Information provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 8, second subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (1)

Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2019 under the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 notification procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 343/01)

I. Table showing the different types of reactions addressed to Member States of the European Union regarding their respective notified drafts Member States Number of Notifications Comments (2) Detailed opinions (3) Proposals for EU legislation MS COM EFTA (4) TR (5) MS COM 6.3 (6) 6.4 (7) Austria 59 4 21 0 0 1 1 0 Belgium 23 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 Bulgaria 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Croatia 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 Cyprus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Czechia 29 8 6 0 2 3 0 0 Denmark 37 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 Estonia 10 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 Finland 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 France 56 7 11 0 1 1 0 0 Germany 57 4 9 0 6 3 0 0 Greece 16 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 Hungary 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland 11 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 31 3 14 0 0 5 0 0 Latvia 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Lithuania 11 7 6 0 2 4 0 0 Luxembourg 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 49 3 4 0 4 2 0 0 Poland 62 5 38 0 0 4 0 0 Portugal 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 Romania 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 Slovakia 23 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 Slovenia 12 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 Spain 18 3 4 0 0 5 0 0 Sweden 40 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 United Kingdom 35 2 11 0 1 0 0 1 EU total 657 64 176 0 30 38 1 1

II. Table showing the breakdown by sector of the drafts notified by Member States of the European Union Sector AT BE BG HR CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE EL HU IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SK SL ES SE UK Total Information Society Services 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 2 0 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 57 Agriculture 18 7 0 2 0 5 6 3 2 13 5 4 1 3 9 1 7 0 0 10 39 3 2 3 5 5 1 7 161 Chemicals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 27 Construction 18 3 2 2 0 1 4 1 0 3 20 2 3 5 5 1 0 15 2 18 9 1 4 9 6 1 3 20 143 Domestic and Leisure Equipment 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 20 Energy, Minerals, Wood 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 30 Environment 3 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 33 Goods and Miscellaneous Products 5 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 3 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 35 Health, Medical Equipment 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Mechanics 2 0 1 0 0 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 28 Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 Telecoms 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 29 Transport 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 6 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 16 0 54 Total per Member State 59 23 7 6 1 29 37 10 13 56 57 16 13 11 31 4 11 16 3 49 62 6 9 23 12 18 40 35 657

III. Union concerning drafts notified by Iceland, Li e chtenstein, Norway Table showing the breakdown by number of comments issued by the European Commission on behalf of the Europeanconcerning drafts notified by Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway ( 8 ) and Switzerland ( 9 ) Country Notifications EU Comments (10) Iceland 2 1 Liechtenstein 0 0 Norway 18 2 Switzerland 8 1 Total 28 4

IV. Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland Sector Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland Total Agriculture 0 0 0 2 2 Environment 0 0 1 0 1 Health, Medical Equipment 0 0 0 1 1 Telecoms 0 0 0 3 3 Transport 0 0 3 0 3 Construction 1 0 1 0 2 Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics 1 0 1 0 2 Goods and Miscellaneous Products 0 0 1 1 2 Information Society Services 0 0 6 0 6 Mechanics 0 0 5 0 5 Energy, Minerals, Wood 0 0 0 1 1 Total per country 2 0 18 8 28

V. Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and the comments issued by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union relating to these drafts Turkey Notifications EU Comments Total 9 5

VI. Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Turkey Sector Turkey Construction 7 Mechanics 2 Total 9

VII. Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2019 and launched on the basis of Article 258 tfeu for breach of the provisions of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 Country Number of infringements in progress and launched in 2019 EU total 0

(1) OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1. Hereinafter 'the Directive'.

(2) Article 5.2 of the Directive.

(3) Article 6.2 of the Directive.

(4) The Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 75/2019 of 29 March 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) incorporates into the EEA Agreement the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services. EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement may, therefore, issue comments concerning drafts notified by European Union Member States. Switzerland may also issue such comments on the basis of an informal agreement on the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations.

(5) The notification procedure under the Directive was extended to Turkey under the Association Agreement concluded with that country (the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ P 217, 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions 1/95 and 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6) Article 6.3 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone the adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of draft technical regulations relating to Information Society services) for twelve months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its intention to propose or adopt a directive, a regulation or a decision on this subject.

(7) Article 6.4 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone the adoption of the notified draft for twelve 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 European Parliament and the Council.

(8) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (see note 3 of the table of point I) 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 3 of the table of point I), 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 note 3 of the table of point I and footnote 2) is the possibility that the European Union issues comments. The same type of reaction may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland on the basis of the informal agreement between the EU and this country (see note 3 of the table of point I and footnote 3).