2021/0717/NL
EC/EFTA
NL Pays-Bas
  • B00 - CONSTRUCTION
2022-02-16
2021-11-22

This amendment identifies a new version of the Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings and civil engineering works.

Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations amending the 2012 Building Decree Regulationand the Environmental Regulations in identifying the current version of the Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings and civil engineering works (Grond-, Weg- en Waterbouw (GWW): ground construction, road construction and hydraulic engineering).

The change in the Determination method shows how many reused products and materials are utilized and how well the structure is designed to be demolished circularly in the future. A previous amendment identifying a new version of the Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings and civil engineering works has also been notified in point 10 of this form. The amendment of Article 3.1 of the 2012 Building Decree Regulation and Annex II of the Environmental Regulations can possibly include technical amendments.

In short, the following four amendments are implemented:
a) Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings works, version 1.0 (July 2020): adaptation of some calculation rules in the Determination Method to increase the visibility of circular measures in data exports;
b) Amendment (1 October 2020) to the Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings works, version 1.0: updating of several protocols to substantiate the extension of the fixed lifespan of construction works and for the application of recycling/re-use after demolition;
c) Amendment (1 February 2021) to the Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings works, version 1.0: adaptation of some underlying files in the Environmental Database itself so that more types of environmental data relating to construction products can be included in the Environmental Database;
d) Amendment (1 October 2021) to the Determination Method for determining the environmental performance of buildings works, version 1.0: updating and clarifying of some administrative rules and definitions.
A provision on mutual recognition is included in Article 1.3 of the Environmental Regulations and Article 3.1 of the 2012 Building Decree.