the destination country. Lead times and cost ranges are public industry references and depend on engineer assessment and body scheduling.