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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.12
27June1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2474)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from the
delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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Inaccordance withArticle 15.2oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade (TBT),
andconsidering thedecision oftheTBTCommittee of14July1995 concerning theStatement on
Implementation andAdministration ascontained indocument G/TBT/1/Rev.3 of28March 1996,
onbehalf oftheEuropean Community, Ihavethehonour totransmit thefollowing information
concerning themeasures taken bytheEuropean community inimplementing theAgreement. A
description oftheEuropean System inthefieldoftechnical rules isannexed tothepresent
statement.
1. TheCouncil decision 94/800/EC of22December 1994 isthebasic lawinaccordance with
which theEuropean Community bothapproved andformally undertook theobligations ofthe
Agreement. Thisdecision ispublished intheOfficial Journal No.L336 dated 23December 1994.
2. Notices ofpreparation ofcommunity lawrelevant fortheAgreement shallbepublished in
theOfficial Journal oftheEuropean communities, Cseries. After adoption, thetextsofall
technical regulations andconformity assessment procedures oftheEuropean community willalso
bepublished intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities Lseries.
3. Theexpected length oftimeallowed bytheCommunity anditsMember States for
comments inwriting shallgenerally be60days.
4. Theoverall responsibility fortheimplementation andadministration ofthe
TBTAgreement lieswiththeCommission oftheEuropean Communities. ATBTEnquiry Point
hasbeensetupintheEuropean commission. Enquiry Points havealsobeensetupinMember
States. AllEnquiry Points arefullyoperational.
5. Intheharmonized areacovered byCommunity legislation, theECEnquiry Point is
responsible forgiving information about technical regulations, standards andconformity
assessment procedures under Article 10.TheECEnquiry Point isalsoresponsible forthe
notification oftherelevant Community technical regulations andconformity assessment
procedures.
6. Inthenon-harmonized areacovered onlybynational legislation, Member States Enquiry
Points provide information under Article 10.Member States authorities alsodirectly notify
proposed regulations totheWTO secretariat. Aslocalgovernment andnon-governmental bodiesG/TBT/2/Add.12
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fallunder theregulatory competence oftheMember State onwhose territory theyaresituated,
obligations provided forbytheAgreement inrespect ofthese bodies arecarried outbythe
Member States, including notifications under Articles 3.2and7.2where applicable. Given thata
procedure ofnotification ofnational technical legislations already exists within theEuropean
Community, theMember States areinaposition tofulfil theirobligations onnotifications in
conformity withtheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade.
7. Inbothareas,theECEnquiry Point isresponsible fortheimplementation ofthe
subsequent steps under thenotification procedures. Asaconsequence, comments bythird
countries onaproposed regulation notified byaMember State authority havetobeaddressed to
thisauthority andtotheECEnquiry Point. Replies toanysuchcomments willbegiven bythe
ECEnquiry Point.
8. Concerning bilateral ormultilateral agreements inthefieldofstandards, technical
regulations andconformity assessment procedures, notification aremade bytheEuropean
Commission.
Theaddress oftheECTBTEnquiry Point isasfollows:
ECTBTEnquiry Point
DGIII/A/1
7thfloor, office 128
RuedelaScience 15
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Telephone: +(322) 295.54.29
Telefax: +(322) 296.16.64
+(322) 296.67.56
Telex: 21877 COMEU B.
9. With regard toEuropean Standardizing Bodies, thefollowing bodies haveaccepted the
Code ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards, inAnnex 3to
theAgreement:
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Sophia-Antipolis
BP52
F-06564 Valbonne Cedex
France
European Committee forStandardization (CEN)
Central Secretariat
36,ruedeStassart
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Details areincluded inthenotification ofacceptance ofthese bodies under paragraph C
Annex 3oftheAgreement.G/TBT/2/Add.12
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10. Theusual timeperiod allowing forcomments ondraftstandards shallbe60days.
11. Thelistofadopted European Standards aswellasthelistofdraftEuropean Standards
submitted topublic enquiry arepublished intheBulletin oftheEuropean Standards Organizations.
12. Themeasures taken bytheMembers States oftheEuropean Community forthe
application oftheTBTAgreement areasfollows:
AUSTRIA
I. Enquiry Point
Bundesministerium fürWirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten
(Federal Ministry forEconomic Affairs)
Abteilung 1/6
Stubenring 1
A-1011 Wien
Telephone: +43.1/71.100, ext.5452
Fax: +43.1/715.96.51
Telex: (047) 111780 regeb aor111145 regeb aor112240 regeb a
E-mail Address: X400G=Gabriela; S=Habermayer; O=BMWA;
A=ADA; C=AT
Internet: Gabriela.Habermayer@BMwa.Bwa.ADA AT
BELGIUM
I. Publications
Technical regulations orstandards andprocedures forassessment ofconformity are
published inthefollowing Belgian publications:
IBN/BIN revue
TheBelgian Official Journal: Belgish Staatsblad/Moniteur belge
Theexistence ofdrafttechnical regulations isalsocommunicated totheeffective members
ofIBN/BIN asAIB-Vin çotte. Bureau Veritas. Fabrimetal, FEBIAC; theFood andAgriculture
Association, theconstruction sector. They communicate, ontheirturnthese drafts totheir
members andintheirtechnical literature andprofessional journals. Theexistence ofdraft
technical standards isalsocommunicated totheaffiliated members ofIBN/BIN, likefirms,
factories, research offices, architectural offices, universities.
Astotheprocedures forassessment ofconformity thisinformation is,nexttothe
IBN/BIN revue andBelgian Official Journal, published intheprofessional journals ofthe
certification bodies, theinspection agencies andtheBelgian competent ministries.G/TBT/2/Add.12
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II. Enquiry Point
CIBELNOR
Institute Belge deNormalisation/Belgish Instituut voorNormalisatie
Avenue delaBraban çonne, 29
1000 Bruxelles
Telephone: +(322)73801.11
Fax: +(322)733.42.64
Telex: 23877 benor b
III. Notifications
Cibelnor isresponsible forthenotification ofBelgian draftregulations, thedistribution of
those oftheother Members, aswellasgathering ofcomments.
IV. Local government bodies
TheBelgian communities andregions willalsonotify theirdraftregulations through
CIBELNOR.
DENMARK
I. Publications
Draft technical regulations, standards andconformity assessment procedures arepublished
intheshape ofashort notice inthejournal Dansk Standard.
II. Enquiry Point
Dansk Standard
(Danish Standard Association)
Kollegievej, 6
DK-2920 Charlottenland
Telephone: +45/39.96.61.01
Fax: +45/39.96.61.02
E-mail: Dansk.Standard@ds.dk
III. Notifications
Danish Agency forDevelopment ofIndustry andTrade
Tagensvej 137
2200 Kobenhavn N
Telephone: +45/35.86.86.86
Fax: +45/35.86.86.87G/TBT/2/Add.12
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IV. Local government bodies
Asfarasregulations adopted bylocalandcountry authorities andinstitutions are
concerned, information andnotification procedures takeplace through thecentral government.
V. Standardizing bodies thathave accepted theCode ofGood Practice
TheDansk Standard (Danish Standard Association) hasaccepted theCode ofGood
Practice.
FINLAND
I. Publications
Draft technical regulations, standards andprocedures forassessment ofconformity are
published inthe"SFS Information newsletter".
II. Enquiry Point
Finnish Standards Association SFS
P.O.Box116
FIN-00241 Helsinki
Telephone: +358.0/149.9331
Fax: +358.0/146.4925
III. Notifications
Ministry ofTrade andIndustry
P.O.Box230
FIN-00171 Helsinki
Telephone: +358.0/1601
Fax: +358.0/160.3666
IV. Local government bodies
They havenospecific functions under theTBTAgreement.
V. Standardizing Bodies thathave accepted theCode ofGood Practice
Finnish Standards Association SFShasaccepted theCode ofGood Practice.
FRANCE
I. Publications
Technical regulations, standards andprocedures forassessment ofconformity are
published intheJournal Officiel delaRépublique Française.G/TBT/2/Add.12
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II. Enquiry Point
Association FrançaisedeNormalisation (AFNOR)
Centre d'Information surlesNormes etRéglements Techniques (CINORTECH)
Tour Europe, Cedex 07
F-92049 Paris laDéfense
Telephone: +(331)42.91.56.69
Fax: +(331)42.91.56.56
Telex: 611974afnor f
Apart from assuming thetasks mentioned inArticle 10oftheTBTAgreement.
AFNOR/CINORTECH informs economic operators andadministrations onnotifications byother
Members.
III. Notifications
Ministère del'Industrie delaPoste etdesTélécommunications
Délégation interministérielle auxnormes
RueMonge, 22
Telephone: +(331)43195144
Fax: +(331)43195044
IV. Local government bodies
They arenotentitled toadopt technical regulations.
V. Standardizing bodies thathave accepted theCode ofGood Practice
TheAssociation françaisedeNormalisation (AFNOR) hasaccepted theCode ofGood
Practice.
GERMANY
I. Publications
Technical rules areadopted bythefederal State orbytheLänder. Technical rules
adopted intheform oflawsorregulations arepublished respectively intheBundesgesetzblatt or
intheappropriate Landesgesetzblatt .
Standards arepublished intheDIN-Anzeiger fürtechnische Regeln by:
Deutsches Institut fürNormung (DIN)
(German Institute forStandardization)
Burggrafenstrasse, 6
10787 Berlin
Telephone: +(4930)26010
Fax: +(4930)26011231G/TBT/2/Add.12
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Electrotechnical Standards arepublished by:
VDE-Verlag
Bismarckstrasse 33
10625 Berlin
Telephone: +(4930)348.00.10
Fax: +(4930)341.70.93
II. Enquiry point
Deutsches Informationszentrum fürtechnische Regeln (DITR)
(German Information Centre forTechnical regulations)
Postfach 1107, Burggrafenstr. 6
10787 Berlin
Tel: +(4930)26012600
Fax: +(4930)2628125
TheDITR hasbeenestablished bytheDIN. Itisthecentral body which provides
information about technical regulations, standards andconformity assessment procedures inforce
inGermany.
III. Notifications
Bundesministerium fürWirtschaft
Referat VA2
Villemombler Strasse 76
53107 Bonn
Telephone: +(49228)615.21.78/22.28
Telefax: +(49228)615.34.30
IV. Standardizing Bodies thathave accepted theCode ofGood Practice
TheDeutsches Institut fürNormung (DIN) hasaccepted theCode ofGood Practice.
GREECE
I. Publications
Thetextsoftechnical regulations andstandards orprocedures forassessment of
conformity arepublished intheGreek Official Journal: Governmental Sheet.
II. Enquiry Point
Hellenic Organization forStandardization (ELOT)
Information Centre forStandards andTechnical Regulations
313Acharnon St.
GR11145 AthensG/TBT/2/Add.12
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Telephone: +(301)20198.90
Fax: +(301)20207.76
Telex: 2196.21 ELOT GR
E-Mail: eem@elot.gr
IRELAND
I. Publications
Anynotices orinformation regarding national standards, technical regulations or
conformity assessment procedures arepublished intheGovernment Publication IrisOifigiuil and
intheNSAI Standards Bulletin.
II. Enquiry Point
(a) Fortechnical regulations:
EU/WTO Division
Department ofTourism andTrade
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Telephone: +(353) 1662.14.44
Fax: +(353) 1676.61.54
(b) Forstandards:
Standards Development
National Standards Authority ofIreland
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Telephone: +(353)1807.38.00
Fax: +(353)1807.38.38
ITALY
I. Publications
Technical regulations arepublished intheItalian official journal: Gazzetta Ufficiale della
Repubblica.
II. Enquiry point
(a) Fortechnical regulations:
Consiglio Nazionale delleRicerche (CNR)
Ufficio Trasferimento Innovazione, brevetti, normativa tecnica (Stibnot)
ViaTiburtina, 770
00159 -RomaG/TBT/2/Add.12
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Telephone: +(396)40758.26
Fax: +(396)49932440
e-mail: Utibnot @IRMRETI.CED.RM.CNR.IT
(b) Forstandards (except electricity andelectronics):
EnteNazionale Italiano diUnificazione (UNI)
ViaBattistotti Sassi, 11:b
20153 -Milano
Telephone: +(392)700241
Fax: +(392)70106106
e-mail: Presidenza @UNI.UNICEI.IT
(c) Forstandards forelectricity andelectronics:
Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (CEI)
Viale Monza, 259
20126 -Milano
Telephone: +(392)257731
Fax: +(392)25773201
e-mail: Camagni @CEIUNI.IT
III. Notifications
Ministero dell'Industria, delCommercio edell'Artigianato (MICA -DGPI)
(Ministry ofIndustry, Trade andCraftwork)
Divisione XIX
ViaMolise, 19
I-00187 ROMA
Telephone: +(396)47052669
Fax: +(396)47887748
e-mail: Min.Ind.Isp. Tecnico @agora.stm.it
IV. Standardizing bodies thathave accepted theCode ofGood Practice
TheEnteNazionale Italiano diUnificazione (UNI) and
Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (CEI) haveaccepted theCode ofGood Practice.
LUXEMBOURG
I. Publications
Technical regulations, standards andconformity assessment procedures arepublished in
theLuxembourg 'sOfficial Journal: "Mémorial".G/TBT/2/Add.12
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II. Enquiry Point
Inspection dutravail etdesMines (ITM)
RueZithe 26
Boîte postale 27
L-2010 Luxembourg
Telephone: +352/478.61.50
Fax: +352/491.447
THE NETHERLANDS
I. Publications
Notices ofpreparation oftechnical regulations, standards andconformity assessment
procedures arepublished inthe"Staatscourant". Thesame publication isusedforthetexts
adopted.
II. Enquiry Point
(a) Article 10,paragraph 1.1:
Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
Central Service forImports andExports (CDIU)
Engelse Kamp 2
P.O.Box30003
NL-9700 RDGroningen
Telephone: +31.50/5239.178 /275
Fax: +31.50/5239.219
TheCDIU isresponsible fortheimplementation ofregulations inthefieldofinternational
trade andalsoforinformation ontechnical regulations, including notifications.
(b) Article 10,paragraph 1.2:
Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI)
(Dutch Standardization Institute)
P.O.Box5059
NL-2600 GBDelft
Telephone: +31.15/690.255
Fax: +31.15/690.130
(c) Article 10,paragraph 1.3:
Raad voorAccreditatie
(Council forAccreditation)
P.O.Box2768
NL-3500 GTUtrechtG/TBT/2/Add.12
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Telephone: +31.30/2894.500
Fax: +31.30/2394.539
III. Notifications
Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
Foreign Economic Relations
P.O.Box20101
NL-2500 ECDenHaag
Telephone: +31.70/3796.289
Fax: +31.70/3797.221
IV. Standardizing Bodies thathave accepted theCode ofGood Practice
Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI)
(Dutch Standardization Institute)
P.O.Box5059
NL-2600 GBDelft
Telephone: +31.15/690.255
Fax: +31.15/690.130
PORTUGAL
I. Publications
Technical regulations, standards andprocedures forassessment ofconformity are
published inthePortuguese Official Journal: "Diario deRepublica".
II. Enquiry Point
Instituto Portuguès daQualidade
(Portuguese Institute forQuality)
RuaCàAvenida dosTrèsVales
P-2825 Monte deCaparica
Telephone: +351.1/294.8100
Fax: +351.1/294.8101 /8222 /8223
E-mail Address: X400: C=PT;A=MAILPAC; P=GTW-MS;
O=IPQ.OU 1=IPQM; S=PINCDCP
Internet: PINCDCP@IPQM.IPQ.GTW-MS.MAILPAC.PTG/TBT/2/Add.12
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SPAIN
I. Publications
Technical regulations orstandards andprocedures forassessment ofconformity adopted
bythecentral government arepublished intheBoletin Oficial delEstado .Those adopted bythe
Autonomous Communities arepublished intherespective Boletines delasCommunidades
Autonomas.
II. Enquiry point
(a) Fortechnical regulations:
Ministerio deComercio yTurismo
Dirección General deComercio Exterior
Subdirección General deControl, Inspección yNormalizacción deComercio Exterior
Paseo delaCastellana, 162,6aplanta
28071 Madrid
Telephone: +(341)34937.70/349 37.54 or34937.64
Fax: +(341)34937.77 or349.37.40
(b) Forstandards:
Asociación Espanola deNormalización yCertificación (AENOR)
Fernandez delaHoz, 52
28010 Madrid
Telephone: +(341)31048.51
Fax: +(341)3104976
III. Notifications
TheMinisterio deComercio yTurismo istheauthority responsible fornotifications. The
Comisión Interministerial paralasNegociaciones enlaOrganización Mundial deComercio,
created bytheRealDecreto 295/95 de24defebrero de1995, isincharge, among other things,
ofthecoordination oftheactivities fortheimplementation oftheTBTAgreement.
SWEDEN
I. Publications
Notifications concerning proposals fortechnical regulations andconformity assessment
procedures arepublished in"NOTNYTT" (Notification News) oftheNational Board ofTrade and
in"Exportnytt" (Export News) oftheSwedish Export council.
Adopted Swedish regulations appear intheSwedish Code ofStatutes (Laws and
Government Ordinances) andinthestatute-books oftherespective government authorities. Titles
ofproposed andadopted Swedish standards arepublished inSvenska remisser &NyEuropesiskG/TBT/2/Add.12
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Standard (Swedish Proposals forComments andnewEuropean Standards) andNySvensk
Standard (New Swedish Standards).
II. Enquiry Point
(a) Article 10.1:
National Board ofTrade
WTO -TBTEnquiry Point
Kommerskollegium
Box1209
S-11182 Stockholm
Telephone: +(468)79105.00
Fax: +(468)24.67.39
(b) Article 10.3:
SISService AB
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Box6455
S-11382 Stockholm
Telephone: +(468)610.30.00
Fax: +(468)30.77.57
III. Notifications
TheNational Board ofTrade istheauthority responsible fornotifications.
IV. Local government bodies
They donotissue technical regulations. TheNational Board ofTrade hasissued new
implementing regulations ontechnical rules withfurther details concerning theapplication ofthe
Ordinance onTechnical Rules (1994: 1290) asamended byOrdinance (1995: 1022). Since
15August 1995 theBoards implementing regulations 5KFS 1995:5, KK:2) apply. This
legislations setsoutwhatthenational authorities havetoobserve inconnection withthe
preparation oftechnical rules. Italsoregulates theinterplay between these authorities andthe
notifying authority, theNational Board ofTrade, asregards interaliaconsultation andthe
provision ofinformation induetimeinorder tofulfil international notification obligations.G/TBT/2/Add.12
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UNITED KINGDOM
I. Publications
Information about draftstandards arepublished inBSIUpdate which isissued with
BSINews bythe:
British Standards Institution (BSI)
389Chiswick High Road
London W44AL
II. Enquiry Point
(a) Article 10.1:
WTO Section
Department ofTrade andIndustry
Room 360
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
Telephone: +(44171)215.45.11
Fax: +(44171)215.45.12
(b) Article 10.3:
BSIInformation Centre
389Chiswick High Road
London W44AL
United Kingdom
Telephone: +(44181)996.71.11
Fax: +(44181)996.70.48
III. Local government bodies
They arenotresponsible forpreparing oradopting technical regulations, standards or
conformity assessment procedures.G/TBT/2/Add.12
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ANNEX
European System intheField ofTechnical Rules
Thisannex hasbeenprovided tofacilitate theunderstanding ofthefunctioning ofthe
European system inthefieldoftechnical rules. Generally, adistinction hastobemade between
regulatory provisions adopted bypublic authorities which arebinding, andvoluntary instruments,
suchasstandards adopted byindependent standards organizations, which remain voluntary.
I. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
Asregards mandatory technical rules, whether theycover technical specifications orrelate
totesting andcertification, including administrative procedures, there areseveral instruments to
avoid technical barriers totrade.
A. Harmonized areacovered bycommunity legislation
Inthisareatwodifferent legislative techniques arebeing followed. Under thetechnical
harmonization directives oftheoldapproach ,theprotection requirements withregard tosafety,
health, environmental protection orother legitimate objectives oftheCommunity aresetbypublic
authorities eveniftheywould imply detailed regulation. Thedirectives based onthenew
approach andtheglobal approach establish theessential requirements withregard toproducts as
wellastheappropriate conformity assessment procedures, leaving flexibility tothemarket as
regards technical solutions tomeetthese requirements. Theprotection levelsetupusing both
techniques represents theminimum thatmanufacturers must fulfil inorder tobeabletoplace their
products ontheCommunity market andatthesame timethemaximum thatcanberequired bythe
market surveillance authorities oftheMember States.
B. Non-harmonized areacovered bynational legislation
Inthisfield, noCommunity legislation exists andMember States areresponsible fortheir
respective national regulatory policies, provided theycomply withCommunity law.
Asregards drafttechnical regulations, directive 83/189/EEC of28/3/831obliges Member
States tonotify them totheCommission which communicates these drafts totheother Member
States; thisprocedure allows theCommission andtheMember States toidentify potential trade
barriers within theinternal market andtoreact, ifnecessary, inorder totaketheappropriate steps
toavoid thecreation oftrade barriers. Asregards existing regulations, which maydiffer
according toMember States, theprinciple ofmutual recognition hasbeendeveloped and
established onthebasis ofArticles 30to36oftheECTreaty. Thismeans thatproducts legally
marketed inoneMember State can,inprinciple, freely circulate throughout thewhole
European Community.
Inaddition, Decision 3052/95/EC provides that,asof1January 1997, anyMember State
hastonotify theCommission ofmeasures preventing orrestricting thefreemovement ofamodel
ortypeofproduct which hasnevertheless beenproduced ormarketed inanother Member State.
1O.J.E.C. nL109, 26/4/83, Directive atlastamended byDirective 94/10/EEC of23/3/94 (O.J.E.C. nL100, 19/4/94)G/TBT/2/Add.12
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Thekindofmeasures tobenotified arethose which would directly orindirectly impose ageneral
ban,arefusal togrant anauthorization, arequirement tomodify themodel ortypeofproduct ora
withdrawal from themarket. Thisnewinstrument should prove tobeauseful complement tothe
other means ofdetecting andremoving possible remaining barriers totrade ingoods within the
single market.
II. STANDARDS
Under therules oftheEuropean standards organizations CEN CENELEC andETSI,
European standards havetobetransposed intonational standards andconflicting national
standards havetobewithdrawn, thusbringing about aneffective harmonization throughout the
Community. Inaddition, Directive 83/189/EEC obliges national standards organizations tonotify
toeachother newwork items. Onthatbasis national standardizing bodies mayaskforEuropean
standards tobedeveloped instead ofthenational standard, oraskfortheiractive orpassive
participation inthenational activities.
Invarious areas, theCommunity hasrecourse toEuropean standards inorder tofacilitate
heimplementation ofthese policies. Oneexample ofrecourse tostandards areNewapproach
Directives which onlysetoutessential requirements forproducts. With aviewtopresenting
technical solutions tomeetsuchessential requirements, NewApproach Directives foresee the
possibility ofEuropean standards benefit from apresumption ofconformity withthemandatory
essential requirements. However, theuseofsuchstandards remains voluntary; different technical
solutions canalways bepresented tomeettheessential requirements.
European standards organizations haveastrong record inimplementing international
standards andhaveconcluded cooperation agreements withtheirinternational counterparts.
III. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
Conformity assessment procedures ofamandatory nature arecontained intechnical
legislation which inmost cases either describe theapplicable conformity assessment procedures
directly ordefine thechoice ofpossible conformity assessment procedures. Community technical
harmonization directives based ontheprinciple oftheNewApproach from 1990 onwards indicate
which specific procedures areapplicable outofthedifferent modules laiddown intheModule
Decision (80/683/EEC of13/12/902,repealed andreplaced by93/465/EEC of22/7/933).
According tothetypeofrisk,avariety ofmodules havebeenestablished ranging from internal
production control (simple manufacturer 'sdeclaration) overtypeexamination toqualify assurance
techniques. Thecompliance withallobligations applicable toaspecific product grants therightof
affixing theCEmarking tothisproduct.
Asregards testing andcertification inthevoluntary field, theCommission andthe
European standards organizations havesetuptheEuropean Organization forTesting and
Certification (EOTC). Thisisanumbrella organization under which interested parties can
conclude mutual recognition agreements. Participation inthese voluntary agreements isopenalso
tocompanies inthirdcountries.
2O.J.E.C. nL380, 31/12/90
3O.J.E.C. nL220, 30/8/93