The EN Eurocodes are a series of 10 European Standards, EN 1990 - EN 1999, providing a common approach for the design of buildings and other civil engineering works and construction products. They are the recommended reference for technical specifications in public contracts.
The next generation of the Eurocodes, the second generation, will be published by 2026.
During the plenary meeting of CEN/TC 250 “Structural Eurocodes” (17-18 November 2022), the successful completion of M/515 EN – European Commission Mandate for amending existing Eurocodes and extending the scope of structural Eurocodes, was announced
Within the EU construction ecosystem, road and railway tunnels take an important share of the European infrastructure market, playing a central role in securing business continuity and supporting fast connections, especially for emergency services
Eurocodes ongoing adoption in Malaysia is supporting ASEAN's strong growth and climate resilience in the construction sector
CEN/TC 250 Sub-committees have prepared slide decks to give an overview of the evolution of the Eurocodes for their second generation. A slide deck is available for each Eurocode, covering all its parts and a separate slide deck describes the horizontal issues.
- Expected implications of climate change on the corrosion of structure
- Thermal design of structures and the changing climate
- State of harmonised use of the Eurocodes
Download a set of slides providing an overview of each Eurocode evolution into the second generation
Explore the documents with complete worked examples on specific parts of structural and geotechnical design with the Eurocodes.
The JRC is responsible for the maintenance, development and use of the Database with the Eurocodes Nationally Determined Parameters (NDPs Database) adopted in the countries applying the EN Eurocodes.
The JRC administrates the centralised Eurocodes Helpdesk that provides a link between users of the Eurocodes, National Standardisation Bodies and CEN/TC250.
Many countries outside EU-EFTA have shown interest or have already adopted the Eurocodes. The JRC is collecting and managing the information on the Eurocodes worldwide status and presents such information in a map that is regularly updated.
There is a considerable interest in the use of EN Eurocodes outside EU
