COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 108 final 
Brussels, 5 April 1991 
REPORT ON THE OPERATION 
OF DIRECTIVE 83/189/EEC IN 1988 AND 1989 
(PREVENTION OF TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE) 
(presented by the Commission) 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
PAGE 
I . I nt roduct ion 5 
II. Information procedure for standards 6 
1 . I ntroductIon 6 
2. Concise description of the procedure 6 
3. Operation of the Information procedure 
in 1988 and 1989 7 
4. Quality of the notifications received from 
the national standardization Institutions 10 
5. Exploitation of Information from the 
procedure 11 
6. Standardization of requests and monitoring 
of the status quo 13 
7. Improvement of the information procedure on 
standardization activities 14 
8. Conclusion 16 
III. Information procedure in the field of technical 17 
reguI at ions 
1. Genera I 18 
2. Notifications from the Member States 18 
3. Urgency clause 19 
4. The Commission's reaction to notified draft 
technical regulations 21 
5. Reactions by Member States to notified 
draft technical regulations 24 
6. Standing Committee 25 
7. Handling of infringements 26 
8. Conclusion 27 
Stat l stIcaI annex 
Table I.a Breakdown of the number of new 
standardization projects started in 1S8B 
CEN/CENELEC members which also belong te tua 
E.C. 
Table l.b Breakdown of the number of new 
standardization projects started In 1989 
CEN/CENELEC members which also belong to the 
E.C. 
Table I I.a Breakdown by country of the new 
standardization projects started at national 
level in 1988 
Table I l.b Breakdown by country of the new 
standardization projects started at national 
level In 1989 
Table I I I.a The ten most important sub-sectors for 
national standardization In 1989 
Table I Il.b The ten most important sub-sectors for 
national standardization In 1989 
Table IV. Application of Article 3 (request to be 
involved In national standardization work and 
request for the drawlng-up of a European 
standard) 
Table V.a Standardization work entrusted to CEN and 
CENELEC and approved by the 83/189/EEC 
Committee in the course of 1988 
Table V.b Standardization work entrusted to CEN and 
CENELEC and approved by the 83/189/EEC 
Committee In the course of 1989 
Table VI.a Technical regulations : number of 
notifications by Member State, reaction from 
the Commission and the Member States (1988 
stat I stIcs) 
Table VI.b Technical regulations : number of 
notifications by Member State, reaction from 
the Commission and the Member States (1989 
stat 1st les) 
Table VIl.b. Breakdown of notifications by sector of 
activity (1988 statistics) 
Table VIl.b. Breakdown of notifications by sector of 
activity (1989 statistics) 
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SUMMARY 
Directive 83/189/EEC provides for an Information 
procedure which Is one of the main tools for 
preventing technical barriers to trade. It requires 
draft standards and technical regulations to be 
notified to European standards organizations, to the 
Commission and to the other Member States which are 
capable of suitable follow-up. 
2. A significant increase In work at European level has 
been noted In the field of standardization. Noneless, 
statistics indicate that there Is still a considerable 
amount of work carried out at national level. 
In order to augment transparency the Commission Is 
encouraging European standards bodies to set up a data 
bank of the information arising out of the procedure 
(ESD - European Standard Databanks). 
in its "Green Paper on the development of European 
standardization", which was adopted on 3 October 1990, 
the Commission forwarded several recommendations 
designed to accelerate the preparation of European 
standards covered in the most varied of fields by way 
of better mobilization of European resources. 
This objective together with greater efficiency In the 
operation of the Information procedure calls for 
greater commitment from the members of the CEN and the 
CENELEC. 
3. Technical regulations In 1988 and 1989 confirm the 
sustained increase In the number of notifications that 
have been recorded since 1984. 
However, there has been no noticeable progress in the 
national drafts notified automatically incorporating 
Community law. 
This worrying situation two years out from the 
completion of the internal market prompts the 
Commission to step up Its Information campagne towards 
the Member States. It Is also looking at the prospect 
of a second amendment to Directive 83/189/EEC designed 
to strengthen the procedure. 
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CHAPTER I - IntroductIon 
This report follows up report COM (88) 722 of 8 December 1988 
on the operation of Directive 83/189/EEC(1> laying down a 
procedure for the provision of Information in the field of 
technical regulations and standards (1984-1987). 
It constitutes the Instrument for reporting to Parliament 
provided for under Article II (2) of Directive 83/189/EEC, as 
amended by Article 1 (10) of Directive 88/182 EEC of 22 March 
1988(2) and for reporting to the Economic and Social 
Committee. 
It Is also an expression of the Commission's wish to draw up a 
report on the progress achieved at Community level In the 
field of technical standards and regulations thanks to the 
information procedure laid down by Directive 83/189/EEC. 
In view of the considerable expansion of the field of 
application of the information procedure as a result of the 
amendment to Directive 83/189/EEC by Directive 88/182/EEC, It 
seemed preferable to combine an analysis of 1988 and 1989 to 
provide an initial report of this operation straightaway. 
(1) (OJ N° L 109, 26.04.1983) 
(2) (OJ N° L 81. 26.03.1988) 
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CHAPTER I I - The Information procedure for standards 
1. Int roduct ion 
This chapter deals with the Information procedure for 
standards as laid down in articles 2 to 8 of Directive 
83/189/EEC. 
After a brief recapitulation If the general workings of 
this procedure, this chapter describes the way In which 
It actually worked In 1988 and 1989 and analyses the 
statistics of the notifications received. A special 
section has been devoted to the quality of these 
notifications in view of the Importance of this to all 
potential users. The next two sections describe this use 
and particularly the application of articles 3, 6 and 7 
of the Directive which concern Involvement with national 
standardization activities, standardization requests and 
the monitoring of the status quo respectively. This 
chapter then describes the improvements to the 
Information procedure that are already under way and are 
planned, before drawing conclusions. 
2. Concise description of the procedure 
The Information procedure for standards began in a 
practical way on 1 January 1985 following a period in 
which the human and data processing resources were put in 
place and the working methods defined In detail. Since 
that time, the members of the CEN and CENELEC (Including 
those located In EFTA countries) have been notifying the 
necessary data to CEN/CENELEC's Central Unit (a unit that 
reports to the central CEN and CENELEC secretariats). The 
notifications concern the updating of national 
standardization program as well as new work that has been 
started (cf. Article 2 of Directive), any drafts for 
public inspection (cf. Article 4 of the Directive) and 
any national standard adopted (cf. Article 2 of the 
Directive). The data collected are periodically passed on 
to all CEN and CENELEC members who undertake adequate 
distribution to all interested parties In order to obtain 
appropriate reactions. These date are examined both by 
the competent bodies of CEN/CENELEC (central 
secretariats, programming committees etc.) and by the 
Commission's departments. 
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Participation of the ETSI in the procedure is be I ,; 
dIscussed. 
It should be noted, however, that national technical 
specifications in the field of telecommunications have so 
far been drawn up mainly by way of regulations. They 
therefore come under the "technical regulations" 
notification procedure. 
3. Operation of the Information procedure In 1988 and 1989 
Generally speaking there have been no major changes to 
the mode of operation of the Information procedure for 
standards laid down In Directive 83/189/EEC since 1988, 
except for the addition of data from the ICONE 
(comparative Index of standards In Europe) system for 
collecting Information on published national standards 
which are related to an international of European 
standard. 
A new contract was concluded for 1988 to 1990 between the 
Commission and CEN/CENELEC, chiefly covering the 
following tasks to be carried out by these bodies : 
seeing to the technical operation of the standards 
section of the Information procedure laid down in the 
Directive (INF0PR0 system) ; 
arranging for the collection, processing and 
distribution of the ICONE data ; 
carrying out the gradual technical Integration of 
these two systems. 
The statistics prepared by CEN/CENELEC In their annual 
report give a general picture of the new standardization 
activities notified In 1988 and 1989 to the CEN/CENELEC 
Centra I Un 11. 
The statistics relating to new work*1) begun over a 
given period reflect the latest trends In these 
activities. The latest statistics can be examined from 
three additional angles : 
(1) New work means each new standardization activity in the 
standardization programme and notified on the basis of 
article 2 of Directive 83/180/EEC. 
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the breakdown by section (national, European ana 
International work) and progress in each section ; 
the breakdown by country ; 
the breakdown by sector and sub-sector of activity. 
However, a more detailed analysis carried out by the 
Commission's departments has shown that It is necessary 
to regard CEN/CENELEC's statistics with some caution for 
the following reasons : 
these statistics do not take account of the number of 
new projects notified directly at the stage of public 
I nspectIon. 
Approximately one third of the notifications (I.e. 
1200) received at the public inspection stage In 1989 
had not been notified previously. The number of new 
projects Indicated must therefore be regarded as a 
gross under-estImate ; 
a new activity started at European level may cover a 
much larger field than an activity at national level 
the point at which a new standardization project has 
to be notified is not the same for all CEN/CENELEC 
members. 
Despite this lack of precision, the 
may be made on the basis of tables 
for 1988 and 1989 (see annexes). following statements 
, I I and Ilia and b 
(a) At national level, the number of new projects 
started dropped sharply compared with previous 
years. The ratio of this number to all new projects 
(International, European and national level) 
dropped from 75 % In 1987 to 60 % In 1988 and 43 X 
In 1989. 
However, among these new national projects, the 
predominance of new specific projects over ones 
related to European and/or International standards 
continued (ratio of about 9 to 1 In 1989). 
(b) At European level, the number of activities 
Increased considerably over the last few years. 
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The number of new projects stated at European level 
doubled In 1988 compared with 1987. Furthermore, on 
top of the new projects started In 1988 comes a 
proportion (estimated at 60 %) of the 416 pians for 
new projects from the AECMA (European Association 
of Aerospace Manufacturers) program. Following an 
agreement between the CEN and that body, the 
letter's standardization program has been 
Incorporated Into that of the CEN. 
The Increase In 1988 In the non-electrical field Is 
chiefly due to the fact that ISO standards are now 
being used more regularly as a basis for European 
standards. 
1989 clearly confirmed this development, moving 
from some 800 new European Initiatives to approx. 
1800. It was chiefly In the non-electrical field 
that there was veritable "explosion" of new 
activities started in 1989. 
New European standardization projects as a 
proportion of all new work doubled from year to 
year (from 8 % In 1987 to 16 X in 1988 and approx. 
34 X In 1989). 
(c) At International level, the number of new projects 
started In 1988 and 1989 Increased dramatically (+ 
45 X year on year) due to the sharp rise In IEC 
(International E lectrotechnicaI Commission) 
initiât!ves. 
(d) Comparing the number of new specific projects with 
the number of new European projects the ratio of 9 
to 1 (1987, and mentioned In the previous report on 
the operation of Directive 83/189/EEC) has now 
dropped to approx. 1 to 1. It should however be 
noted that the Improvement In this ratio is largely 
due to the considerable Increase in new European 
projects. 
(e) As far as the breakdown of new national projects by 
Community country Is concerned tables ll a and II b 
show a tendency towards some levé I I Ing-off between 
the major countries. The number of new projects in 
Germany Is declining, in France and Italy It Is 
stabilizing and In the UK it Increased In 1989 
after a drop In 1988. An analysis by field 
(electrical and non-electrical) reveals the same 
trends. In the electrical field, Germany has 
declined by half per year. 
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(f) In five out of ten cases, the sub-sectors with the 
highest number of new activities were the same in 
1989 as In 1988 (see tables Ml a and !H b). it Is 
difficult to compare with 1987 because the 
statistics for these last two years refer to the 
number of new projects started and not to the 
number of notifications received any more=î1^ 
This comparison nonetheless shows the continuing 
dominance of the aerospace, concrete, building and 
textiles sub-sectors. 
4. Quality of the notifications received from the natlona 
standardization institutions 
in December 1989 the Central Unit of the CEN/CENELEC 
prepared a report on the quality of the notifications 
received from the national standardization Institutions. 
The following may be singled out from the range of 
general comments : 
the absence of notifications for specific sectors 
(Including the foodstuffs sector) ; 
no systematic notification of standards being adopted 
(I.e. no updating of standardization programmes) ; 
late notifications, Including notification on drafts 
for public Inspection after the closing date for 
Inspect ion ; 
poor classification by sector and/or sub-sector ; 
Incomplete or erroneous data ; 
translations Into the CEN/CENELEC working languages 
that are Incomplete or of poor quality. 
According to this report, approx. 15 X of national 
notifications require correspondence between the 
CEN/CENELEC Central Unit and the institution involved, 
which Imposes a considerable burden of work on the 
CEN/CENELEC Central Unit. 
(1) Notifications received relate to both new projects 
star ted, 
adopted. started, drafts for public Inspection and standards 
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As mentioned above (para.1), an analysis of the 
notifications received in 1989 has shown that 
approximately one third of the national drafts for public 
Inspection had not been notified previously. In the fifth 
year of operation of the system established by the 
Directive one ought to have been able to expect that all 
drafts that reached the public Inspection stage would 
have been notified previously, so that this figure of one 
third Is unacceptable. 
In 1988/89 a study was carried out, at the request of and 
with flncanclal aid from the Commission, by an outside 
consultant on the operating of the notification procedure 
and on the ways of publishing the information produced by 
this procedure. The second report by this consultant also 
notes that the poor quality of the notifications Is one 
of the major obstacles to the use of the data from the 
Information procedure. CEN/CENELEC has proposed several 
measures on the basis of this report, but these have not 
yet been Implemented. These Include the preparation of a 
guide, the organization of a seminar for the providers of 
data, and a feasibility study on the establishment of a 
quality assurance system. 
It is the Commission's view that these measures are 
necessary but inadequate : responsibility for the quality 
of notifications rests with the national standardization 
Institutions . In the first Instance, It Is for these 
institutions to take short-term action to improve the 
quality of the date communicated. On the basis of the 
ideas in the outside consultant's report, the Commission 
Is examining the need to amend Directive 83/189/EEC if 
this situation does not Improve as a result of these 
measures or In the absence of effective ones. 
Exploitation of Information from the procedure 
At first sight, the situation In 1988 and 1989 was no 
better than In previous years. The outside consultant's 
report confirms that in several countries there has been 
no development in the distribution of the Information 
received under the procedure at national level and that 
no action Is planned by these countries to Improve the 
s I tuatIon. 
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Involvement In national activities and requests for the 
drawlng-up of European standards 
The utilization of the provisions of article 3 of the 
Directive, with a view to ensuring greater convergence in 
standardization activities, Is still marginal. 
Table IV shows that 
the number of comments made by some standards 
institutions on the projects started by others seems 
to have Increased over previous years but remains 
small compared with the number of specific projects 
notified (52 comments out of 2321 notifications In 
1989) ; 
the number of requests for Involvement In other 
members' projects remains low (15 In 1989) ; 
the opportunity to request the drawing up of a 
European standard has hardly been used (one request In 
1989). 
In 1988 the General Assemblies of the CEN and CENELEC 
did, however, adopt the implementing rules of Article 3 
of the Directive on the participation of one Institution 
In the activities planned by another national institution 
(CEN/CENELEC memorandum N° 7 Issued in April 1989). 
A further more positive development is the decision of 
the CENELEC General Assembly in May 1988 to set up a 
stricter notification procedure In order to Increase the 
clarity of electrical engineering standardization. This 
procedure, which is known as "VI Iamoura", specifically 
provides for an automatic three-months status quo period 
In the event that another institution requests 
involvement in the project notified and the systematic 
examination of national drafts with a view to changing 
them Into draft European standards through the respective 
CENELEC procedures. 
After an Initial period It Is now possible to see initial 
benefits of this procedure : up to the end of 1989 the 
CENELEC Technical Office dealt with 124 national 
notifications : 68 were transferred to European level 
whilst 36 other standardization activities are currently 
being carried on In close collaboration with one or more 
other members. 
The Commission recently asked CEN to consider adopting a 
similar procedure. Failure by the European 
standardization bodies to take the Initiative In th s 
area could prompt the Commission to tighten up ths 
procedures laid down in Directive 83/189/EEC. 
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Use of Information at European iovei 
Under the contracts concluded between the Commission and 
CEN and CENELEC, the latter are required systematically 
to process the data provided under the information 
procedure, so as to programme standardization activity at 
European level more effectively. 
There is clear evidence that the programming committees 
set up in previous years are making Increasing use of the 
data provided under the Information procedure and also 
that they are becoming Increasingly active, as 
demonstrated by the frequency of meetings, for example. 
As Indicated above, CENELEC has introduced a procedure 
called "Vilamora" based on the Information procedure laid 
down In the Directive under which completed drafts which 
have been drawn up In collaboration with other CENELEC 
members can be subjected to the adoption procedures as 
finalized draft European standards. 
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systematic way ^o monitor compliance with the standstill 
arrangements dcring the preparation of a European 
standard, as stipulated in Article 7 of this Directive. 
It is now essential to set up within the central unit of 
CEN/CENELEC an effective mechanism for monitoring 
compliance with the standstill arrangements, In view of 
the growing Importance of European standardization 
act Iv I ty . 
Improvement of the Information procedure for 
standardization activities 
In Its last report the Commission recommended to 
CEN/CENELEC several measures which were to be taken in 
order to make the Information procedure for 
standardization activities more efficient. Some progress 
was made In the course of 1988 and 1989 event though the 
Commission cannot yet say that It Is satisfied. 
(a) During 1988 CEN and CENELEC were able to prepare a 
single notification form for draft standards and 
for standards adopted, which has enabled the 
information received to be processed more quickly. 
(b) In 1988 the Commission entered Into a contract with 
the CEN and CENELEC In order to set up an 
integrated system which contains both national 
standards adopted (from drafts already notified) 
and draft standards. The ISIS (Integrated 
Standardization Information System) system, which 
merges the ICONE and INFOPRO systems, was 
Implemented In 1989 with financial backing from the 
Comm i ss ion. 
Having been notified in August 1989 by the 
CEN/CENELEC Central Unit of the fact that 
additional data on national adopted standards had 
not been provided the Commission appealed to 
CEN/CENELEC members to respect their contractual 
obI Igat ions. 
(c) As already mentioned In section 4 above, In 
1988/1989 the Commission financed a major study by 
an outside consultant (choosen via the CEN/CENELEC) 
to examine the potential market for the Information 
on standardization activities. A further aim of 
this study was to propose ways and means of 
improving the dissemination and use of the 
information on standardization activities. The 
study was carried out In four stages, each of which 
has figured In a separate report : 
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technical assessment of the current INFOPRO and ICONE 
system ; 
assessment of current use of the data obtained from 
these two systems ; 
preparation of potential dissemination scenarios from 
the technical, economic and organizational points of 
view ; 
formulation of overall conclusions and 
recommendations. 
These reports were distributed to the members of the 
83/189/EEC Directive Committee and the members of the CEN 
and CENELEC. 
The assessments and potential scenarios were the subject 
of an exchange of views within the 83/189/EEC Directive 
committee, with representatives of the standardization 
Institutions being present. These same subjects were also 
discussed in the CEN/CENELEC working group entrusted with 
monitoring the operation of the information procedure, 
which was attended by Commission representatives. 
The conclusions reached at these various meetings led the 
CEN/CENELEC working group to recommend the following : 
short-term measures ta («prove the quality of the 
data : preparation of a guide, organization of a 
seminar for data providera, study on the establishment 
of a quality eo*tro* unit within the CEN/CiNELEC 
Central Unit ; 
adoption of data processing resources at the 
CEN/CENELEC Central Unit In 1990 In order to Improve 
the clarity of the information to be disseminated by 
Introducing a multi-sector classification and issuing 
monthly records containing only those notifications 
received In the past month (whilst retaining the 
complete program of the standardization institutions 
at the CIN/CENELEC Central Unit) ; 
creation of a bibliographical data base OR 
standardization activities (ESD - European Standards 
Databank) at tho CEN/CiNELEC Central Unit, covering 
the data on draft standards and standards adopted 
among etfcor thln#a. 
This CtN/GtNiLIC working §ro«p worked out guidelines 99 
that It» sab-group (ISP task Foree) can specify the basic 
component parts of tot» If* fataOank In conjunction with 
the eiN/Cttf*ii? Central Vfttt. 
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The CEN/CENELEC Chairmen's group has recently adopted the 
recommendation to set up ESD databank and, among other 
things, has Invited the preparation of an action plan and 
the continuation of work on this subject. 
Cone I us I on 
Analysis of standards notifications reveals both positive 
and negative aspects. 
On the positive side, the Commission regards the 
considerable growth In European activities and the 
general reduction of national activities as a sign of the 
likely trend in the years to come, when standardization 
at European level will be replacing national 
standardization, In certain economic sectors at least. 
On the negative side, this process of transition could 
nevertheless be slowed down, with economic repercussions 
for European Industry, by a lack of commitment on the 
part of CEN and CENELEC members towards making the 
Information procedure operate more efficiently. This Is 
ref I ected by : 
the still mediocre quality of the Information supplied 
by some standards Institutions ; 
the lack of any reaction to most national 
notifications even when they concern economic sectors 
in which standardization at European level would be 
valuabIe ; 
the absence of any systematic monitoring of compliance 
with the status quo obligation pending the preparation 
of European standards. 
On the basis of Its own analysis and that In the outside 
consu I tant s ' report , the Commission Is convinced that 
although the short-term improvement measures that have 
been decided on by CEN/CENELEC are necessary they are not 
sufficient. It Invites CEN/CENELEC members to think of 
other measures that could Improve the efficiency of the 
system. The Commission is In favour, in principle, of the 
general introduction of a compulsory "status quo" system 
for every new activity pending the reactions of other 
countries, as already exists In the procedure Introduced 
by CENELEC. It does not rule out the possibility of 
proposing to the Council a new revision of at least this 
part of Directive 83/189/EEC in the future. 
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The Commission gives Its full backing to the setting up 
of a bibliographical databank on standardization 
activities (ESD - European Standard Databank) which would 
serve all participants as the basis for the preparation 
of other standards Information products Intended for the 
various nationals markets. The Commission urges the 
preparation of a general, realistic action plan covering 
all the aspects of this project as quickly as possible. 
The standards Institutions should be aware that the 
Integration of national data at European level Is the 
only way of satisfying market needs. 
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CHAPTER III- Informatlon procedure In the field of technical 
régulât Ions 
Genera I 
1988 and 1989 should have represented a decisive stage In 
the development of the information procedure In the field 
of technical regulations. In fact, an evaluation of these 
two years reveals many Important innovations. 
First of all there was the adoption and Implementation of 
Directive 88/182/EEC which extends the scope of the 
information procedure to draft technical regulations on 
agricultural products, foodstuffs, medicinal products and 
cosmetics and makes some modifications to the procedure 
that the experience gained In the first four years had 
shown to be desirable. 
Secondly, talks with EFTA began In 1988, and culminated 
on 19 December 1989 in the signing of a cross-over 
agreement between the Community's information system and 
that of this international organization pending 
ratification ; this agreement entered Into force on 1 
November 1990. 
Finally, the contract between the Commission and a 
service provider for cataloguing all texts comprising 
technical regulations adopted by member States without 
prior notification to the competent Community authorities 
at the draft stage in breach of Directive 83/189/EEC, 
came Into force In 1989. 
In the field of management proper, it Is appropriate to 
record the availability In 1989 of the new guide on the 
operation of the Information procedure arising from 
Directive 83/189/EEC. This document details the full 
operation of the information procedure in exhaustive 
fashion : new telex nomenclature (In view, In particular, 
of the coming Into force of Directive 88/182/EEC), 
compilation of the various Standing Committee decisions 
governing the various stages of the procedure (such as 
the criteria for urgency). 
Similarly, since 1989 the translation of the texts of 
notified national drafts Into all the official Community 
languages has been assured pursuant to contracts 
concluded between the Commission and two private 
translation companies. 
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Notifications from a Member State 
(a) Number of notifications and breakdown byMember 
State 
Whilst the number of notifications received in 1988 (157) 
represented a decline compared with the total for 1987 
(200), It doubled In spectacular fashion in 1989 (319). 
This big increase can largeriy be explained by the coming 
Into force of Directive 88/182/EEC (see below). In 
effect, if we substract the notification recorded in this 
connection, the result is a total of 225 notifications, 
slightly up on the 1987 figure. 
Developments between 1988 and 1989 are also notable as 
regards the breakdown by Member State. 
In 1988, like previous years, half the notifications 
received came from Germany (33 X) and France (20%). 
The Netherlands wore third place (10 X). In comparison, 
the notifications received from the UK (8 X), Spain and 
Italy see* too. 
In 1»89, on tie other *a»0, tfte breakdown by M>om*er Plate 
shows tees contrast. 
Germany (87 X) and Franco Of X) remained in the lead Put 
their share of the total is now lose than half. 
Similarly, the UK (12.SX) and Spain (10.5%)'s shares 
Improved. However, despite an inerease ever 1988 (21 
compared with alx), the number of Italian not Ifieat ions, 
which was lower than those from Belgium and the 
Netherlande (24 In each ease), Is still low. 
Finally, 1989 I» the first year Luxembourg served notice 
of drafts (three ftenolux decisions on foodstuffs). 
(b) preakoewn of notifications by sector 
In 1988, half the notifications wore spread over three 
sectors : chemicals (27 notification*}, transport (P4 
not IfI eat lone) »i*4 mochanical engineering (2® 
not IfI cat I©no). 
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In 1989 (excluding the notifications made In pursuance of 
Directive 88/182/EEC) the telecommunications sector took 
first place (45 notifications, or three times as many as 
In 1988), which clearly reflects the sustained expansion 
of this sector of activity and also, no doubt, Directive 
88/301/EEC which repeats the obligation to notify draft 
technical specifications and approval procedures 
according to Directive 83/189/EEC. 
Whilst transport retained second place with 42 
notifications, it was building which reached third place 
(30 notifications), outstripping mechanical engineering 
(25 not IfI cat Ions). 
There were no major changes In the breakdown by Member 
State. In 1988 the decrease In notifications in the 
mechanical engineering sector In Germany was particularly 
noticeable (38 notifications in 1987, 11 in 1988). In 
1989 there were more telecommunications notifications 
from Spain (17 In 1989, 0 In 1988) and, to a lesser 
ex tent , buI IdIng ones from the UK (eight in 1989, one in 
1988). 
c) Notifications received pursuant to Directive 
88/182/EEC 
The 94 notifications received represent 30 X of all 
notifications In 1989. 
Two thirds of these notifications come from France (26 or 
28 X), Germany (19 or 20 X) and the UK (16 or 17 %). 
Food products were the number one category by far : 87 
notifications relate to the composition, quality, 
processing and labelling of foodstuffs, additives and 
other agricultural products not Intended for human 
consumption. For the rest, eight notifications covered 
medical products (based on substances with curative or 
preventative properties in the meaning of Directive 
65/65/EEC). In the latter case the results at the end of 
a year seem more modest. 
Urgency clause 
In 1988 nine notifications (6 X of the total) were 
accompanied by a claim for urgent grounds which the 
Commission considered justified In five cases. 
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In 1989 most of the Member States requested the 
application of the Immediate adoption procedure on urgent 
grounds. Of the 24 requests submitted (I.e. less than 7 % 
of all notifications), only eight met the conditions 
requI red. 
The Commission considers that some Member States are 
continuing to claim urgent grounds when they have already 
adopted their technical regulation. This constitutes a 
breach of Directive 83/189/EEC and leads to legal 
proceed Ings. 
4• The Commission'» reaction to notified draft technical 
regulat ions 
(a) Statistical data 
In 1988 as 1989, two notification» In ten were the 
subject of comment» whilst approximately three 
notifications In ten caused the Commission to Issue a 
detalied op InIon. 
This I» evidence of definite stability, therefore, even 
though the relative number of detailed opinions Increased 
slightly -between 1988 and 1989 (44/157 In 1988 and 99/318 
In 1989). 
(b) Deta Med op I n Ions 
The most frequent objection given In the Commission's 
detailed opinions (half of them) arose from a 
misunderstanding of the principle of recognition of 
equivalent technical spec I fI cat Ions. 
In second place (a third of detailed Op nions) and often 
linked with the previous objection Is the violation of 
the principle of non-repetition of equivalent tests and 
checks already carried out In another Member State. 
It Is worrying to note that two years away from the 
completion of the Internal market, Member States are 
still not managing systematically to translate this 
principle of mutual recognition, which Is one of the 
cornerstones of the Community's structure, Into statutory 
and regulatory terms. 
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Of the other objections given, we may quote the v o ation 
of Community acts, most frequently Directives relating to 
a wide range of fields and various types of 
discrimination or restrictions affecting produces from 
other Member States either as regards their mode of 
important (e.g. Importer obliged to be resident in the 
Member State into which the product is Imported) or their 
marketing (compulsory declaration of the Member state of 
origin or the manufacturer's name). 
Particular mention should be made of legal security which 
Is often Insufficiently taken into account in national 
drafts which explicltely mention certain principles, such 
as the recognition of the equivalence of technical 
specifications or tests but do not provide procedures by 
which to obtain the benefit or leave the authorities with 
powers of assessment that are vague, or discretionary 
powers that are likely to cause administrative disputes 
from the Community point of view. 
The Commission takes the view this situation calls for an 
escalation of measures already taken to Inform the Member 
States (cf. communications : parallel Imports of 
pharmacentIcaI products (6 may 1982), procedures for the 
approval and registration of vehicles registered in 
another Member State (4 November 1988), food products (24 
October 1989). A general campaign should help to make the 
authorities of the other Member States more aware of the 
extra effort they have to make to ensure the success of 
completing the international market. 
c ) Comments 
The Commission Issues comments In order to communicate a 
wide range of types a message to the Member State that 
submitted the notification. 
An analysis of them Is of particular Interest insofar as 
they do not have the coercive force of the detailed 
opinion or the "Directive block", they are of a 
supplétive nature which reveals the limits, not to say 
inadequacies of the Information procedure instrument In 
the field of technical regulations on the one hand and on 
the other hand reflects the fact that the Information 
gathered In the context of that procedure is not 
restricted simply of to the free circulation of goods, 
but Is likely to extend to many other fields. 
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The first aspect, viz. the limits of the Information 
procedure as an Instrument, Is Illustrated by recourse to 
the issue of comments In the following cases : 
discovery by the Commission that the draft technical 
regulation notified is covered by a European standard 
or by a "common telecommunications specification" iflcatlon" 
course of preparation ; 
discovery by the Commission that a proposal for a 
Community act was submitted to the Council more than 
twelve months previously ; 
announcement of the Commission's Intention to propose 
or decree a Community act covering the field which the 
notified draft relates within a period that Is not 
specified or is In excess of 12 months ; 
discovery by the Commission that an adopted Directive 
whose transposition period has not yet expired 
harmonizes the field to which the notified draft 
re Iates. 
In this case the Commission draws the Member State's 
attention to the usefulness and efficaclty of the 
draft taking Immediate account of the said Directive. 
The second aspect, the diversity of Information gathered 
under the information procedure, Is confirmed by the 
Issue of comments which envisage not only the free 
circulation of goods but also the free provisions of 
services, competition, safety at work etc. 
(d) Community law and harmonization 
The Commission made use of the possibility, provided for 
In Article 9.2 of Directive 83/189/EEC, of deferring the 
adoption of a national draft for a year pending the 
preparation of a draft Community act 28 times In two 
years (six times In 1988, 22 In 1989). 
To these figures should be added 10 occasions in 1989 
when use was made of the new possibility, Introduced by 
Directive 88/182/EEC, of having the adoption of a 
national draft deferred when the Commission considers 
that the said draft Is covered by a proposed Directive or 
regulation submitted to the Council (the status quo 
period is 12 months fro the date of submission of said 
proposa I) . 
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In support of these recourses to Article 9.2 or Article 
9.2 a) the Commission quoted the preparation of 23 
Directives and regulations, Including 13 Directives 
provided for In the white paper on the completion of the 
I nternaI market. 
Food 
Pharmacy/medicine 
Chemlcals/envlronment 
AgrIcuIture 
Tranapor t 
Mechanical engineering dIrect 
dIrect 
dIrect 
dIrect 
dIrect 
dIrect ves 
ves 
ves 
ves 
ves 
ve. and reguI at Ions 
and regu i at Ions 
It should be added that the Commission has discovered 
that far from the announcement of a proposal for a 
Community act or the discovery that a proposal for a 
Community act has been passed to the Council appearing to 
restrict the legislative activity of the Member States in 
the fields covered it seems to encourage it. 
It can even happen that drafts are notified by Member 
States when a common position has been obtained at the 
Council on the Community proposal covering the relevant 
field. 
The Commission can only express Its concern In the face 
of a practice that is all too frequent and which does not 
facilitate the harmonization of national laws, which is 
required to complete the Internal market In particular. 
(e) Prospects 
The Commission is looking at new ways of designing the 
Information procedure so that the problems set out under 
(c) and (d) above are solved. 
Reactions by Member States to notified draft technical 
reguI at Ions 
Between 1988 and 1989 there was a definite Increase both 
In the number of comments and the number of detailed 
opinions from the Member states, the figures being as 
follows : 39 X of notifications were the subjects of 
detailed opinions from Member States in 1989 compared 
with 33 X In 1988 (as regards comments, the figures were 
36 X in 1989 compared with 29 X In 1988). 
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6. Standing Committee 
About 30 notifications were examined In one of the 11 
Committee meetings (five In 1988, six In 1989). The 
discussions which took place can be divided Into two 
categorles. 
The first Involved the communication of specific 
information such as : 
announcement of the institution of Infringement 
procedures for adoption of a draft technical 
regulation before expiry of the status quo period. 
The second were aimed directly at solving procedural or 
fundamental problems : 
methods of publishing the list of notifications 
received in the Official Journal of the Communities ; 
determination of the conditions in which it is 
necessary for a Member State to bring in a new 
notification when the text of a draft technical 
regulation has been amended by the said Member State's 
authorities In the course of the status quo period ; 
procedure to be followed to regularize the adoption of 
a text which had not been notified under the terms of 
Directive 83/189/EEC and which creates one or more 
obstacles to the free circulation of goods ; 
debate on the de facto technical regulation nature of 
draft fiscal Incentives on "clean cars" ; 
preparation of studies (fIammabI I Ity of furniture, 
pollutant emissions from pleasure boats). 
Examination of some notifications causes the delegations 
to support, within the Committee, the preparation of 
extension of fields of applications for Directives (e.g. 
preparation of a draft tenth Directive governing the use 
of cadmium in amendment of Directive 76/769/EEC, possible 
extension of the field of application of the draft 
Directive on pleasure boats). 
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Handling of Infringements 
(a ) I nfrIngements 
Between September 1988 and November 1989, 113 
Infringement procedures for notifications were started 
against 11 Member States. 
103 of these produced a result, as a satisfactory 
solution was found with the Member States involved. 
Finally, ten notifications require further examination 
(b) Contract to supply services 
The efficaclty of the Instruments for checking Member 
States' compliance with their obligations under Directive 
83/189/EEC as amended by Directive 88/182/EEC Increased 
substantially In 1988 and 1989 as a result of two major 
I n 11I at Ives. 
The first was the conclusion on 1 September 1988 of a 
contract between the Commission and a private Institute 
entrusted with the task of carrying out a systematic 
analysis of the official publications of all Member 
States (Official Journals, Ministerial bulletins etc.) 
via corresponds located In each Member State, In order to 
obtain a record of all the national technical regulations 
adopted In breach of Directive 83/189/EEC. 
The texts discovered are collated in a monthly report 
sent to the Commission's departments which then analyze 
them. 
The second was the Commission's decision of 25 January 
1989 to facilitate the Initiating of Infringement 
proceedings against any Member State that has breached 
Directive 83/189/EEC either by falling to notify the 
Commission at the draft stage about a technical 
regulation it has adopted or by failings to wait for the 
status quo period to expire before adopting a technical 
reguI at ion. 
(c) Package meet i ngs 
These bilateral meetings between the Commission's 
departments and those of a Member State owe their name of 
"package" to the fact that an attempt is made solve the 
different types of barriers to trade brought to the 
Commission's attention In various ways (complaints, cases 
detected spontaneously, notifications). 
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Nine of these meetings took place between 1938 ari> 9 
(two In France, Italy and Portugal, one in Germany, Si.-r.-r 
and Greece) . 
Besides examining a large number of Infringements, 
routine matters and complaints, they were the subject of 
frulthful exchanges of Information on 25 notifications 
(five Greek, six Italian, two Portuguese, six French, 
five Spanish and one German) which had been the subject 
of detailed opinions or comment». 
In fact, at the end of these meetings, the problems 
caused by 18 of these notifications have been resolved, 
as the authorities of the Member States involved had 
undertaken to amend their draft technical regulations so 
a» to make them compatible with Community law. 
Generally speaking, the package meeting formula has been 
an undeniable success among those Member States in which 
the were held. In addition, most of these States have 
expressed the wish for these meetings to take place 
periodically from now on. 
Cone lus ion 
As far as technical regulations are concerned an analysis 
f the situation over 1988 and 1989 show» an appreciable 
increase In notifications received and a large proportion 
now represented by the agricultural and food sector. 
Nevertheless, these two years represent continuity 
compared with the previous years as they basically deal 
with draft technical regulation» received. 
The proportion of draft technical regulations that were 
the subject of a detailed opinion to the total of 
notifications received remains unchanged as a whole from 
year to year. Similarly, the total number of detailed 
opinions issued by the Commission. 
As regards objections raised by the Commission, 
violations of the principle of mutual recognition are 
still very largely predominant. They show that Member 
States' translation Into legislative terms of this 
principle that ha» been repeatedly re-afflrmed by the 
Court of Justice of the Communities 1» not yet as 
systematic as might be wished, with an eye to the 
completion of the single internal market in 1993. 
This situation calls for a suitable reaction from the 
Commission, the two lines of action being to Inform the 
Member State» and strengthen the mechanism» of Directive 
83/189/EEC. 
-a*. 
STATISTICAL ANNEX 
Table I - a Breakdown of the number of new standardization projects started in 1988 
CEN/ŒNH-BC members which also belong to the E.C. 
Field Non-electrical Electrical Total Non-electrical 
share (%) 
Level No % No % No % (l) x 100 
(1) (2) (3)»(l) (3) 
+(2) 
a. National work 
a. 1.related to European 
or international 
work 181 7,8 63 5,2 244 6,9 74,2 
a.2. specific (I) 1638 70,7 238 19,9 1876 53,4 87,3 
a.3. Total 
(a.l + a.2) 1819 78,5 301 25,1 2120 60,3 85,8 i 
b. European work (II) 208 9,0 348 29,1 556 15,8 37,4 & 
i 
c. International work 290 12,5 548 45,8 838 23,8 34,6 
d. TOTAL 2317 100 1197 100 3514 100 65,9 
(a+b+c) 
Source: Notifications to CBf/CENELBC 
(I) It should be noted that these figures might be exaggerated since some ŒN/ŒNELBC members do 
not systematically notify the existence of a link with European or international work. 
(II) To the "non-electrical" figure of 208 should be added an unknown proportion of 416 "new" ABCM\ 
projects. From 1988 onwards this institution's programme has been included in the information 
procedure. 
Table I - b 
Table I - b Breakdown of the number of new standardization projects started in 1989 
C&t/GENELBC members which also belong to the E.C. 
Field 
Level Non-electrical Electrical Total Non-electrical 
share (%) 
No 
(1) No 
(2) No 
(3)=(1) 
+(2) (1) I 100 
(3) 
a. National work 
a.1.related to European 
or international 
work 
a.2. specific (II) 183 5,0 42 2,5 225 4,2 81,3 
1921 52,2 175 10,5 2096 39,2 91,7 
a.3. Total 
(a.l + a.2) 2104 57,2 217 13,0 2321 43,4 I 
0 I 
90,7 
b. European work (II) 1288 35,0 528 31,6 1816 33,9 70,9 
c. International work 291 7,9 924 55,4 1215 22,7 24,0 
d. TOTAL 
(a+b+c) 3683 100 1669 100 5352 100 68,8 
Source: Notifications to OTJ/ŒNELBC 
Note: It should be noted that these figures may be exagerrated since some CEN/CENELBC members do not 
systematically notify the existence of a link with European or international work. 
-M-
Table I I - a 
Table II - a Breakdown by country of the now standardization proje 
atartod at national level In 1988 
Country Non-eIectr i caI 
Number % E iectr i caI 
Number % Total 
Number % 
a GERMANY 619 27,38 
b FRANCE 496 21,94 
c U.K. 183 8,09 
d ITALY 261 11,54 
e Other EEC 260 11,50 
countrles 167 45,26 
49 13,28 
44 11,92 
17 4,61 
24 6,50 786 29,89 
545 20,72 
227 8,63 
278 10,57 
284 10,80 
Total CE 1819 80,45 301 81,57 2120 80,61 
g EFTA coutr I es 442 19,55 68 18,43 510 19,39 
Genera I 
total 
(f+g> 2261 100 369 100 2630 100 
Sources : notifications to CEN/CENELEC. 
Note : the various countries should be compared with some caution 
: the point at which planned new work Is required to be 
notified is not harmonized at the present time. 
u 
Table I I - b 
Table II - b Breakdown by country of the new standardization projects 
started at national level In 1989. 
Countries Non-electrical EIectr i caI Tota I 
Number Number Number 
a GERMANY 527 22,2 
b FRANCE 542 22,8 
C U.K. 388 16,3 
d ITALY 334 14,0 
e SPAIN 259 10,9 
f Other EEC 54 2,3 
count rI es 65 
47 
85 
2 
8 
10 24.5 
17,8 
32,0 
0,8 
3,0 
3,8 592 
589 
473 
336 
267 
64 22,4 
22.3 
17,9 
12,8 
10. 1 
2,4 
Total EEC 2104 88,5 
11 ,5 217 81,9 
48 18,1 
(24) 
265 100 2321 87,9 
321 12,1 
(278) 
2642 100 g EFTA 273 
count rI es 
(of whIch AustrI a) 
(254) 
Genera I 
tota I 
(f+g) 2377 100 
Source : notifications to CEN/CENELEC. 
Note : the various countries should be compared with caution : the 
point at which planned new work is required to be notified l< 
not harmonized at the present time. 
\h 
Table I I I - a 
Table I I I - a The ten most Important sub-sectors for national 
standardization In 1988 
SUBSECTOR Number of 
new projects 
Code Description (EC+EFTA) 
T02 Aerospace 138 
N05 Text I les 95 
H28 Hunting articles 81 
118 Mining 77 
T03 Road vehicles 58 
B03 Concrete 54 
B02 BuI I dIng 50 
I03 Fittings SO 
109 Tools 46 
N06 Rubber 46 
Total - 895 
Source : not Ifleal ton» to CIN/CENELEC 
Note 1 the two most important electrical sub-sectors in 1988 cover 
- electric cables (code W08) : 46 new projects 
- telecommunications cables (code V08) : 33 new 
projects. 
Note 2 : In the absence of tfetalled figurée, the numbers given relate 
to the EEC countries plus EFTA. 
Note 3 : apart from one Item, all these new projeets come from 
Austria's national Institution. 
*H 
Table I I I - b 
Table III - b The ton most Important sub-sectors for national 
standardization In 1989 
SUBSECTOR Number of new 
projects 
Code Description (CEE + EFTA) 
T02 Aerospace 103 
N05 Textlles 76 
B01 Fire protection 58 
N09 Plastics 56 
N03 Petroleum products 53 
B03 Concrete 52 
109 Tools 48 
T03 Motor vehicles 48 
I28 Pneumatic and hydraulic gears 43 
C01 Food products 40 
Total - 577 
Source : Notifications to CEN/CENELEC 
Note 1 the two most Important electrical sub-sectors in 1988 cover 
- electric cables (code W08) : 29 new projects 
- telecommunications cables (code V10) : 20 new 
projects. 
Note 2 : In the absence of more detailed figures, the numbers given 
relate to the EEC countries + EFTA. 
.*s-
Table IV 
Table IV - Application of Article 3 (request to be involved in 
national standardization work and request for the drawlnj 
up of European standard) 
Year Request for 
I nformat ion Comments Request for 
InvoIvement Request 
for a 
European 
standard 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1989 14 
16 
74* 
67 
52 5 
10 
5 
15 
16 
Source : notifications to CEN/CENELEC 
Note : in the absence of detailed figures, the numbers given relate 
to the EEC countries plus EFTA. 
(*) Following the reminder sent out by CEN/CENELEC, some 
earlier comments (1985/86) have been Included under 1987. 
,èc 
Table V - a 
Table V - a Standardization work entrusted to CEN and CENELEC and 
approved by the 83/189 Committoo In the course of 1988 
Standardization work was entrusted to the European 
standardization institutions in the following fields 
Chemical toys 
Personal safety equipment 
Machines 
Pub I Ic contracts : 
- Supply of drinking water 
- CanaI IzatIon 
Sacks for food aid 
Standardization work In the field of Information technology 
and telecommunications : 
Local networks 
Electronic systems for the household 
IT quality assurance 
Ergonomics of terminals 
Digital network 
AVC Interconnection systems 
Electromagnetic compatibility 
Electronic equipment 
Bar codes 
Test specifications 
List of ISDN operating standards 
Interface for mini-computers 
Computer graphics 
Requirements for identity and payment cards 
POSIX operating system 
.il 
Table V - b 
Table V - b Standardisation work entrusted to 
CEN, CENELEC and/or ETSI and approved 
by the 83/189 Committee In the course 
of 1989 
1. Standardization work was entrusted to the European 
standardization Institutions in the following fields 
Electromagnetic compatibility 
Pressure vessels 
Building products - building lime and cement 
Gas apparatus 
Standardization programme in the field of 
advancecd ceramics 
Implementation of a 3rd standardization programme 
In the field of Iron and steel 
Transfer of EUROCODES work to the CEN. 
Standardization work in the field of information 
technology and telecommunications : 
V i r tua I term I na I s 
D I rectory 
Computer graphics 
Data exchange on products 
O.D.A. (Office Document Architecture) 
Narrow-band ISDN networks 
Magnet Ic medI a 
Local networks 
Bank and identification cards 
Ergonometry in the AMT (Advanced Manufacture 
Techno fogies) fIeId 
Identification of containers and vehicles 
Table VI - a 
INFORMATION PROCEDURE FOR,TEO«ICAL REGULATIONS Notification (Art. 8.1J Observation (Art. 8.2) 
Detailed opinion (Art. 9.1) Intention to prepare a Directive (Art. 9.2 + 9.2 (a)) 
1988 STATISTICS 
Member State 
Belgium Denmark Germany 
Spain 
France Greece Ireland Italy 
Luxemburg Netherlands Portugal 
United Kingdom 
IDEAL EEC Notifications 
10 12 
52 7 
31 4 7 
6 0 
16 
3 
9 
157 Observations 
MS* 
1 5 18 2 7 3 3 1 0 3 0 3 
46 CEE 
2 1 12 2 5 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 
32 Detailed opinion 
MS* 
4 3 7 3 8 1 2 0 0 
11 3 10 
52 CEE 
2 5 18 1 3 4 2 2 
0 : 2 3 2 
44 Intention 
to prepare a 
Directive 
0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 
6 <& 
(*) The figures in this column show the number of c arment s or detailed opinions received by each Member State. 
Table VI - b 
INFORMATION PROCEDURE FORrTBCHNIGAL RB3UIATIONS Notification (Art. 8.1) Observation (Art. 8.2) Detailed opinion (Art. 9.1) Intention to prepare a Directive (Art. 9.2 + 
1989 STATISTICS 9.2 (•)) 
• 
: Member State • • • • 
î Belgium ; Denmark : Germany : Spain : France : Greece ; Ireland 
: Netherlands 
; Portugal 
; United Kingdom 
t TOTAL EEC Notifications 
24 19 86 33 50 10 
4 
21 : 3 24 4 40 
318 Observations 
MS* 
10 7 
27 
11 
18 8 1 
5 2 
13 2 12 
116 CEE 
4 9 
20 8 
10 2 0 1 0 5 0 4 
63 Detailed opinion 
MS* 
15 4 42 6 
13 3 0 3 2 
16 1 
19 
124 CEE 
10 4 48 10 5 5 0 7 0 3 0 6 
98 Intention 
. to prepare a 
Directive 
9.2 9.2 bis 
4 2 2 1 5 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 
22 10 
(•) The figures in this column show the number of conments or detailed opinions received by 
each Member State. 0« 
Table VII - a 
BREAKDOWN OF NOTIFICATIONS BY SBCTOR 
1988 STATISTICS 
SBCITJR 
: Mechanical engineering 
: Building and construction 
: Metalic materials 
: Products for household 
: Chemicals 
: Non-metalic materials 
: Transports 
: Electrical engineering 
: Electronics exluding Telecom 
: Health and medical equipment 
: Optics and measurement instruments 
: Electrotechnical standards 
: Teleconmunications 
: TOTAL BYOOUNmY B 
0 
0 
0 
1 
3 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
2 ' 
. 0 
2 
10 DE 
11 
5 
1 
10 
1 
0 
14 
2 
4 
1 
0 
0 
3 
52 ; EK 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 • 
0 
0 ; 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
7 
12 E 
1 ' 
3 
0 
1 
0 ' 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 F 
6 
1 
0 : 
0 
6 : 
0 
3 
12 
0 
2 
1 
0 
0 
31 GR 
0 : 
1 
1 : 
0 : 
2 : 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 IRL 
0 : 
0 
0 
1 
4 . 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 I 
0 
1 
0 
1 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
: 1 
6 L : 
0 : 
0 : 
0 : 
0 
0 ! 
0 
. 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
\ 0 
• 0 NL : 
1 : 
0 : 
0 : 
1 
7 : 
0 
3 
1 
. 2 
1 
: 0 
: 0 
i 0 
: 16 P : 
0 • 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
. 1 
0 
: 1 
0 
: 0 
. 3 IK ! 
0 : 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
0 
• 0 
. 1 
! o 
: 0 
: 0 
: 9 EEC : TOT : 
20 : 
13 : 
4 : 
17 : 
27 : 
2 : 
. 24 : 
18 : 
8 : 
6 : 
: 5 : 
! 0 : 
: 13 : 
: 157 : o 
I 
Table VII - b 
BREAKDOWN OF NOTIFICATIONS IK SBCIOR 1989 STATISTICS 
; SBCIOR 
t Mechanical engineering 
t Building and construction 
t Metalic materials 
t Products for household 
: Chemicals 
t Non-metalic materials 
I Transports 
S Electrical engineering 
1 Electronics ezluding Telecom 
; Health and medical equipment 
S Medical products 
S Qptics and measurement instruments 
1 Teleconmuni cations 
t Agricultural 
: Food products 
rTOÎi"BY"ÔÔÛNTRY B 
3 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
3 
0 
3 
1 
1 
4 
0 
! 6 
:"24" DE 
16 
3 
2 
13 
7 
0 
15 
1 
1 
4 
3 
0 
! 5 
3 
; 13 
"86' EK 
1 
1 
0 
1 
3 
0 
4 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
6 
1 
0 
19" E . 
0 ' 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
. 0 
0 
17 
1 
: 6 
"Si" F 
2 ' 
2 
0 
2 
4 
0 
7 
0 
0 
: 3 
1 
2 
4 
0 
: 23 
~5<T" GR 
1 : 
3 
0 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2 
0 
î ° 0 
0 
0 
:""ÎÔ'" IRL : 
0 : 
0 
0 
0 i 
0 -
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
2 
: 0 
0 
0 
! 0 
•""4"" I 
2 : 
4 
0 ! 
1 ! 
0 
0 
4 
1 
1 
2 
0 
0 
4 
2 
! ° lïî" L ; 
0 : 
0 ! 
0 
0 
0 : 
0 
0 i 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
: 3 
!~3 " NL : 
0 : 
0 : 
0 ! 
1 : 
1 
0 
4 
0 
0 
: 3 
0 
1 
1 
0 
! 13 
i'24" P : 
0 : 
0 
1 ! 
0 : 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
: 0 
: 0 
: 2 
! 0 
: 0 
: 0 
:4~ IK : 
0 : 
8 : 
1 : 
1 : 
2 ' 
0 
: 5 
: 0 
. 2 
i 1 
: 1 
: 1 
: 4 
: 0 
: 14 
:4Ô' EBC : TOT : 
25 : 
30 : 
4 : 
21 : 
19 : 
1 : 
42 : 
6 : 
4 : 
: 20 ': 
: 8 : 
8 : 
: 45 : 
: 7 : 
: 78 : 
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