In addition, technical standards that are being developed under the Construction Products Regulation will significantly reduce the need for multiple testing procedures by developing EU-wide standards.

Chapter 16, Construction products, of Annex 1 should be amended, in a first step, to reflect the adoption of the Construction Products Regulation by the European Union, and, until the adoption of Swiss equivalent legislation, to enable the Parties during an interim period to grant mutual acceptance of conformity assessment results showing compliance with the Construction Products Regulation; once Swiss legislation equivalent with the Construction Products Regulation is adopted, the Parties shall replace this amendment with a subsequent one reflecting the adoption of both the ...[+++] Construction Products Regulation and the revised equivalent Swiss legislation.

The European Union has adopted a new Regulation on construction products (2) (hereinafter the ‘Construction Products Regulation’);

5 are in the gas sector (EU support worth €210 million) and 4 are in the electricity sector (EU support worth €53 million). 3 relate to construction works (€236 million) and 6 to studies (€27 million).

In view of the magnitude of the subsidy margins found and in the light of the level of the injury caused to the Union industry, it is considered necessary that the amounts secured by way of the provisional countervailing duty, imposed by the provisional Regulation be definitively collected to the extent of the amount of the definitive duties imposed.

Recognizing that, in accordance with the rule of national treatment, migrants from other EFTA States or from EC Member States will be required to comply with Icelandic building regulations and that a breach of those regulations may lead to professional disciplinary measures and/or criminal prosecution;