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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)400 final
Brussels,19August1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
layingdownaprocedurefortheprovisionof
information inthefieldofTECHNICAL STANDARDS
ANDREGULATIONS
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
/,
C0MC80)400final
;

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -
I.TheCommission isconcerned laythedevelopments which have taken place
inthefield oftechnical "barriers totrade intheCommunity inrecent
φ
years .
Formore than fifteen years ithas "been endeavouring toremove such .
"barriers "between theMember States .Thefree movement ofgoods isone
oftheprinciples underlying theCommunity ,just asthecreation ofa
single market isanindispensable element ofthe projects itseeks to
promote invarious fields .
In19^8 ,theCommission sent theCouncil aproposal forageneral pro­
gramme ontheremoval oftechnical "barriers totrade .Since this was
adopted ,ithasregularly submitted proposals fordirectives designed to
implement theprogramme ^itmonitors thecorrect implementation -"bythe
Member States ofdirectives already adopted anditself adopts directives
designed to "bring Community legislation into line with technical develop­
ments .
Itisnowapparent that measures taken inthis field ,with theassistance
oftheMember States andttetwosides ofindustry ,have formed anadequate
economic "basis inseveral industrial sectors which has enabled them to
increase competitiveness inrelation totheir competitors innon-Member
countries .
Nevertheless ,prevailing economic trends have notalways induced the
Member States tocontinue their efforts tocreate thenecessary Community
basis from which thevarious branches ofindustry could meet competition
from non-Member countries .Insome cases even ,several Member States seem
tempted toerect dejure ordefacto barriers around their ownmarkets by
exploiting thetechnical requirements andstandards laid down inthis
-field atnational level .
This approach would constitute adanger ifitwere topersist since ,as
aresult ofsimilar measures taken bytheother Member States ,itwould
lead theindustries concerned tofall back andconcentrate ontheir
national territory ,thereby preventing consumers from enjoying thebene­

fits ofeconomies ofseals and the effects ofcompetition within auni­
fied market .
IfEuropean in&uatri&Ii stacannot teUco aclvamtago oftho "Cosinvunity dimen­
sion "toincrease production ,they are atadisadvantage compared with
competitors whoalready have access toavast market .Their export
opportunities arereduced ,with resultant adverse effects ontheeconomies
ofall 'the Member States .
With themachinery available toitatpresent ,theCommission feels unable
toachieve its goal ofhalting this development .This highlights theneed
tosupplement themeasures already token .Thus ,after roughly tenyears
ofapplying it,theCommission isofthe opinion that the general programme
ought tobesupplemented inatleast tworespects .
Current problems
II.a)Whereas itiseasy todraw uptechnical specifications atnational
level ,thecorresponding Community procedure iscumbersome andpro­
tracted because ofthenumber ofexperts tobeconsulted and the
institutions andbodies involved .Agreements having economic reper­
cussions have tobeobtained from all the governments concerned in
respect ofhighly technical texts .Thedeadlines laid down in1969
bytheAgreement providing for standstill andnotification tothe
Co3smission (*)have proved inadequate forthis purpose .
Thebarriers which maybecaught bythedirectives inquestion are
those based onlaws ,regulations oradministrative provisions .Yet
thetechnical standards issued bythenational standards institutes ,
although not legally binding ,cay create substantial defacto barriers .
Inseveral Member States ,standards constitute the "rules ofthe trade "
andproducts conforming tothese rules enjoy considerable advantages ;
forexample ,themanufacturer concerned need nolonger provide evidence
ofcompliance with safety regulations ,whereas provision ofsuch evi­
dence frequently involves alengthy ,difficult andexpensive procedure
foramanufacturer producing articles toaforeign standard .Although
(*)OJNoC76of17June 1969 ,p.9

nationalstandards,whicharedrawnupinclosecooperationwithlocal
producersandbroughtintolinewiththeirtechnicalinnovations,may
oooaaionnlly giv«#uehm«uwfaotur«sp «*dsolslvoadvantageiutheirovm
markets,this,has"beendiminishedbythefragmentation oftheCommunity
internalmarket.SimilarmachineryexistsinvirtuallyalltheMember •
Statesand,inthefinalanalysis,thelackofcoordination between
measuresadoptedatnationallevelhasadverseimpactonEconomicper­
"formance.
ThedecisionsoftheCourtofJustice
III.AsaresultoftheguidelinescontainedintheCourt'sinterpretations _
ofthelaw,technicalregulationsrelatingtogoodswhichimpedethe
marketingofproductslegallymanufactured andsoldinanotherMember
Statemaybeadoptedonlyiftheyarenecessarytomeetessentialre­
quirementsandhaveanobjectiveinthepublicinterestofwhichthey
constitutethemainguarantee.
Thecreationandmaintenance ofbarrierstotradebetweentheMember
Statesarisingfromtheapplicationofnationalregulations canbe
avoidedbyvirtueofthesedecisionsprovidedtheyaresupplemented by
morebroadly–basedmeasureswhichprecludethecreationoftechnical
barriers,particularly .thoseresultingfromthelackofcoordination
betweenthenationalstandardsinstitutes .
TheCommission'sproposal
XV.IDuring1979and1980,theCommissionconvenedmeetingsofthesenior
officialsresponsibleforstandardization inthevariousMemberStates
andexaminedthereportwhichtheysenttotheheadsofindustrydepart­
mentsandwhichthelatterapproved.
ItmonitoredtheprogressofthediscussionsintheEconomicandSocial
Committeewhichresultedinthe"Opinionontheproblemoftradebarriers

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andthealignmentoflawsinthisarea"(*).Italsocontactedthesenior
officialsoftheEuropeanCommitteeforStandardization (CEN")(**)and
theEuropeanELactrotechnical Standardization Committee(OENtSLBC)(**),
InJanuary1980,itsentacommunication totheEuropeanParliamentwhich
gaverisetofruitfuldiscussions .
Alltheseconsiderations promptedtheCommissiontosubmittheattached
proposalforadecisiontotheCouncil.Asthewordingindicates,the
proposalrelatesmainlytotheindustrialsector,wheretheproblems
referredtohave"becomeparticularly acute.Thisisthemain,ifnot
theexclusive,fieldofactivityofthenationalandEuropeanstandards
institutes;adifferentapproachisadoptedinrespectofspecifications
concerningagricultural productsandmandatoryhealth,veterinaryor
plant–protectionregulations .Itthereforeseemspreferableatpresent
toexcludethemfromthe*scopeofthisdecision,whichisbasedonthe
followingconsiderations :
A.INFORMATION
TheCommissionmustensurethattechnicalregulations andstandardsdo
notcreatebarriers.Inthiscontext,itcanonly.actinsofarasthe
relevantinformationiscompleteandavailableintime.Onthebasisof
anexaminationofboththetechnicalandtheeconomicaspects,itcan
proposeactionatCommunitylevelandsubmitcommentstothenationalautho­
ritiesinanefforttopreventtheircontemplated measuresfromdisrupting
intra-Conunity trade.ItisalsoessentialthateachMemberStatebein­
formed.Nationalstandardsandtechnicalrequirements maygiveriseto
barrierswhicharesubsequently extremelydifficulttoremoveifthe
specifications inquestiondonotfromtheoutsettakeaccountofproce–
ure3employedintheotherMemberStates.If,ashashappenedonseveral
occasionsrecently,foreignproducersaretakenunawaresbytheintro­
ductionofanewprovision,theyareforcedtomakesuddenalterations
totheirproductsforexporttocountrieswherethenewrequirement
applies,withallthecostsandconstraints whichthisentails,orto
relinquishtheirshareofthemarket.
(*)OJKoC72.©f24March1980,p.8 .
{**)ThemembersofCENandCENELB3arethenationalstandardsinstitutes
oftheEFTA,MemberStates,SpainandGreece

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Thepriorexchangeofinformationisthereforenecessarytopreventthe
variousindustriesbeingoonfrontedlayunexpectedmeasuresonthepartof
partnercountries.
Howshouldthisinformation beexchangedandwhatshouldtheeffectbe?
Adistinction shouldbemadebetweenstandardsdrawnupbystandardsin­
stitutesandtechnicalregulations adoptedbygovernments .
1.Standards
a)Standardsaredetailed,precisetechnicaltextswhichcannotbe
drawnuprapidly,evenbythelargestnationalstandardsinstitutes.
Atthebeginningofeveryyear,eachofthese *institutesisawareof
itsworkprogrammeforthecomingmonths,whichcanbeveryheavysince
.someareobligedtocopewithseveralhundred,andoccasionally mote
thanathousand,newstandardsayear.
TheCommissionproposalrequiresdetailsoftheprogrammestobesub­
mittedtotheCommission andtheMemberStates.
b)Thisinformationmustbeinaformwhichmakescomparativeexamination
possibleinordertoallot*in-depthstudyoftheprogrammes.TheCom­
missionisconsideringaskingtheGENandtheCENELECtocollectthis
information inaformwhichwillfacilitatecomparison .Thereare
advantagesinassigningthisroletotheCENT'ortheCENELEC;since
theyaretheumbrellaorganizations oftheCommunity'sstandards
institutes,theyshouldbeabletoobtainfromamongtheirmembership
adequateinformationandtheservicesofexpertscapableofinte^>-
pretingtheprogrammessubmitted.Withaminimumofeffort,theCEIT
shouldbeabletodevelopaninformation networkofthetypewhich
alreadyexistswithinCENELECwherethelatterfsownresponsibilities "
areconcerned..
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Thecompositionofthesetwobodies,however,issuchthattheycover
.awidergeographical areathantheCommunity.
Theyshouldthereforeestablishappropriateinternalprocedures(which
alreadyexisttosomeextentinCENELEG)"bywhichonlyinstitutesinthe
MemberStatescanholdmeetingsonquestionsarisingfromCommunity
.workprogrammes .
c)Everyquarter,eachnationalinstitutewillsendtheCommissionthe
draftstandardsithasprepared,accompanied "byanassessmentoftheir
originality comparedwithinternational andEuropeanstandards.The
moreastandarddepartsfrominternationally acceptedspecifications ,
themorelikelyitistocreate "barriers.Theinstituteshouldalso
supplyalltheappropriate information ofageneralnatureonthepro­
gressofitsworkprogramme.
d)Hence:-,
-whereagivensubjectisofinteresttoonlyasmallnumberofin­
stitutions,thelattermaydecidetodrawuptheirnationalrequire­
mentsjointly; >
-ifitseemsmoreappropriatetoallowsomeinstitutestodrawup
theirproposedstandardsatnationallevelanyotherinstitutesin­
terestedinthepreparation ofsuchtextsmaysendpassiveobservers 5
-ifaparticularsubjectisofinteresttothemajorityoftheMember
States,theycanjointlydrawupaEuropeanstandardwithintheframe­
workoftheCEHortheCENELEC.
Inthiscase,aprecisebriefpreparedbytheCommissionafterconsulting
themainpartiesconcernedwillhavetobesenttotheEuropeanorgani­
zation;fortheirpart,thenationalbodieswillrefrainfromtaking
actionwhileworkisinprogress ,attheEuropeanlevel.

«)Inordertomonitortheoorreotimplementation oftheabov..antioned
principles ,theCommissionwouldliketoconveneperiodically and
atleasttwiceayearastandingcommitteethemembersofwhich
wouldbeappointedbytheMemberStates.TheCommitteewouldexamine
reportsreceivedfromtheCENandtheCENELECand,togetherwiththe
nationalstandardsorganizations ,wouldattempttoprovidesolutions
totheproblemofbarrierswhichmightbecreatedbysomeofthepro­
posednationalstandards(e.g.,preparationofaEuropeanstandard,
itsamendmentorthepostponement ofitsintroduction).
Althoughitdoesnotexpectthesediscussions andmeetingstoeliminate
currentproblemscompletelyandimmediately ,theCommissionisconvinced
thatalargenumberofdifficulties canbeovercomeinthisway.Themere
factthatinformation onstandardswhicharebeingdraftedisavailable
insufficient timetoenabletheindustries oftheotherMemberStates
topreparefortheirintroduction can,initself,eliminatealarge
proportionofthebarrierswhichtheywouldotherwisecreate.
Nationaltechnicalregulations
a)Inthiscase,theproblemisdifferent.Becausethesetextsaregenerally
lessdetailed,theycanbedrawnupmuchmorerapidlythanstandardsand
theirpreparationislesscentralizedsincealargenumberofgovern­
mentdepartments may,eachinitsownparticularfield,beresponsible
fordraftingtexts.
Itwouldthereforebedifficultforgovernmentstosubmitaprogramme
relatingtothisfieldatthebeginningofeachyear,sincetheir,
intentionsmayberealizedinaperiodofmuchlessthanayearin
theabsenceofadefiniteworkprogrammeonthesubject.
Ontheotherhand,becauseoftheirlegallybindingnature,technical
regulationsareevenmorelikelytocreatebarriersthanstandards.
Inrecentyears,someMemberStateshavecreatedseriousadaptation
problemsforproducersintherestoftheCommunitybychargingtheir
regulationsatveryshortnotice.Thishasbeendemonstratedbythe

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appreciablereductionoverseveralmonthsofexportstoonesuch
stateinthesectorsconcerned.
Itisthereforenecessarytoprovideinformationsufficiently in
advanceoftheadoptionofsuchmeasures.
b)In1969}"tiieMemberStatesthemselvesraisedthisprobleminthe
Council,seekingtoarriveatasolutionwithintheframeworkof
theAgreementprovidingforstandstillandnotification tothe
Commission.Experiencegainedovertenyearshasshownthat,
althoughthisagreementhasprovedwellworthwhile,itneedsto
besupplemented inseveralrespects.
B.AMMDMEHT OFTHESTANDSTILL AGREEMENT
1.First,itisnecessarytindertheagreementtoinformtheMemberStates
andtheCommissionnotonlyofdrafttechnicalregulations butalso
ofanyintentiontopreparesucharegulation.Thedraftscurrently
submittedtotheCommission whichforwardsthemtotheotherMember
Statesareinmanycasesalreadyinamoreorlessdefinitiveform,
lackingonlyaratifyingsignature,whichissometimesprovidedin
thenextfewdays.Itisalmostimpossibletoexertanyinfluenceon
thecontentofthesetexts.Itwouldoftenbeadvisabletoactwhile
theyarebeingprepared,beforetheyhavebeenfinalized,inorder
towarntheMemberStatesofanyaspectofimportanceasregardsthe
freemovementofgoods. -
2.Itisalsoimportantthatthetimelimitslaiddowninthe19&9Agree­
mentshouldbeextendedsoastoapplytoallindustrialproductsand
notmerelytothosecoveredbytheGeneralProgrammedrawnupat
thatdate.
Currentpriorityareas"maynolongerincludesectorswhichwerere­
gardedaspriorityareastenyearsago.Duringthesetenyears,numerous
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considerations have ledtheMember States toadopt technical regu­
lations asaresult ofgreater awareness ofsuch questions asthe
environment ,consumer protection andtherational useofenergy .
Since itisdifficult topredict where themain areas ofconcern
will lieinthefuture ,itisimportant tocover allproducts and
thecorresponding technical regulations which mayaffect their
marketing . ,
3.Experience has shown that thedeadlines imposed ontheCommission
andthe Council ,especially thelatter ,aretooshort following the
amendments made in1973 (*)• Ithas "been difficult fortheCommission
tomeet these deadlines ,sothat ithasonly managed tocomply with
them inrare instances ;theCouncil ,for it^part ,hasnever "been
able tomeet the deadlines which ithas set for itself .
While theCommission isaware oftheMember States' desire for' speed
inthis matter ,ithopes that notification ofintentions tolegis­
late will make itpossible tocommence work atCommunity level atan
early stage sothat proposals canbedrawn uprapidly .Accordingly ,
theCommission isonly proposing alimited extention ofthedeadlines .
\ y
*
V.CONCLUSION '
This proposal foraCouncil Decision will supplement theactivities al­
ready undertaken inpursuance oftheresolutions which formed the1969
General Programme .Itrelates totheacquisition anddissemination of
greater information inrespect ofnational standards andtechnical regu­
lations which areinthecourse ofpreparation andtheestablishment of
procedures forthemanagement ofthis information inorder toobviate
anyadverse effects onthemovement ofgoods .
•%J9m
(*)ÛJNoC9of15March 1973 ,p.3

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TheCommission requests thai :theCouncil ,when adopting theproposal ,
formally take note oftheCommission 'sstatement laying down theproce­
dures forits implementation .TheCommission does not have atitsdis­
posal asufficient number ofsuitably qualified staff fortheproper
implementation ofthedecision asregards comparative study ofnational
standards .Ashas "been pointed out ,however ,such staff areavailable
inthe national standards bodies which are affiliated totheCM and
the CEtJELEC .Ittherefore seems reasonable toassign tothem acer­
tain number oftasks inthis field ,and the Commission intends tono­
tify theCouncil ofitsdecisions onthis subject .
TheCommission does not expect these measures tobring about theimmediate
removal ofall technical barriers totrade .Other barriers derive from the
Member States' certification requirements andbeing actively examined in
cooperation with the senior officials responsible for standardization .
Itisprobable that different procedures will berequired tosolve this
entirely separate problem .
Moreover ,the establishment and theactual management oftheinformation
*
system which theCommission wishes tointroduce will undoubtedly call for
efforts onthepart oftheCommission ,theMember States and the starr -
I
dards organizations concerned .
Nevertheless ,~the Commission isconvinced that adoption bythe Council ,
oftheattached decision ,indicating theintention ofthe ^Commission ,
the Council andtheMember States totake allpossible measures toensure
itsproper implementation ,will constitute asignificant atage intheprocess
ofremoving technical barriers totrade andwill consequently represent
afurther step towards theachievement oftheCommunity 'sinternal market .
/

THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEA.N COMMUNITIES , '
Having regard -totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and ,inparticular Article 213thereof ,
s
Having regard "to "theproposal from theConnnission ,
Whereas theprohibition ofquantitative restrictions onthemovement of
goods andofmeasures having anequivalent effect isoneofthebasic
principles oftheCommunity ;
Whereas technical regulations relating toproducts ,where they impede the
freemovement ofgoods Legally manufactured andsold inaMember State ,are
lawful onlyifthey arenecessary inorder tomeet essential requirements
andhave anobjective inthepublic interest ofwhich they constitute the
main guarantee :
• *
Whereas itisessential fortheCommission tohave thenecessary preliminary
information atitsdisposal ; whereas consequently theMember States ,
which arerequired tofacilitate theachievement ofitstask pursuant to
Article 5oftheEECTreaty ,mustnotify itoftheir intentions andprojects
inthefield oftechnical regulations ;
Whereas alltheMember States must alsobeinformed ofthetechnical regu­
lations contemplated byanyoneMember State ;
Whereas theCommission andtheMember States must also beallowed sufficient
time inwhich topropose amendments toacontemplated measure ,inorder to
remove orreduce anybarriers which itmight create tothefree movement
ofgoods ,
Whereas theCommission must also have theoption ofproposing oradopting a
Community directive governing thesubject ofthenational measure contem­
plated ;

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Whereas ,inthe "twoinstances setoutabove ,theMember State inquestion
must ,pursuant tothegeneral obligations laid doxvn inArticle 5ofthe
Treaty ,defer .implementation ofthe .contemplated measure foraperiod
sufficient toallow either /joint examination oftheproposed amendments
.the
or'preparation oftheproposal foradirective orofaCommunity direc­
tive ;andwhereas thetime limits laid down intheAgreement ofthe
Representatives oftheGovernments oftheMember States meeting inthe
Council of28May1969providing forstandstill andnotification tothe
X... ... •.■ ./2Commission (),asamended bytheAgreement of5March 1973 (),have proved
inadequate inthecases concerned andshould accordingly beextended ;
Whereas ,inpractice ,national technical standards mayhave thesame effects
onthefree movement ofgoods astechnical regulations ;
Whereas itwould therefore appear necessary toinform theCommission of
draft standards under similar conditions tothose which apply totechnical
regulations ;whereas ,pursuant toArticle 213oftheEECTreaty ,the -
Commission may ,within thelimits andunder theconditions laid down by
theCouncil inaccordance with theprovisions oftheTreaty ,collect anyinfor­
mation andcarry out anychecks required fortheperformance ofthe tasks
entrusted toitj 1
Whereas itisalso necessary fortheMember States andtheir standards
institutions tobeinformed ofstandards contemplated bystandards institutions
inthe other Member States :
« " I
Whereas itisnecessary tosetupwithin theCommission aStanding Committee ,
themembers ofwhich will beappointed bytheMember States with thetask of
()GJC76a17.6.1969,p.9.
(2)OJC9,15.3.1973,p.3.

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helping theCommission -toexamine draft national standards andcooperating
inits efforts tolessen anyadverse effects thereof onthe free movement
ofgoods ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
TheMember States shall take all measures necessary toensure that the
competent national standards institutions submit their standards pro­
grammes totheCommission annually not later than 31January .Alist of
relevant bodies isannexed hereto .TheCommission may amend orsupplement
such list .
!
Article 2
Before 1March each year ,theCommission shall make available tothe
Member States andnational standards institutions theprogrammes whichhave
been communicated toitinaform tfhich makes possible the comparison of
these various programmes .
.Article 3
TheMember States shall ensure that ,before 1May each year ,their standards
institutions inform the Commission whether they wish
-toenjoy associate status ;or
-toparticipate bysending anobserver toactivities planned byother ,
standards institutions ;or -
-aEuropean standard tobeprepared onagiven subject .
Article 4
TheMember States shall ensure that their standards institutions inform the
ot;:er standards institutions and the Commission oftheir draft standards each
quarter ,stating : ;
£.)whether thestandard inquestion ismerely thetransposition ofan
existing international orEuropean standard ,
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b)whether thestandard inquestion isthetransposition ofanexisting
international orEuropean standard with anumber ofamendments ,
c)whether thestandard inquestion isofnational origin andrepresents :
–theamendment ofanexisting standard :
-anew standard .
Article 5
Within theCommission ,aStanding Committee shall besetup,themembers
ofwhich shall "beappointed "bytheMember States .The Chairman and Secreta­
riat ofsuch Committee shall berepresentatives oftheCommission .
Article 6
TheCommission shall submit areport within theCoromittee on:
-requests forinformation andcooperation made by national standards ,
institutions ;
–whether aEuropean standard ispossible ,andif .so,how itshould be
drawn up.
Article 7
TheCommittee shall meet atleast twice ayear with thenational standards
institutions inorder to:
–consider jointly objections made byMember States ,theCommission ,stan­
dards institutions ,industrial associations orindividuals toany
draft standard :orstandard which hasbeen adopted ;
–propose ,where appropriate ,that theCommission draw upterms ofreference
forthepurposes ofestablishing aEuropean standard .
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Article 8
The Mainber Statae shall take allappropriate measure 8tosneuru that their
institutions
standards ' undertake nottodraw uporintroduce national standards
onasubject covered byterms ofreference .This undertaking shall lapse unless a
European standard hasbeen introduced within sixmonths ofthe final time­
table date laid down intheterms ofreference ,Thistimetable may beextended
byagreement between theparties concerned meeting intheCommittee .
Article 9
The Member States shall forward tothe Commission :
-abrief communication notifying their intention ofdrawing uptechnical
regulations relating tocertain industrial products ;
–alldraft technical regulations relating toindustrial products ,
stating theessential requi rements which have ledthem tocontemplate such
measures . *
The Commission shall inform the other Member States ofthe notifications of
intent "anddraft regulations which have been forwarded toit.
Itmayalso submit them totheCommittee foran .
opinion .
Article 10
1.TheMember States shall postpone theadoption ofdraft technical regulations
forsixmonths from thedate ofthei rcommuni cations asprovided forinArti cI
ifthe Commission oranother Member State delivers areasoned opinion
within twomonths ofthat date tothe effect that the contemplated measure
should beamended inorder toremove orreduce anybarriers which itmight
create tothefree movement ofgoods .

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2.This period shall "beextended totwelve months if,within twomonths
ofthe s©rufittniQ&tion|3 revised farinArtiola 9,th»ComaiBei ennotifies
itsintention topropose oradopt adirective onthesubject .
Article 11
This Decision isaddressed totheMemoer States .

DECLARATION BYTHECOMMISSION
appendedtotheCouncilDecision
LayingdownaprocedurefortheprovisionofInformatic -in
thefieldoftechnicalstandardsandregulations
TheComnmssion,
-Beingawareoftheneedtoimprovetheprovisionofinformation within
theCommunityconcerningthepreparation ,andfinalestablishment of
standardsrelatingtoindustrialproductsdrawnupbythestandards ■
institutions oftheMemberStates;
-HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionrelatingtotechnicalstandards
andregulations -whichassignsitanumberoftasksinthisfield;
V.
-Whereasitcannot,atpresent,providethenecessaryqualifiedstaff
fromwithinitsowndepartments toimplementsuchDecision;*
-Whereasallthestandardsinstitutions oftheMemberStatesare"
membersoftheEuropeanCommitteeforStandardization (CEN)andthe
European,Electrotechni caIStandardization Committee (CENELEC);whereas
thosecommitteesareempoweredtomakeacomparisonandcritical
examination oftextsrelatingtostandards,
herebydeclares:
-Aspartofthedutiesassigned-toitbytheCouncilDecisionon
technicalstandardsandregulations,theCommissionintendsto
concludeasubcontract withtheCENandtheCENELEC.
Suchcontractwillprovideinteraliafor:
.thetransmission totheseinstitutions oftheinformation provided
forinArticle 1oftheDecisionincaseswheresuchinformation
hasnotbeensupplieddirectlytothem;

thepresentation ofthese programmes bytheCEN -andtheCENELEC inaform
inwhich thsy csui "becompared ,asprovided forinArticle 2;
r~
theprovision ofinformation tothe CILNand theCENELEC concerning
requests made -bytheMember States pursuant 'toArticle 3;
thecommunication tothe CETTandtheCENELEC oftheinformation supplied
bytheMember States pursuant toArticle 4where such information has
notbeen supplied directly ;
thepreparation bytheCENandtheCENELEC ofthereport provided forin
Article 6;
theparticipation bytheCENandtheCENELEC intheactivities ofthe
Committee referred toinArticle 5when the latter discusses the
matters referred toinArticle 7> '
thepreparation bythe CETTortheCENELEC oftheEuropean standards tobe
drawn upon basis Gftheterms ofreference referred toinArticle 7»
–TheCommission will examine whether itisnecessary toamend orsupplement
,thecontract drawn upwith theCENandtheCENELEC inthelight ofthere­
sults obtained during thefirst year(s )ofimplementation oftheDecision .

–"ANNEX
List ofthenational standards .institutions oftheMember States of.the
European Communities ; –1
AFNQR (France ) Association Française deNormalisation
Tour Europe -Cédex 7
F-92080 PARIS LADEFENSE
BSI (United Kingdom ) British Standards Institution
2,Park Street
GB-LONDON W1A 2BS
DS (Danmark ) Dansk Standardiseringsråd
Aurehøjvej 12
Postboks 77
DK-2900 HELLERUP 12
DIN (Deutschland ) Deutsches Institut fürNormung e.V.
Burggrafenstrasse 4-10
Postfach 1107
D-1000 BERLIN 30
IBN /BIN '
(Belgique-België )'Institut Belge deNormalisation
Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie
29,avenue delaBrabançonne (laan )
B-1040 BRUXELLES /BRUSSEL
IIRS (Ireland ) Institute for Industrial Research and Standards
Ballymun Road
EI-DUBLIN 9
NNI (Nederland ) Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut
Polak weg 5-Postbus 5810
NL-2280 HVRIJSWIJK ZH
UNI (Italia ) Ente Nazionale Italiano diUnificazione
Piazza Armando Diaz 2
I-20123 MILANO