G/TBT/N/ITA/27  
 
16 July 2015  
(15-3648)  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: ITALY 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Ministero dello sviluppo economico 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
Ministry for Economic Development 
General Directorate for Market, Competition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Standardization Division XIII – Technical Standardization and Security and Compliance Products 00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53 
Tel. ++39 06 4705.5430 
E-mail: tbt.Italia@mise.gov.it  / vincenzo.correggia@mise.gov.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Electro-mechanical 
devices used by beauticians 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft decree of the 
Minister for Economic Development in conjunction with the Minister for Health setting out amendments to Ministerial De cree No 110 of 12 May 2011 on the implementing regulations 
of Article 10.1 of Law 1 of 4 January 1990 on Electro-Mechanical Devices Used by 
Beauticians (43 pages, in Italian)  
6. Description of content: The draft decree consists of two articles and two annexes. The 
two articles order the replacement of Annexes 1 and 2 to Interministerial Decree No 110 of 
11 May 2011 with the corresponding Annexes 1 and 2, which constitute an integral part of 
the notified provision.  
 Annex 1 contains a list of electro-mechanical devices used by beauticians (annex 
to Law 1 of 4 January 1990), accompanied by the corresponding references to the 
related implementing regulation sheets. 
 Annex 2 consists of a general premise and the set of technical information sheets 
setting out the dynamic technical characteristics, regulatory mechanisms, implementing methods and precautions to be taken during use of the electro-
mechanical beauty-treatment devices. G/TBT/N/ITA/27 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Adoption of the notified provision, which entails the replacement of Annexes 1 
and 2 to Interministerial Decree No 110 of 12 May 2011, is necessary in order to give 
effect to the Judgment of the Council of St ate (No 1417/2014), which, by annulling some 
parts of said Interministerial Regulation No 110 of 2011, determined the need to adjust 
the contents of Annex 2 both in relation to an additional update of the list of devices 
attached to Law 1/1990 and to new technical and scientific acquisitions.  
8. Relevant documents: References to basic texts: Law No 1 of 4 January 1990 
9. Proposed date of adoption: September 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: September 2015   
10. Final date for comments: 24 August 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministry for Economic Development 
General Directorate for Market, Competition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Standardization 
Division XIII – Technical Standardization and Security and Compliance Products 00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53 
Tel.: +39 06 4705.5430 
E-mail: tbt.Italia@mise.gov.it  / vincenzo.correggia@mise.gov.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
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