. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/22 
27 February 2012  
 (12-1110) 
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):  Explosives (HS: 3601, 
3602, 3603). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a Directive 
of the European Parliament and of the C ouncil on the harmonisation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to the making available on the market and supervision of explosives 
for civil uses (COM(2011) 771) (86 pages, in En glish, French and Spanish 86 English, French 
and Spanish 
6. Description of content:  This proposed Directive is a recast of Directive 93/15/EC to align it 
to Decision No 768/2008/EC establishing a common framework for the marketing of 
products.  
The changes made to the provisions of Council Directive 93/15/EEC concern: the definitions, 
the obligations of economic operators, the presumption of conformity provided by 
harmonised standards, the declaration of c onformity, CE marking, notified bodies, the 
safeguard clause procedure and the conformity assessm ent procedures. 
The proposal does not change the scope of C ouncil Directive 93/15/EEC and the essential 
safety requirements.  It is part  of a package of 9 European Dire ctives to be aligned to the New 
Legislative Framework. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
align the current Directive, which is aimed at  protection of human health and safety, to 
Decision No 768/2008/EC.   G/TBT/N/EU/22 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 93/15/EEC of 5 April 1993 on the harmonization of 
the provisions relating to the placing on the ma rket and supervision of explosives for civil 
uses (OJ L 121, 15.5.1993, p. 20-36) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:1993:121:0020:0036: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 repe aling Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 
30-47) (New Legislative Framework) (No tified 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 from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption 
approx.). 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:2011:0771:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0771:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0771:FIN:ES:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_0749_00_e.pdf