Date: 18thApril 2023

Date: 18thApril 2023 Subject: recommendations for an environmentally ambitious Construction Products Regulation (CPR) To Ministry representatives in the Council Cc Environment & Energy attachés The signatories of this letter call on you to support ambitious environmental provisions for construction products in the revised Construction Products Regulation (CPR). [...] Considering that the most effective way to bring down embodied carbon in buildings is through materials, the CPR represents the main legislative instrument to supply decarbonised, circular and toxic-free construction materials to the EU market. [...] Moreover, acknowledging that circularity and the effective use of secondary materials is a key pillar towards decarbonisation, a revised CPR is a critical opportunity to bridge the gap between fragmented product and waste legislation to deliver on the joint objectives of the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan. [...] • the revision of all standards not compliant with the performance-based approach of the CPR or posing barriers to competition (as in the case of cement). [...] Mandatory EU-Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for construction products must be swiftly developed: the public sector is in a key position to influence and support the decarbonization of the construction industry, accounting for 40 to 60% of purchase and 20-30% of revenues of some of the most energy intensive construction industries (i.e.