EN Official Journal of the European Union C 115/28

Information procedure - Technical rules

(2004/C 115/14)

(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, 5.8.998, p. 18).

Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission

Reference (1) Title End of three-month standstill period (2) 2004/0094/F Order amending the amended order of 29 May 1997 on materials and objects used in fixed production, treatment and distribution installations for water intended for human consumption 30.06.2004 2004/0095/F Notice to those responsible for marketing materials and objects that come into contact with water intended for human consumption, except for natural mineral waters, used in water production, treatment and distribution installations 30.06.2004 2004/0096/D Guideline for wind turbines, effect and structural safety proof tests for the tower and foundation, draft December 2003 01.07.2004 2004/0097/D Article 1(2)(3) sentence 2 and sentence 3 number 1, Article 1(4)(1)(3), Article 1(5) sentence 1, number 1, Article 1(17)(1) and Article 4(1)(6) of the draft Act on the reform of food and feedingstuffs legislation 01.07.2004 2004/0098/E Draft order establishing the method for taking samples from the carcases of Iberian pigs and the analytical method for determining the composition of fatty acids from the total lipids in the subcutaneous adipose tissue of the carcases of Iberian pigs 05.07.2004 2004/0099/E Draft Royal Decree on fertilisers 02.07.2004 2004/0100/A Technical contract terms RVS 11.321, top layer, asphalt layers, testing and billing 05.07.2004 2004/0101/A Construction; RVS 11.063, fundamentals, testing methods, acceptance testing of asphalt roads 05.07.2004 2004/0102/A Technical contract terms RVS 8S.01.41: Building materials, asphalt, requirements pertaining to asphalt mixture 05.07.2004 2004/0103/UK Motor vehicles (construction and use)(amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 05.07.2004 2004/0104/D Amendments and supplements to the Specimen List of Technical Building Regulations of February 2004 05.07.2004 2004/0105/A Technical contract terms RVS 8S.04.11, top layer, asphalt layers, requirements pertaining to asphalt layers 05.07.2004 2004/0106/A Order of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government enacting safety provisions for gas appliances (Upper Austrian Order on gas safety 2004) 05.07.2004 2004/0107/S Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's administrative provisions (NFS 2004:xxx) on measuring equipment for determining the environmental tax on emissions of nitric oxides in energy production (4) 2004/0108/GR 401 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Maritime mobile transmitters and receivers for use in MF and HF frequency bands 05.07.2004 2004/0109/GR 403 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — On-board watchkeeping receivers for digital selective calling (DSC) in MF, MF/HF and VHF maritime bands 05.07.2004 2004/0110/GR 404 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — VHF maritime radiotelephone equipment (including on internal waterways) for general communications and equipment for category ‘D’ digital selective calling (DSC) 05.07.2004 2004/0111/GR 405 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — VHF transmitters and receivers used as GMDSS shore stations and other maritime mobile service applications 05.07.2004 2004/0112/GR 408 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Very high frequency (VHF) maritime distress radio equipment operating in aeronautical frequency bands 05.07.2004 2004/0113/GR 4091 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Maritime radio positioning beacons designed for use on 121.5 MHz and 243 MHz for homing applications only 05.07.2004 2004/0114/GR 4092 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Maritime radio positioning beacons designed for use with the COSPAS-SARSAT system on 406.028 MHz 05.07.2004 2004/0115/GR 4093 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Maritime radio positioning beacons operating in the 1.6 GHz frequency band via geostatic satellites 05.07.2004 2004/0116/GR 4101 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Maritime mobile earth stations (MMES) operating in the 1.5/1.6 GHz frequency bands providing low bit rate data communications (LBRDC) for the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) 05.07.2004 2004/0117/GR 411 v.1.0 radio equipment interface requirement — Maritime radar transponders (SART) 05.07.2004 2004/0118/F Draft order on instruments for measuring the distance between vehicles or combined vehicles 06.07.2004 2004/0119/I (Draft) Decree amending Annexes 1B, 1C and 3 to Law No 748 of 19 October 1984 on: ‘New standards for the regulation of fertilisers’ 07.07.2004 2004/0120/FIN Government bill to Parliament for a law on amending the Law on domain names 08.07.2004 2004/0121/A Order of the Salzburg Provincial Government on the safety requirements for gas fittings (Order on gas safety) 09.07.2004 2004/0122/I Circular on: ‘Clarifications with regard to the compliance of mobile elevator platforms with the essential safety requirements pursuant to Directive 98/37/EC relating to machinery’. 12.07.2004 2004/0123/DK Draft Technical Regulation No 4 of 15 July 2004 on the conduction of surveys and internal inspections 14.07.2004 2004/0124/F Order approving provisions supplementing and amending the safety regulation against the risks of fire and panic in establishments open to the public (use of insulation products in establishments open to the public) 08.07.2004 2004/0125/A Order of the Salzburg Provincial Government laying down detailed provisions on the interment and transfer of corpses, the medical treatment certificate, the coroner's certificate and the coroner's report (Salzburg Order on interment and transfer of corpses) 15.07.2004 2004/0126/A Burgenland Roads Act 2004 15.07.2004 2004/0127/DK Order on weapons and ammunition etc. (hereinafter referred to as the Weapons Order) 16.07.2004 2004/0129/DK Draft amending the Order on detailed regulations for vehicles 2004 21.07.2004 2004/0130/DK Order on special requirements for buses 21.07.2004 2004/0131/UK Merchant Shipping (small commercial vessel and pilot boat) Regulations 2004 21.07.2004 2004/0132/UK The Small Commercial Vessels and Pilot Boat Code of Practice 21.07.2004

The Commission draws attention to the judgment delivered on 30 April 1996 in the ‘CIA Security’, case C-194/94 ([1996] 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: 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 NG III – 4ème étage boulevard du Roi Albert II / 16 B-1000 Brussels Ms Pascaline Descamps Tel. (32-2) 206 46 89 Fax (32-2) 206 57 46 E-mail: General e-mail: Website:

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen Dahlerups Pakhus Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (or DK-2100 Copenhagen OE) Ms Laila Østergren Tel. (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct) Fax (45) 35 46 62 03 E-mail: Ms Laila Østergren - Ms Birgitte Spühler Hansen - Mutual mailbox for notification messages - Website:

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: Website:

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: Website:

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: Tel. (34-91) 379 84 64 Fax (34-91) 379 84 01 E-mail:

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: Ms Françoise Ouvrard Tel. (33) 1 53 44 97 05 Fax (33) 1 53 44 98 88 E-mail:

IRELAND

NSAI Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Mr Tony Losty Tel.: (353-1) 807 38 80 Fax: (353-1) 807 38 38 E-mail: Website:

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: Mr Enrico Castiglioni Tel. (39) 06 47 05 26 69 Fax (39) 06 47 88 77 48 E-mail: E-mail: Website:

LUXEMBOURG

SEE - Service de l'Energie de l'Etat 34, avenue de la Porte-Neuve BP 10 L-2010 Luxembourg Mr J.P. Hoffmann Tel. (352) 46 97 46 1 Fax (352) 22 25 24 E-mail: Website:

THE NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiën Belastingsdienst/Douane Noord Team bijzondere klantbehandeling Centrale Dienst voor In-en uitvoer Engelse Kamp 2 Postbus 30003 9700 RD Groningen Netherlands 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:

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: Website:

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: General e-mail: Website:

FINLAND

Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö (Ministry of Trade and Industry) Visitors' 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: Ms Katri Amper General e-mail: Website:

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) 86 90 48 40 or (46) 83 06 759 E-mail: General e-mail: Website:

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) 215 14 88 Fax (44-207) 215 15 29 E-mail: General e-mail: Website:

EFTA - ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority Rue de Trêves 74 B-1040 Brussels Ms Adinda Batsleer Tel. (32-2) 286 18 71 Fax (32-2) 286 18 00 E-mail: E-mail: Website:

EFTA Goods Unit EFTA Secretariat Rue de Trêves 74 B-1040 Brussels Ms Kathleen Byrne Tel. (32-2) 286 17 34 Fax (32-2) 286 17 42 E-mail: Website:

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade Inönü Bulvari no 36 06510 Emek - Ankara Turkey Mr Saadettin Doğan Tel. (90) 58 99 (90-312) 204 81 02 Fax: (90-312) 212 87 68 E-mail: Website:

(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.