EN Official Journal of the European Union C 145/7

Information provided by the Commission pursuant to 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 Information Society services (1)

Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2013 under the 98/34/EC notification procedure

2014/C 145/06

I. Table showing the different types of responses addressed to Member States of the European Union regarding their respective notified drafts

Member States Number of Notifications Observations (2) Detailed Opinions (3) Proposals for Community legislation MS COM EFTA (4) TR (5) MS COM 9.3 (6) 9.4 (7) Belgium 27 9 7 0 3 4 0 2 Bulgaria 16 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 Czech Rep. 30 9 6 0 1 2 0 0 Denmark 34 6 8 0 1 7 0 0 Germany 61 5 5 0 2 12 1 0 Estonia 12 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 Ireland 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 12 1 8 0 1 4 0 0 Spain 47 9 12 0 1 4 0 0 France 49 3 6 0 8 1 0 0 Croatia 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Italy 34 4 14 0 3 5 1 1 Cyprus 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Latvia 5 2 1 0 7 2 0 0 Lithuania 17 8 6 0 8 5 0 0 Luxembourg 16 3 7 0 0 6 0 0 Hungary 38 14 10 0 9 8 0 0 Malta 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 41 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 Austria 63 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 Poland 27 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 Portugal 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 Romania 12 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 Slovenia 9 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 Slovakia 33 17 15 0 7 8 0 0 Finland 29 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 Sweden 33 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 United Kingdom 42 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 EU Total 705 123 156 0 59 87 2 3





II. Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Member States of the European Union

Sector BE BG CZ CY DK DE EE IE GR ES FR HR IT LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK Total Building and construction 5 5 1 1 8 12 2 3 1 8 8 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 14 41 3 0 6 0 7 3 3 15 158 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 8 5 5 1 5 5 1 0 1 7 18 0 12 3 7 0 9 0 9 0 5 1 0 1 15 6 4 6 134 Chemical products 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 29 Pharmaceutical products 0 1 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 2 28 Domestic and leisure equipment 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 29 Mechanical 3 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 37 Energy, minerals, wood 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 3 3 1 0 6 0 1 4 35 Environment, packaging 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 12 8 0 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 7 56 Health, medical equipment 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Transport 1 0 1 0 6 6 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 42 Telecommunications 2 0 0 0 0 25 2 0 0 16 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 70 Miscellaneous products 0 1 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 40 Information society services 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 37 Total per Member State 27 16 30 2 34 61 12 8 12 47 49 1 34 5 17 16 38 2 41 63 27 5 12 9 33 29 33 42 705





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

Country Notifications EC Observations (10) Iceland 3 1 Liechtenstein 0 0 Switzerland 7 2 Norway 13 6 Total 23 9





IV. Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Sector Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland Total Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1 3 1 5 Metrology 1 1 Building and construction 1 2 1 4 Transport 3 3 Telecommunications 3 3 Miscellaneous products 1 1 Environment and packaging 1 1 98/48/EC services 2 2 Domestic and leisure equipment 1 1 Energy, minerals, wood 2 2 Total per country 3 0 13 7 23





V. Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and the observations relating thereto

Turkey Notifications EC Observations Total 6 2





VI. Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Turkey

Sector Turkey Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 3 Energy, minerals, wood 2 Miscellaneous products 1 Total 6





VII. Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2013 and launched on the basis of Article 226 of the EC Treaty against national technical regulations adopted in breach of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC

Country Number Spain 1 Poland 1 EU Total 2

(1) Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998 (OJ L 204 of 21 July 1998) codifies Directive 83/189/EEC, as amended principally by Directives 88/182/EEC and 94/10/EC. Directive 98/34/EC was amended by Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 217 of 5 August 1998), which extended its scope to Information Society services.

(2) Article 8.2 of the Directive.

(3) Article 9.2 of the Directive (‘detailed opinion... to the effect that the measure envisaged may create obstacles to the free movement of goods or the free movement of services or to the freedom of establishment of service operators within the internal market’.)

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

(5) The 98/34/EC procedure was extended to Turkey under the Association Agreement concluded with that country (the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions No 1/95 and No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6) Article 9.3 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of draft regulations relating to services) for 12 months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its intention to propose or adopt a directive, regulation or decision on this subject.

(7) Article 9.4 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone adoption of the notified draft for 12 months from its reception 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.

(8) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (see note 4) lays down the obligation for EFTA countries party to this Agreement to notify draft technical regulations to the Commission.

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

(10) The only type of reaction provided for under the Agreement on the European Economic Area (see notes 4 and 7) is the possibility that the EU put forward observations (Article 8.2 of Directive 98/34/EC as included in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of response may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland on the basis of the informal agreement between the EU and this country (see notes 4 and 8).