COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN C09VMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 144 final - SYN 336 A-B 
Brussels,31 March 1993 
Amended proposal 'or a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE SYN 336 A 
amending Council Directives 
87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 
88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 
89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 
89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 
90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 
90/385/EEC (active implantable medical devices), 
90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 
91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 
92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels), 
and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within 
certain voltage limits) 
Amended proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION SYN 336 B 
amending the Council Decision of 13 December 1990 concerning 
the modules for the various phases of the conformity 
assessment procedures (90/683/EEC), supplementing it 
with provisions relating to the arrangements for 
affixing and using the CE conformity marking 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) 
of the EEC-Treaty) 
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At Its part-session of 8-12 March 1993 Parliament delivered Its opinion 
at first reading following further consultation on the proposal to amend 
the proposal which the Commission sent to the Council on 7 December 1992 
(C0M(92) 499 final). 
The current proposal takes account of the two amendments proposed by 
Parliament, which the Commission Is willing to accept, because they 
stress that the introduction of a standard CE marking must not entail 
any lowering whatsoever of safety levels and that, In the light of this 
concern, the Commission should examine and report on the Impact of this 
proposal by 1997 at the latest. 
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Acting on the opinion1 delivered by Parliament at first reading 
following further consultation on the amended Commission proposal of 
7 December 1992 (C0M(92) 499 final) under the cooperation procedure, the 
Commission has decided to amend Its latest proposal as follows, taking 
account of the amendments approved by Parliament: 
The proposai iûr___a Directive amending tùfi yjxjçjis om ajanrjaacii 
Directives and the low voltage Directive Is amended as follows: 
Article 12m Is amended to read as follows; 
"1. The following two recitals are added: 
Whereas the choice of procedures must not lead to a lowering of 
standards of electrical safety already established throughout the 
Community,'" 
The proposal amending the Council Decision of 1 a December 1990 on 
certification modules la amended as follows» 
Article 2(31 Is replaced bv the following: 
"The Commission shall report periodically on the functioning of this 
Decision and on whether conformity assessment and CE marking procedures 
are working satisfactorily or need to be modified. 
The Commission shall also, by the end of the transitional period In 1997 
at the latest, or earlier should the urgency be recognized, report on 
any special problems raised by the Incorporation of the low voltage 
Directive 73/23/EEC Into the CE marking procedures, indicating, in 
particular, whether safety Is being compromised. The Convulsion shall 
also list any problems raised by the overlapping of Council Directives 
and shall stipulate whether further community measures are required." 
Adopted on 10 March 1993 (PE A3-0084/93) 

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