From Construction Products Regulation to Model Administrative Provision on Technical Building Rules
Background and new provisions for masonry construction
Judgment C-100/13 delivered by the European Court of Justice on October 16, 2014 required the German building code legislation to be completely redesigned in order to conform to the EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The Model Building Code (Musterbauordnung; MBO) was revised, and the established system of building regulations lists (Bauregellisten), lists of technical building rules (Listen Technischer Baubestimmungen), general technical approvals (allgemeine bauaufsichtliche Zulassungen, abZ) etc. was replaced or amended, respectively, by a Specimen Administrative Provision on...
