Key changes

The second generation of the Eurocodes incorporates improvements to the existing suite and extends its scope. The new suite will ensure the standards remain fully up to date through embracing new methods, new materials, and new regulatory and market requirements, namely:

Promoting further harmonisation and improving the practical use of Eurocodes for day-to-day calculations (ease-of-use);
Introducing requirements for the assessment, re-use and retrofitting of existing structures;
Strengthening of requirements for robustness;
Developing a new Eurocode on structural glass;
Advancing pre-normative work on fibre-polymer composite structures (FRP), tensioned membrane structures, and respective CEN technical Specifications.

Denton, 2022, Eurocodes Awareness Workshop Cambodia

What is new in the 2G: The Second-generation Eurocodes Workshop (online, 3-5 June 2025)

In June 2025, the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) organised an online event to promote the upcoming publication of the second generation Eurocodes and support their implementation in the EU Member States.

The workshop presented the key potential benefits and changes of the second generation Eurocodes, with implementation/design examples for all the second generation EN Eurocodes and the new Technical Specifications on design of fibre-polymer composite and tensioned membrane structures.

The presentations and examples were provided by the Subcommittees and Working Groups of CEN Technical Committee 250 'Structural Eurocodes'.

The presentations and the report of the 2025 Second-generation Eurocodes Workshop are available at the event page on this website.

What is new in the 2G: Eurocodes conference, Berlin, 24 May 2023

In May 2023, the key developments in the 2G Eurocodes were presented first-hand by the chairman of CEN/TC 250 and the chairs of the subcommittees, during the DIBt Eurocode conference "The second generation Eurocodes: what is new and why?"

The conference recording is available at this link.

The speakers' presentations are available at the event page on this website.