Concrete Europe
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Concrete Europe ASBL, is a European association incorporated as a non-profit association under Belgian law. Its objective is to study and promote all aspects of concrete for construction. Concrete Europe aims to promote concrete as the material of choice providing building solutions for sustainable development and sustainable construction. Concrete Europe's members are: - BIBM - European Federation for Precast Concrete - Cement Europe – The European Cement Association - EFCA – European Federation of Concrete Admixtures Associations - ERMCO – European Ready Mixed Concrete Organisation - Aggregates Europe (associate member) - EUPAVE - European Concrete Paving Association (associate member)
EU Legislative Interests
Construction Products Regulation (CPR); CPR acquis for concrete; Digital Product Passport (DPP); Building information modeling (BIM); Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD); Whole Life Carbon; Environmental Product Declarations; Global Warming Potential (GWP); Carbon Removals; New European Bauhaus; Taxonomy; Circular Economy; Fire Safety Engineering; Eurocodes.
Communication Activities
- Antwerp Declaration 1st anniversary - Concrete Dialogue (26 June 2025)visit to Holcim Obourg GO4ZERO plant - Concrete Europe common event on Housing at “Le Louise Hotel”, Brussels (12 June) - Delegation visit to the Biennale d’Archittetura di Venezia (September) - Position paper on Affordable and Sustainable Housing - Co-signatory of Aggregates Europe’s Compliance position paper on REACH and recycled aggregates - Input to the following EC studies, call for evidence & consultations: • Carbon Removals • End of Waste Mineral CDW • Bioeconomy • Public procurement • EU Taxonomy • Circular Economy Act • Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative • Housing Plan & Construction Strategy • Adaptation • Heating & Cooling • New European Bauhaus • EU Taxonomy Delegated Act • Public Procurement • Wood methodology - Meetings with EC DG GROW in charge of Construction Strategy & DG ENER/DG CLIMA/DG GROW in charge of the EPBD implementation/WLC - Carbon Accounting for Building Materials – An Assessment of Global Warming Potential of Biobased Construction Products' study by LBP SIGHT – communications campaign
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
- CPE - Construction Products Europe - FSEU - Fire Safe Europe - CSC - Concrete Sustainability Council
Organisation Members
BIBM - European Federation for Precast Concrete Cement Europe – The European Cement Association EFCA – European Federation of Concrete Admixtures Associations ERMCO – European Ready Mixed Concrete Organisation Aggregates Europe EUPAVE - European Concrete Paving Association
Additional Information
Concrete Europe is a platform made up of six European associations and as such has no direct employees. It is represented by the members of its Board in the Parliament and the Commission for promotional activities from time to time, but this is not remunerated.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.