Baustoffliste ÖE
In the table below, both the current Building Materials List ÖE and the “Introductory Remarks” are available for download. These “Introductory remarks” serve to explain current changes as well as the legal status and functioning of the Construction Materials List ÖE. They are not part of the ordinance and are therefore not legally binding.
As the ordinance refers to the implementation regulation of the respective federal state, a separate ordinance was created for each federal state, consisting of the text of the ordinance and the list of construction products. The 5th edition of the Building Materials List ÖE came into force for Vienna on April 15, 2019 and for the other federal states on March 15, 2019.
You can also find the archive of the repealed ordinances on the ÖE list of building materials here.
About Baustoffliste ÖE
The Baustoffliste ÖE regulates the use of CE-marked construction products in Austria through application rules and performance requirements, expressed in classes, levels, or performance descriptions depending on the intended use. It enables authorities, planners, and users to align the applicability of these construction products with the legal requirements for buildings.
The regulations of the Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering (OIB) on the Baustoffliste ÖE are published as a special issue of the OIB communications and are available for download on the OIB website.
Publication of Baustoffliste ÖE and transition periods
The legally binding publication of the Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering (OIB) regulations on the Baustoffliste ÖE is carried out for each federal state in accordance with the respective publication rules.
The transitional period for mandatory CE marking of construction products listed in the Baustoffliste ÖE does not depend on the entry into force of the Baustoffliste ÖE, but on the coexistence period specified in the Official Journal of the Union for the respective harmonised European product standard (hEN). This is the period during which a harmonised standard and, therefore, CE marking, are already applicable but not yet mandatory. The same applies to the transition from one published version of the hEN to the next.
Standards that have not been published cannot be used for CE marking. This was the case in recent years, when the publication of hENs had almost completely come to a halt.
