Any supply of the (individual) construction product for the first time within the UK Market for distribution or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge.

NB: Every product or batch of products (that is, every window or every package / truckload of bricks) is placed on the market individually. The fact that similar products have been marketed before, does not change this. Therefore, manufacturers have to draw up a Declaration of Performance (DoP) and affix the CE marking pursuant to the UK STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2020 No. 1359 Construction Products Regulation 2011 (retained EU law EUR 305/2011) as amended by the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 for all the products entering the market, even if similar products had been commercialised before this date.

These digits refer to the year that these kinds of products were made available on the market for the first time and therefore they will remain unchanged over the years as long as the performance of the product has not changed.

The declared performance of the product is expected to be achieved under the condition that the product is correctly installed. This is particularly relevant for products, which are sold as a kit in order to be installed in the final construction work.

Therefore, the role of the installation manual or installation instructions, which are to be provided by the manufacturer, is very important to ensure the correct installation of the product.

The DoP can be stored on a website but this should be linked to the UKCA Marking. If requested you must be able to supply this as a paper document.

No – To be able to declare performance there have to be a certificate issued by an UK Approved Body in own name.