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| 30.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 132/27 |
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30.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 132/27

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STATISTICS RELATING TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS NOTIFIED IN 2007 UNDER THE DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC PROCEDURE

STATISTICS RELATING TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS NOTIFIED IN 2007 UNDER THE DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC PROCEDURE

Information supplied by the Commission in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (1)

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(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 132/07)

I.   Types of reactions sent to EC Member States regarding the drafts notified by each of them

| Member State | Notifications | Observations (2) | Detailed Opinions (3) | Proposals for Community Acts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member State | COM | EFTA (4) | TR (5) | Member State | COM | 9(3) (6) | 9(4) (7) |
| Belgium | 48 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 38 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 83 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Estonia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 35 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| France | 58 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 63 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 48 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 50 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 64 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 51 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| EU Total | 710 | 167 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 66 | 7 | 4 |

Member State

Notifications

Observations (2)

2

Detailed Opinions (3)

3

Proposals for Community Acts

Member State

COM

EFTA (4)

4

TR (5)

5

Member State

COM

9(3) (6)

6

9(4) (7)

7

Belgium

48

7

10

0

0

2

3

1

0

Bulgaria

4

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

Czech Republic

24

13

4

0

0

1

3

1

1

Denmark

38

15

4

0

0

1

4

0

0

Germany

83

17

27

0

0

5

5

2

1

Estonia

11

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ireland

14

6

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Greece

4

0

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

Spain

35

9

8

0

0

1

4

1

0

France

58

17

12

0

0

3

10

2

2

Italy

20

6

4

0

0

4

4

0

0

Cyprus

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Latvia

8

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

Lithuania

6

3

3

0

0

1

2

0

0

Luxembourg

2

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

Hungary

12

2

3

0

0

1

0

0

0

Malta

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Netherlands

63

11

9

0

0

5

3

0

0

Austria

48

3

5

0

0

0

1

0

0

Poland

50

22

6

0

0

7

10

0

0

Portugal

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Romania

5

0

2

0

0

1

3

0

0

Slovenia

8

3

3

0

0

1

2

0

0

Slovakia

12

4

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

Finland

39

11

2

0

0

4

0

0

0

Sweden

64

8

13

0

0

0

1

0

0

United Kingdom

51

6

8

0

0

1

3

0

0

EU Total

EU Total

710

710

167

167

136

136

0

0

0

0

39

39

66

66

7

7

4

4

II.   Breakdown by sector of drafts notified by EU Member States

| Sector | BE | BG | CZ | CY | DK | DE | EE | IE | GR | ES | FR | IT | LV | LT | LU | HU | MT | NL | AT | PL | PT | RO | SI | SK | FI | SE | UK | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Building and construction | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 145 |
| Foodstuffs and agricultural products | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 111 |
| Chemicals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Domestic and leisure equipment | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| Machinery | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Energy, ores, wood | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Environment, packaging | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 64 |
| Health, medical equipment | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Transport | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 71 |
| Telecommunications | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 81 |
| Miscellaneous products | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Information society services | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 |
| Total per Member State | 48 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 83 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 63 | 48 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 64 | 51 | 710 |

Sector

BE

BG

CZ

CY

DK

DE

EE

IE

GR

ES

FR

IT

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

Total

Total

Building and construction

1

2

8

0

5

24

1

2

1

3

8

2

0

1

1

3

0

2

33

0

1

1

1

5

32

8

0

145

145

Foodstuffs and agricultural products

4

0

8

0

6

5

1

1

0

5

21

7

1

1

0

1

0

16

0

5

0

0

2

2

1

11

13

111

111

Chemicals

7

0

1

0

4

1

0

0

0

1

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

4

0

30

30

Pharmaceuticals

0

0

1

0

0

4

0

6

0

0

2

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

3

2

23

23

Domestic and leisure equipment

2

1

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

4

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

5

7

31

31

Machinery

3

1

0

0

0

0

5

1

0

6

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

4

0

25

2

0

1

1

1

0

1

55

55

Energy, ores, wood

7

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

1

2

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

26

26

Environment, packaging

16

0

0

0

2

6

1

1

0

2

3

0

3

0

0

1

0

11

0

9

0

1

2

2

0

2

2

64

64

Health, medical equipment

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

7

7

Transport

2

0

3

0

9

4

0

2

1

3

4

0

0

0

0

3

0

2

2

1

0

0

0

1

0

19

15

71

71

Telecommunications

2

0

0

0

4

29

1

1

2

8

9

0

0

2

1

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

1

0

1

3

8

81

81

Miscellaneous products

2

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

2

0

3

0

0

1

0

10

2

1

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

29

29

Information society services

0

0

1

0

7

1

0

0

0

0

3

4

0

1

0

0

0

6

4

4

0

0

0

0

0

5

1

37

37

Total per Member State

Total per Member State

48

48

4

4

24

24

0

0

38

38

83

83

11

11

14

14

4

4

35

35

58

58

20

20

8

8

6

6

2

2

12

12

0

0

63

63

48

48

50

50

3

3

5

5

8

8

12

12

39

39

64

64

51

51

710

710

III.   Observations relating to drafts notified by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9)

8

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| Country | Notifications | EC Observations (10) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Iceland | 6 | 2 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 3 |
| Norway | 21 | 5 |
| Total | 40 | 10 |

Country

Notifications

EC Observations (10)

10

Iceland

6

2

Liechtenstein

1

0

Switzerland

12

3

Norway

21

5

Total

Total

40

40

10

10

IV.   Breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Liechtenstein Iceland, Norway and Switzerland

| Sector | Iceland | Liechtenstein | Norway | Switzerland | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Building and construction | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Foodstuffs and agricultural products | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Chemicals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Domestic and leisure equipment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Machinery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Energy, ores, wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Environment, packaging | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Information society services | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Transport | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Telecommunications | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Miscellaneous products | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Total per country | 6 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 40 |

Sector

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Switzerland

Total

Total

Building and construction

0

1

1

0

2

2

Foodstuffs and agricultural products

2

0

4

4

10

10

Chemicals

0

0

2

0

2

2

Pharmaceuticals

0

0

1

0

1

1

Domestic and leisure equipment

1

0

0

0

1

1

Machinery

0

0

2

1

3

3

Energy, ores, wood

1

0

0

1

2

2

Environment, packaging

0

0

1

2

3

3

Information society services

0

0

2

0

2

2

Transport

0

0

5

0

5

5

Telecommunications

0

0

1

3

4

4

Miscellaneous products

2

0

2

1

5

5

Total per country

Total per country

6

6

21

21

12

12

1

1

40

40

V.   Drafts notified by Turkey and comments on these drafts

| Turkey | Notifications | EC Comments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total | 2 | 1 |

Turkey

Notifications

EC Comments

Total

Total

2

2

1

1

VI.   Distribution by sector of drafts notified by Turkey

| Sectors | Turkey |
| --- | --- |
| Building and construction | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 |
| Total | 2 |

Sectors

Turkey

Building and construction

1

Machinery

1

Total

Total

2

2

VII.   Statistics on infringement procedures ongoing in 2007 and initiated under Article 226 of the EC Treaty against national technical regulations adopted in breach of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC

| Country | Number |
| --- | --- |
| Italy | 5 |
| France | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| EU Total | 9 |

Country

Number

Italy

5

France

2

Germany

2

EU Total

EU Total

9

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(1)  Directive 98/34/EC (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37) consolidates Council Directive 83/189/EEC, as amended principally by Directives 88/182/EEC and 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Directive 98/34/EC was amended by Directive 98/48/EC (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18) which broadened its scope to include information society services. This came into effect on 5 August 1999.

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(2)  Article 8(2) of the Directive.

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(3)  Article 9(2) of the Directive (‘detailed opinion ... to the effect that the envisaged measure may create obstacles to the free movement of goods or services or to freedom of establishment of service operators within the internal market’).

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(4)  On the basis of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the EFTA countries contracting parties to this Agreement apply Directive 98/34/EC adapted as necessary in accordance with Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1, and may thus issue observations relating to drafts notified by Member States of the Community. Switzerland may also issue such observations on the basis of an informal agreement for the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations.

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(5)  The 98/34 procedure was extended to Turkey in the context of the Association Agreement concluded with that country (Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687)) and Decisions No 1/95 and No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council.

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(6)  Article 9(3) of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone the adoption of a notified draft (except for draft regulations concerning services) for twelve months from receipt by the Commission if the latter announces its intention to propose or adopt a Directive, Regulation, or Decision on the matter.

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(7)  Article 9(4)of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone the adoption of a notified draft for twelve months from the receipt by the Commission if the latter announces its finding that the draft concerns a matter which is covered by a proposal for a Directive, Regulation or Decision presented to the Council.

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(8)  The Agreement on the European Economic Area (see note 4) requires EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement to notify draft technical regulations to the Commission.

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(9)  On the basis of the informal agreement for the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations (see note 4), Switzerland forwards its draft technical regulations to the Commission.

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(10)  The only type of Community reaction provided for by the Agreement on the European Economic Area (see notes 4 and 7) is the facility to issue observations (Article 8(2) of Directive 98/34/EC as in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of reaction may be issued in respect of Swiss notifications on the basis of the informal agreement between the Community and Switzerland (see notes 4 and 8).

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