The gap after the Ü

There is no longer any room for the German mark of conformity, the so-called Ü-Zeichen, on construction ­products that already bear the European CE mark. This is what the European Union demands for the purpose of free movement of goods. Affected are, among others, the “harmonized construction products” precast concrete elements and prefabricated reinforced components of lightweight aggregate concrete.

The judgment of the European Court of Judgment in Case C-100/13 and the subsequent changes in lists A and B of the Bauregellisten, the list of building regulations of the German Institute for...

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