CRH plc

The EU regulatory fragmentation is most evident on product certifications in the water sector, where each Member State maintains its own national approval system. CRH calls on the EU commission to develop EU-wide common standards for stormwater and wastewater products. The EU priority must be the harmonization of the different national product certifications into an EU single one. The current fragmentation of water-related standards and product certifications across EU Member States is a significant barrier to the industrialisation of water-related activities, impairs the EU single market and harms to the competitiveness of the EU companies in the sector.

CRH follows EU activities and initiatives connected to construction, construction-related standards (e.g. CE marking), climate change policies, energy (including energy efficiency in buildings), the circular economy and European Green Deal (e.g. Waste Framework Directive), environmental regulation, waste policy, water policy, innovation, sustainable finance and construction, renovation wave and industrial strategy, mobility, Multiannual Financial Framework.