. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/23 
27 February 2012  
 (12-1111) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Lifts and safety 
components for lifts. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a  
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of 
the Member States relating to making availabl e on the market of lifts and safety components 
for lifts (COM(2011)770) (116 pages, in  English, French and Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  This Commission proposal concerns  the alignment of the current 
European legislation on lifts and it safety components to the provisions of the New 
Legislative Framework, in part icular to Decision No 768/2008/EC.  The proposal is part of a 
package of 9 European Directives to be aligned to the New Legislative Framework.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety. Protec tion of consumers and free movement of goods 
on the European Union market.  G/TBT/N/EU/23 
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  8. Relevant documents:   European Parliament and Counc il Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 
1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Me mber States relating to lifts (OJ L 213, 
7.9.1995, p. 1-32) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:1995:213:0001:0031:EN:PDF  
Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parlia ment and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a 
common framework for the marketing of pr oducts, and repealing Council Decision 
93/465/EEC (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 82 -128) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2008:218:0082:0128:EN:PDF  
Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 
setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the 
marketing of products and repealing Regu lation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, 
p. 30-47) (New Legislative Framework) (Notified under reference G/TBT/N/EEC/152) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2008:218:0030:0047:EN:PDF  
New Legislative Framework for ma rketing of products - website 
"http://ec.europa.eu/enterpris e/policies/single-m arket-goods/regulat ory-policies-common-
rules-for-products/new-legis lative-framework/index_en.htm " 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of 2012  
20 days after the date of publication in the Official Journal of the EU. Applicable 2 years 
after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
and at 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0770:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0770:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0770:FIN:ES:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_0750_00_e.pdf