1 Scope
This document provides an overview of:
current requirements in the European Union and in individual European states to address
sustainability in the field of construction works where bitumens and bituminous binders
are used;
the requirements of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on environmental sustainability and analyses the implications for bitumens and bituminous
binders;
existing horizontal standard EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 related to core rules for the product category of construction products and assesses
if it can be used without any additional documents for bitumen and bituminous binders;
status of draft standards developed for specific complementary product category rules by CEN/TC 154, CEN/TC 227, CEN/TC 254 and any other relevant TCs, and assesses if
these drafts could require any additional documents specific for bitumens and bituminous
binders;
other relevant documents.
This document is intended to provide support to CEN/TC 336 for assessing the need
for any further standardizati...