EN Official Journal of the European Union C 131/3

Information provided by the Commission in accordance with 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 rules on information society services (1)

Statistics on the technical rules notified in 2008 within the framework of notification procedure 98/34

2009/C 131/03

I. Table indicating the different types of response given to the Member States of the european union to the drafts notified by each

Member States Number of Notifications Comments (2) Detailed Opinions (3) Community Act Proposals MS COM EFTA (4) TR (5) MS COM 9.3 (6) 9.4 (7) Belgium 32 4 6 0 0 5 0 0 Bulgaria 6 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 Czech Rep. 35 10 7 0 1 5 0 1 Denmark 22 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 Germany 52 13 12 0 12 3 0 2 Estonia 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 Ireland 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 7 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 Spain 41 12 10 0 4 1 2 0 France 45 8 12 0 2 3 1 0 Italy 18 5 7 0 1 4 1 0 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latvia 10 3 1 0 5 4 0 0 Lithuania 8 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 Luxembourg 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 12 4 2 0 1 4 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Member States Number of Notifications Comments Detailed Opinions Community Act Proposals MS COM EFTA TR MS COM 9.3 9.4 Netherlands 71 6 15 0 4 2 0 0 Austria 36 5 2 0 3 1 0 0 Poland 21 11 6 0 5 3 0 0 Portugal 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania 18 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 15 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 Finland 31 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 Sweden 54 9 12 0 3 3 1 0 United Kingdom 39 10 6 0 2 1 0 0 Total EU 601 133 128 0 51 52 5 3





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

Sectors BE BG CZ CY DK DE EE IE GR ES FR IT LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK Total Building and construction 5 4 1 0 1 21 1 4 0 1 5 2 0 4 0 1 0 5 15 2 0 7 1 2 20 12 2 116 Food and agricultural produce 3 0 9 0 2 11 0 2 1 7 6 3 6 2 0 3 0 12 3 5 0 0 1 4 1 3 7 91 Chemicals 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 Pharmaceuticals 1 0 14 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 36 Domestic and leisure equipment 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 4 31 Mechanics 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 2 42 Energy, minerals, wood 0 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 29 Environment, packaging 9 0 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 54 Health, medical equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Transport 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 2 4 0 1 0 2 4 14 8 69 Telecommunications 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 18 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 54 Other products 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 27 Information society services 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 2 2 0 3 0 6 1 2 0 35 Total by Member State 32 6 35 0 22 52 5 16 7 41 45 18 10 8 2 12 0 71 36 21 2 18 3 15 31 54 39 601





III. Table indicating the comments on the drafts notified by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9)

Country Notifications EC Comments (10) Iceland 9 0 Liechtenstein 0 0 Switzerland 3 0 Norway 16 8 Total 28 8





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

Sectors Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland Total Food products 0 0 9 0 9 Pharmaceuticals 3 0 0 0 3 Domestic and leisure equipment 0 0 2 0 2 Mechanics 5 0 1 0 6 Transport 0 0 3 0 3 Telecommunications 0 0 0 3 3 Other products 1 0 1 0 2 Total by country 9 0 16 3 28





V. Table indicating the drafts notified by Turkey and the comments on these drafts

Turkey Notifications EC Comments Total 5 2





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

Sectors Turkey Construction 1 Energy, minerals, wood 1 Mechanics 1 Transport 1 Telecommunications 1 Total 5





VII. Statistics on the infringement proceedings in process in 2008 and brought on the basis of Article 226 of the ec Treaty counter to national technical regulations adopted in breach of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC

Country Number Portugal 1 Italy 1 France 1 Germany 1 Total EU 5

(1) Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998 (OJ L 204 of 21 July 1998) codifies Directive 83/189/EEC as modified mainly by Directives 88/182/EEC and 94/10/EC. Directive 98/34/EC has been modified by Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 217 of 5 August 1998) extending the scope thereof to information society services. This extension entered into force on 5 August 1999.

(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 services or the free establishment of service operators within the context of the internal market’.)

(4) By virtue of the EEA Agreement, EFTA countries party to this Agreement apply Directive 98/34/EC with the necessary modifications provided for in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1, and may, to this end, issue comments against drafts notified by the Community Member States. Switzerland may also deliver such comments based on an informal information exchange agreement in the field of technical standards.

(5) Procedure 98/34 has been extended to Turkey within the context of the association agreements signed with this country (Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions 1/95 and 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6) Article 9.3 of the Directive according to which the Member States shall postpone the adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of service-related draft regulations) for 12 months from the date of receipt by the Commission if it is the Commission’s intention to propose or adopt a directive, regulation or decision.

(7) Article 9.4 of the Directive according to which the Member States postpone the adoption of the notified draft for 12 months from the date of receipt by the Commission if it is reported that the draft concerns a matter covered by a proposal for a directive, regulation or decision presented to the Council.

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

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

(10) The only type of reaction laid down by the EEA Agreement (see notes 4 and 7) is the possibility for the Community to deliver comments (Article 8.2 of Directive 98/34/EC as covered in Annex II. Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of reaction may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland based on the informal agreement between the Community and this country (see notes 4 and 8).