The European Technical Assessment (ETA) was put in place by the Construction Product Regulation (EU regulation no. 305/2011). European Technical Assessments are gradually replacing European Technical Approvals. Valid European Technical Approvals can be used by manufacturers as European Technical Assessments to draft the Declaration of Performance and obtain CE marking of compliant products.
The European Technical Assessment is issued by a technical assessment body, upon the request of a manufacturer, on the basis of a European assessment document prepared in advance. If this European assessment document exists, the technical assessment body uses it as a benchmark to produce the European Technical Assessment. Otherwise, in coordination with the other authorized technical assessment bodies, it must first prepare this European assessment document. This document is drafted and adopted by the EOTA – the European Organisation for Technical Assessment.
Mandatory or voluntary assessment?
Applying for a European Technical Assessment is a voluntary procedure, required to draft a Declaration of Performance and to obtain CE marking on a product not covered or not completely covered by a harmonized European standard.
European Technical Approval Guidelines and European Assessment Documents
European Technical Approval Guidelines (ETAG) and European Assessment Documents (EAD) are available on the EOTA website (European Organisation for Technical Assessment).
Applying for a European Technical Assessment
The manufacturer identifies the essential characteristics that it wishes to indicate in its Declaration of Performance and as part of its CE marking. It agrees with the technical assessment body on the scope of its application and on the contractual conditions, and, where applicable, identifies any confidential data.
It compiles a technical file that includes at minimum the following elements: precise technical definition of the product, its intended use(s), the manufacturing principle(s), control over the constancy of performance and demonstrations of the performance levels being declared.
The technical assessment body assesses all of these elements, as well as any additional demonstration elements that are provided as evidence: tests, calculations, etc. It then drafts an assessment report.
Depending on the results obtained, it issues a European Technical Assessment corresponding to the product for the intended use(s).
Contact the expert by product family
Anchor and fastener |
Gabs Alexandre alexandre.gabs@cstb.fr |
Anouk Minon |
Minon Anouk etancheite@cstb.fr |
Cement panels for internal partitions |
Prat Etienne etienne.prat@cstb.fr |
Cladding |
WIATT Lucie bardage.rapporte@cstb.fr |
Dowels for structural joints |
Gabs Alexandre alexandre.gabs@cstb.fr |
Elastomeric hose fittings |
Lakel Abdel nantes_clients@cstb.fr |
External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems with rendering on insulation |
Martin Adrien etics@cstb.fr |
Fire protection products and fire sealing products |
Al Mansouri Omar omar.almansouri@cstb.fr |
Flashing application in waterproofing sealing solution |
Minon Anouk etancheite@cstb.fr |
Glazing guardrail kit |
Mokrani Youcef facade.legere@cstb.fr |
Insulating material made of cellulose fibres |
Cherkaoui Hafiane hafiane.cherkaoui@cstb.fr |
Insulation |
Cherkaoui Hafiane hafiane.cherkaoui@cstb.fr |
Kit for frame construction |
Payet Loïc loic.payet@cstb.fr |
Liquid applied roof waterproofing kits |
Minon Anouk etancheite@cstb.fr |
Lucie WIATT |
WIATT Lucie bardage.rapporte@cstb.fr |
Modular building |
Morand Elodie elodie.morand@cstb.fr |
Partition kits |
Prat Etienne etienne.prat@cstb.fr |
Reflective product intended for the thermal insulation of buildings |
Cherkaoui Hafiane hafiane.cherkaoui@cstb.fr |
Reinforcement embedment |
Gabs Alexandre alexandre.gabs@cstb.fr |
Shuttering kits |
Morand Élodie elodie.morand@cstb.fr |
Special cements |
Boutin François francois.boutin@cstb.fr |
Waste water systems |
Lakel Abdel nantes_clients@cstb.fr |
Watertight covering kit for damp rooms |
Fau Gilbert gilbert.fau@cstb.fr |
Wood engineering products |
Payet Loïc loic.payet@cstb.fr |
Wooden structure |
Payet Loïc loic.payet@cstb.fr |
Wooden structure fasteners |
Payet Loïc loic.payet@cstb.fr |
Youcef Mokrani |
Mokrani Youcef facade.legere@cstb.fr |
Youcef Mokrani |
Mokrani Youcef facade.legere@cstb.fr |