The acronym CPR stands for Construction Products Regulation. It is a European regulation EU 305/2011, fully applicable since July 2013 and mandatory for cables (EN 50575) since July 2017 and which establishes the basic requirements and harmonized essential characteristics that all products intended for construction must comply with the scope of application in the EU.
Cables are the only electrical products classed as construction products, so the regulation applies to cables used in fixed installations. Power, telecommunications, data and control cables are included. Those cables intended for the connection of devices or internal wiring of electrical equipment or devices are expressly excluded.
The cables affected by this regulation must be marked with the CE mark and their reaction-to-fire class.
