G/TBT/N/EU/542  
 
16 February 2018  
(18-1009) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applica ble, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Products 
covered by Union harmonisation legislation, according to the Annex to the proposed 
Regulation  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the not ified document: Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules and 
procedures for compliance with and enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation on 
products and amending Regulations (EU) No 305/2011, (EU) No 5 28/2012, (EU) 
2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426 and (EU) 2017/1369 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, and Directives 2004/42/EC, 2009/48/EC, 2010/35/EU, 
2013/29/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/28/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 
2014/32/EU, 20 14/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 
2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Co uncil (COM(2017) 795 final) 
(86 pages + Annex 7 pages, in English, French and Spanish)   
6. Description of content: This draft Regulation concerns: rules and procedures for the 
provision of compliance information for the products in scope, a framework for market 
surveillance of such products and a framework for controls on such products entering the 
Union market.  
7. Objective and rationale,  including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To improve the compliance and enforcement of existing product requirements 
providing a high level of protection of public interests such as health and safety in general, 
health and safety in the wo rkplace, the protection of consumers, protection of the 
environment and security. Evaluation has found that current compliance and enforcement 
is not sufficient.  G/TBT/N/EU/542  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  Existing framework for the market surveillance of products and 
controls on products from third countries in Chapter III of Regulation 765/2008: 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/l egal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32008R0765    
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  March 2019. Application as of 1 January 2020  
10. Final date for comments: 90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1516889103260&uri=CELEX:52017PC0795  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_0877_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_0877_01_e.pdf