EN Official Journal of the European Union C 197/2

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2004/C 197/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services. (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37; OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18).

Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission

Reference (1) Title End of three-month standstill period (2) 2004/0128/NL Decree on requests for telecommunications data 20-07-2004 2004/0133/D Act reorganising legislation concerning genetic engineering 26-07-2004 2004/0134/D Technical terms of delivery for construction products used for the construction of sett paving and tile work 26-07-2004 2004/0135/GR ‘Codification of/addenda to technical specifications for inland revenue approved electronic machines and systems — Operating procedures’ 26-07-2004 2004/0136/I Draft Law on: ‘Regulations for the protection of suffers of celiac disease’ AC 4231 approved by the Senate, and AC 3478 26-07-2004 2004/0137/NL Proposal for a Decree of … amending the Vehicle Rules in connection with a number of amendments relating to devices improving the field of vision in commercial vehicles 28-07-2004 2004/0138/UK The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2004 28-07-2004 2004/0139/UK The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No) Regulations 2004 28-07-2004 2004/0140/UK Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 28-07-2004 2004/0141/UK The Firework Regulations 2004 28-07-2004 2004/0142/DK Draft Technical Regulation No X of X 2004 on the conduction of surveys and internal inspections. 28-07-2004 2004/0143/B Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 7 July 1994 laying down basic standards on the prevention of fire to be fulfilled by new buildings 02-08-2004 2004/0144/B Draft Decree on the use of vegetable oils for removing formwork from concrete, submitted by M.D. Smeets and Co. (Doc. 446 (2002-2003) — No 1) 02-08-2004 2004/0145/MT The Safety of Cycles and Low Powered Vehicles Regulations, 2004 04-08-2004 2004/0146/B Ministerial Decree amending the Ministerial Decree of 15 December 1995 making the import of certain products subject to authorisation 04-08-2004 2004/0147/B Ministerial Decree amending the Ministerial Decree of 15 December 1995 making the import of certain products subject to authorisation 04-08-2004 2004/0148/FIN Government Bill to Parliament for a law on amending the Telecommunications Market Act 04-08-2004 2004/0149/A Concrete for inner linings, RVS 9.34 05-08-2004 2004/0150/A RVS 9.32, Tunnels — Static Structural Guideline — Closed construction in loose material during development work 05-08-2004 2004/0151/A RVS 9.31, Tunnels — Static Structural Guideline — Open construction 05-08-2004 2004/0152/B Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 19 July 2001 establishing the list of games of chance whose operation is permitted in class I gambling establishments 04-08-2004 2004/0153/B Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 19 July 2001 on the operation and management of class I gambling establishments, the application system and the format of the class A licence 04-08-2004 2004/0154/FIN Government Bill to Parliament for a law on amending the Radio Act 05-08-2004 2004/0155/NL Decree amending the Buildings Decree 2003 (amendments connected with introducing the sub-user function childcare, deregulating the education function and making some other amendments to the Buildings Decree 2003) 05-08-2004 2004/0156/A Order of the Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology on the carriage of dangerous goods on inland waterways (ADN Order) 09-08-2004 2004/0157/S Order amending the Order (1999:58) banning certain products that are harmful to health 09-08-2004 2004/0158/UK The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 09-08-2004 2004/0159/B Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 7 February 1997 on the general hygiene of foodstuffs 09-08-2004 2004/0160/B Technical Regulation for the management of gas distribution networks in the Walloon Region and access thereto (Annex 1) 09-08-2004 2004/0161/S Swedish Maritime Administration's administrative provisions and general guidance on life-saving appliances and arrangements for ships not subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 09-08-2004 2004/0162/NL Regulation by the State Secretary for Housing, Planning and the Environment, containing rules on the measurement of emissions (Regulation on measurement methods for the incineration of waste substances) 09-08-2004 2004/0163/S Administrative provisions of the Swedish Board of Agriculture on the declaration of infection with regard to American foulbrood and varroasis in bees (3) 2004/0164/UK The Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Plant Protection Products 11-08-2004 2004/0165/NL Amendment III to the Regulation issued by the Marketing Board for Animal Feed concerning a GMP accreditation regulation within the animal feed sector 2003 12-08-2004 2004/0166/DK Draft Act on a tax on mineral phosphorous in feed phosphates (L 238 of 28 April 2004) (4) 2004/0167/E Draft decree regulating tanning centres which use ultraviolet radiation equipment in the Community of Madrid 13-08-2004 2004/0168/D Draft first Act amending the Signature Act (German designation: 1. SigÄndG) 13-08-2004 2004/0169/E Draft decree regulating the practices of tattooing, micropigmentation and piercing and other similar body decoration practices and the requirements for establishments in which these practices are carried out (3) 2004/0170/E Draft Royal Decree adopting the Safety Regulation on fire safety in industrial establishments 16-08-2004 2004/0171/UK The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 16-08-2004 2004/0172/F Decision No 04-xxxx of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of xx/xx/2004 laying down the operating conditions for fixed service point-to-point radio networks in the 17.7-19.7 GHz band, for overseas departments, the territorial collectivity of St Pierre and Miquelon, and the departmental collectivity of Mayotte 16-08-2004 2004/0173/E Draft Royal Decree amending the Technical Health Regulation on the manufacture, distribution and marketing of bread and special breads, adopted by Royal Decree No 1137 of 28 March 1984 02-08-2004 2004/0174/E Draft Order regulating the marketing of batches and assortments of fireworks 02-08-2004 2004/0175/I ‘Draft Decree of the Prime Minister amending the Decree of the Prime Minister of 8 March 2002, regulating the product characteristics of fuels with regard to atmospheric pollution, and the technical characteristics of combustion equipment’ 18-08-2004 2004/0176/I Draft Legislative Decree establishing the public connection system to the international public administration network 19-08-2004 2004/0177/FIN Railway engineering regulations and instructions RAMO, Part 9 Level crossings 20-08-2004 2004/0178/FIN F1 Finnish Building Regulations. Accessible building. Regulations and instructions 2005. The Ministry of the Environment Decree on accessible building 20-08-2004 2004/0179/FIN G1 Finnish Building Regulations. Housing design. Regulations and instructions 2005. The Ministry of the Environment Decree on housing design 20-08-2004 2004/0180/A Order of the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, the Environment and Water Management on obligations in the treatment of waste 20-08-2004 2004/0181/D Order on Revision 2 of ECE Regulation 52 on uniform provisions for the approval of small buses of categories M2 and M3 with regard to their general construction (Order on Revision 2 of ECE Regulation 52) 20-08-2004 2004/0182/SI Regulations on the technical requirements for ventilation or air-conditioning systems 23-08-2004 2004/0183/I Harmonised UNI EN standards relating to certain thermal insulants for construction: specifications for use in activities subject to fire inspections in implementation of Article 2(2) of Presidential Decree No 246/93 23-08-2004 2004/0184/FIN Decree of the Ministry of the Environment on the fire safety of garages E4 23-08-2004 2004/0185/FIN Decree of the Ministry of the Environment on the fire safety of production and warehouse buildings E2 23-08-2004 2004/0186/FIN Decree of the Ministry of the Environment on the fire safety of boiler rooms and fuel storages E9 23-08-2004 2004/0187/NL Regulation amending the Regulation implementing the Building Materials Decree concerning the protection of soil and surface water 25-08-2004 2004/0188/I Draft Regulation No 13 of 129 April 2004 — Regulation on the use of the ‘Agriqualità’ collective mark — ‘Product of integrated agriculture’ pursuant to Article 3 of Regional Law no 25 of 15 April 1999 (standards for the assessment of agricultural and food products obtained using integrated production techniques and protection against misleading advertising) 26-08-2004 2004/0189/F Order amending the Order of 5 September 2003 laying down the compulsory implementation of standards 26-08-2004 2004/0190/UK The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) (England) Order 2004 26-08-2004 2004/0191/UK Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendments) (Wales) Order 2004 26-08-2004 2004/0192/D Draft Act improving the protection of young people from the dangers of tobacco and alcohol consumption (3) 2004/0193/A General amendments […] to the government bill (446 in the supplements) for a Federal Act enacting an Animal Protection Act and amending the Federal Constitution, the Industrial Code 1994 and the Federal Ministries Act 1986 30-08-2004 2004/0194/DK Draft Act amending the Act on a tax on carbon dioxide for certain energy products, the Act on a tax on natural gas and town gas, the Act on a tax on electricity, the Act on an energy tax on certain mineral oil products etc., the Act on a tax on hard coal, lignite and lean coal etc. and the Act on a state subsidy to cover the cost of the carbon dioxide tax in certain undertakings with a large energy consumption (transposal of Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 and simplification of the energy taxes) (4) 2004/0195/SK Ruling by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovakia on the provision of water for fire-fighting in buildings 01-09-2004 2004/0196/NL (draft) Regulation on the breeding of TSE-insensitive sheep (PVV) 2004 30-08-2004 2004/0197/SI Rules on the minimum technical requirements for the construction of sheltered accommodation for the elderly 02-09-2004 2004/0198/B Draft Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 15 March 1968 laying down general regulations on the technical conditions with which motor vehicles, their trailers, parts and safety accessories must comply, with a view to improving the visibility of road users 03-09-2004 2004/0199/D First Act amending the Transfusions Act and regulations governing medicinal products 03-09-2004 2004/0200/D Fire protection guidelines for buildings of a particular type or for a particular use, 3rd edition, draft March 2004 03-09-2004

The Commission draws attention to the judgment delivered on 30 April 1996 in the ‘CIA Security’ case (C-194/94, ECR I-2201), in which the Court of Justice ruled that Articles 8 and 9 of Directive 98/34/EC (formerly 83/189/EEC) are to be interpreted as meaning that individuals may rely on them before national courts which must decline to apply a national technical regulation which has not been notified in accordance with the Directive.

This judgment confirms the Commission's communication of 1 October 1986 (OJ C 245, 1.10.1986, p. 4).

Accordingly, breach of the obligation to notify renders the technical regulations concerned inapplicable, and consequently unenforceable against individuals.

For more information on the notification procedure, please write to:

European Commission DG Enterprise, Unit F1 B–1049 Brussels E-mail: Dir83-189-Central@cec.eu.int

Also consult the website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/tris/

If you require any further information on these notifications, please contact the national departments listed below:

LIST OF NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC

BELGIUM

BELNotif Qualité et Sécurité SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie North Gate III — 4ème étage boulevard du Roi Albert II /Konig Albert II-laan 16 B-1000 Bruxelles Ms Pascaline Descamps Tel.: (32-2) 206 46 89 Fax: (32-2) 206 57 46 E-mail: pascaline.descamps@mineco.fgov.be paolo.caruso@mineco.fgov.be General e-mail: belnotif@mineco.fgov.be Website: http://www.mineco.fgov.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing Gorazdova 24 P.O. BOX 49 CZ-128 01 Praha 2 Ms Helena Fofonková Tel.: (420) 224 907 125 Fax: (420) 224 907 122 E-mail: fofonkova@unmz.cz General e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz Website: http://www.unmz.cz

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen Dahlerups Pakhus Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (or DK-2100 Copenhagen OE) Tel.: (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct) Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03 E-mail: Ms Birgitte Spühler Hansen — bsh@ebst.dk Mutual mailbox for notification messages — noti@ebst.dk Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Referat XA2 Scharnhorststr. 34—37 D-10115 Berlin Ms Christina Jäckel Tel.: (49-30) 2014 6353 Fax: (49-30) 2014 5379 E-mail: infonorm@bmwa.bund.de Website: http://www.bmwa.bund.de

ESTONIA

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Harju str. 11 EE-15072 Tallinn Mr Margus Alver Tel.: (372) 6 256 405 Fax: (372) 6 313 660 E-mail: margus.alver@mkm.ee General e-mail: el.teavitamine@mkm.ee

GREECE

Ministry of Development General Secretariat of Industry Mesogeion 119 GR-101 92 Athens Tel.: (30) 210 696 98 63 Fax: (30) 210 696 91 06

ELOT Acharnon 313 GR-111 45 Athens Tel.: (30) 210 212 03 01 Fax: (30) 210 228 62 19 E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr Website: http://www.elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos Direccion General de Coordinacion del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas Comunitarias Subdireccion General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente C/Padilla, 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6218 E-28006 MADRID Mr Angel Silván Torregrosa Tel.: (34) 91 379 83 32 Ms Esther Pérez Peláez Technical Advisor E-mail: esther.perez@ue.mae.es Tel.: (34-91) 379 84 64 Fax: (34-91) 379 84 01 E-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

Délégation interministérielle aux normes Direction générale de l'Industrie, des Technologies de l'information et des Postes (DiGITIP) Service des politiques d'innovation et de compétitivité (SPIC) Sous-direction de la normalisation, de la qualité et de la propriété industrielle (SQUALPI) DiGITIP 5 12, rue Villiot F-75572 Paris Cedex 12 Ms Suzanne Piau Tel.: (33-1) 53 44 97 04 Fax: (33-1) 53 44 98 88 E-mail: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr Ms Françoise Ouvrard Tel.: (33) 1 53 44 97 05 Fax: (33) 1 53 44 98 88 E-mail: francoise.ouvrard@industrie.gouv.fr

IRELAND

NSAI Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Mr Tony Losty Tel.: (353) 1 807 38 80 Fax: (353) 1 807 38 38 E-mail: tony.losty@nsai.ie Website: http://www.nsai.ie

ITALY

Ministero delle attività produttive Dipartimento per le imprese Direzione Generale per lo sviluppo produttivo e la competitività Ufficio F1 — Ispettorato tecnico dell'industria Via Molise 2 I-00187 Roma Mr Vincenzo Correggia Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 22 05 Fax: (39) 06 47 88 78 05 E-mail: vincenzo.correggia@minindustria.it Mr Enrico Castiglioni Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 26 69 Fax: (39) 06 47 88 77 48 E-mail: enrico.castiglioni@minindustria.it E-mail: ispettoratotecnico@minindustria.flexmail.it Website: http://www.minindustria.it

CYPRUS

Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism 13, A. Araouzou street CY-1421 Nicosia Tel.: (357) 22 409313 or (357) 22 375053 Fax: (357) 22 754103 Mr Antonis Ioannou Tel.: (357) 22 409409 Fax: (357) 22 754103 E-mail: aioannou@cys.mcit.gov.cy Ms Thea Andreou Tel.: (357) 22 409 404 Fax: (357) 22 754 103 E-mail: tandreou@cys.mcit.gov.cy General e-mail: dir9834@cys.mcit.gov.cy Website: http://www.cys.mcit.gov.cy

LATVIA

Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notification Internal Market Department of the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia 55, Brvibas str. Riga LV-1519 Ms Agra Ločmele Senior Officer of the Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notification E-mail: agra.locmele@em.gov.lv Tel.: (371) 7031236 Fax: (371) 7280882 E-mail: notification@em.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Lithuanian Standards Board T. Kosciuskos g. 30 LT-01100 Vilnius Ms Daiva Lesickiene Tel.: (370) 5 2709347 Fax: (370) 5 2709367 E-mail: dir9834@lsd.lt Website: http://www.lsd.lt

LUXEMBOURG

SEE — Service de l'Energie de l'Etat 34, avenue de la Porte-Neuve B.P. 10 L-2010 Luxembourg Mr J.P. Hoffmann Tel.: (352) 46 97 46 1 Fax: (352) 22 25 24 E-mail: see.direction@eg.etat.lu Website: http://www.see.lu

HUNGARY

Hungarian Notification Centre — Ministry of Economy and Transport Budapest Honvéd u. 13-15. H-1055 Mr Zsolt Fazekas E-mail: fazekaszs@gkm.hu Tel.: (36) 1 374 2873 Fax: (36) 1 473 1622 E-mail: notification@gkm.hu Website: http://www.gkm.hu/dokk/main/gkm

MALTA

Malta Standards Authority Level 2 Evans Building Merchants Street MT-Valletta Tel.: (356) 2124 2420 (356) 2124 3282 Fax: (356) 2124 2406 Ms Lorna Cachia E-mail: lorna.cachia@msa.org.mt Website: http://www.msa.org.mt

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiën Belastingsdienst/Douane Noord Team bijzondere klantbehandeling Centrale Dienst voor In-en uitvoer Engelse Kamp 2 Postbus 30003 9700 RD Groningen Nederland Mr Ebel van der Heide Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 21 34 Ms Hennie Boekema Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 21 35 Ms Tineke Elzer Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 21 33 Fax: (31-50) 5 23 21 59 General e-mail: Enquiry.Point@tiscali-business.nl Enquiry.Point2@tiscali-business.nl

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Abteilung C2/1 Stubenring 1 A-1010 Wien Ms Brigitte Wikgolm Tel.: (43) 1 711 00 58 96 Fax: (43) 1 715 96 51 or (43) 1 712 06 80 E-mail: post@tbt.bmwa.gv.at Website: http://www.bmwa.gv.at

POLAND

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy Department for European and Multilateral Relations Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5 PL-00-507 Warsaw Ms Joanna Tomaszewska Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07 Ms Agata Gągor Tel.: (48) 22 693 56 90 Fax: (48) 693 40 28 E-mail: joanna.tomaszewska@mg.gov.pl E-mail: notyfikacja@mg.gov.pl

PORTUGAL

Instituto Portugês da Qualidade Rua Antonio Gião, 2 P-2829-513 Caparica Ms Cândida Pires Tel.: (351-21) 294 82 36 or 81 00 Fax: (351-21) 294 82 23 E-mail: c.pires@mail.ipq.pt General e-mail: not9834@mail.ipq.pt Website: http://www.ipq.pt

SLOVENIA

SIST — Slovenian Institute for Standardization Contact point for 98/34/EC and WTO-TBT Enquiry Point Šmartinska 140 SLO-1000 Ljubljana Tel.: (386) 1 478 3041 Fax: (386) 1 478 3098 E-mail: contact@sist.si Ms Vesna Stražišar

SLOVAKIA

Ms Kvetoslava Steinlova Director of the Department of European Integration, Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic Stefanovicova 3 SK-814 39 Bratislava Tel.: (421) 2 5249 3521 Fax: (421) 2 5249 1050 E-mail: steinlova@normoff.gov.sk

FINLAND

Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö (Ministry of Trade and Industry) Visitor address: Aleksanterinkatu 4 FIN-00171 Helsinki and Katakatu 3 FIN-00120 Helsinki Postal address: PO Box 32 FIN-00023 Government Mr Henri Backman Tel.: (358-9) 1606 36 27 Fax: (358-9) 1606 46 22 E-mail: henri.backman@ktm.fi Ms Katri Amper General e-mail: maaraykset.tekniset@ktm.fi Website: http://www.ktm.fi

SWEDEN

Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade) Box 6803 Drottninggatan 89 S – 113 86 Stockholm Ms Kerstin Carlsson Tel.: (46) 86 90 48 82 or (46) 86 90 48 00 Fax: (46) 8 690 48 40 or (46) 83 06 759 E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se General e-mail: 9834@kommers.se Website: http://www.kommers.se

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate 2 151 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1 W 9SS United Kingdom Mr Philip Plumb Tel.: (44-207) 2151488 Fax: (44-207) 2151529 E-mail: philip.plumb@dti.gsi.gov.uk General e-mail: 9834@dti.gsi.gov.uk Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd

EFTA — ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority Rue de Trêves 74 B-1040 Bruxelles Ms Adinda Batsleer Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 71 Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00 E-mail: aba@eftasurv.int E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

EFTA Goods Unit EFTA Secretariat Rue de Trêves 74 B-1040 Bruxelles Ms Kathleen Byrne Tel.: (32-2) 286 17 34 Fax: (32-2) 286 17 42 E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGEFTA@efta.int kathleen.byrne@efta.int Website: http://www.efta.int

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade Inönü Bulvari no 36 06510 Emek — Ankara Mr Saadettin Doğan Tel.: (90-312) 212 58 99 (90-312) 204 81 02 Fax: (90-312) 212 87 68 E-mail: dtsabbil@dtm.gov.tr Website: http://www.dtm.gov.tr

(1) Year — registration number — Member State of origin.

(2) Period during which the draft may not be adopted.

(3) No standstill period since the Commission accepts the grounds of urgent adoption invoked by the notifying Member State.

(4) No standstill period since the measure concerns technical specifications or other requirements or rules on services linked to fiscal or financial measures, pursuant to the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 1(11) of Directive 98/34/EC.

(5) Information procedure closed.