EN Official Journal of the European Union C 226/8

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2006/C 226/07)

(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) 2006/0430/NL Decree amending the Decree implementing the Fertiliser Act and the Decree on the use of fertilisers (transfer of the Fertiliser Act 1947 and the Decree on the quality and use of other organic fertilisers) 10.11.2006 2006/0431/FIN Amendments to the Instructions B5 ‘Light-weight concrete block structures’ of the Finnish Building Regulations 13.11.2006 2006/0432/FIN Amendment to the Instructions B8 ‘Brick Structures’ of the Finnish Building Regulations 13.11.2006 2006/0433/F Draft decree on the prohibition as of 1 January of single-use carrier bags made of non-biodegradable plastic 15.11.2006 2006/0434/F Draft decision relating to good manufacturing and wholesale distribution practice for medicated feedingstuffs 15.11.2006 2006/0435/F Draft decree laying down the health and safety conditions to be complied with when ‘tattooing by piercing the skin’ and when piercing, amending the Public Health Code (regulatory provisions) 15.11.2006 2006/0436/F Draft Order laying down good practice for manufacturing tattooing products 15.11.2006 2006/0437/F Draft decree laying down rules for the manufacture, packaging and import of, and the national monitoring system for, tattooing products, and amending the Public Health Code (regulatory provisions) 15.11.2006 2006/0438/F Draft Order laying down the health and safety conditions to be complied with when tattooing by piercing the skin and when body piercing 15.11.2006 2006/0439/F Draft Order laying down the hygiene conditions to be met for the practice of piercing the ear pinna or the sidewalls of the nose using the ear-piercing gun technique 15.11.2006 2006/0440/F Draft Order on methods of packaging and storing waste produced by tattooing by piercing the skin and body piercing 15.11.2006 2006/0441/F Draft Order laying down the list of substances that may not be used in tattooing products 15.11.2006 2006/0442/NL Regulation by the Minister for Transport, Public Works and Water Management containing rules on the periodic inspection of taximeters 17.11.2006 2006/0443/SI Rules on dimensions and masses for vehicles in road traffic 17.11.2006 2006/0444/I Draft Ministerial Decree laying down provisions for the approval and installation of systems suitable for reducing the particulate mass produced by motor vehicles fitted with diesel engines belonging to categories M1 and N1 20.11.2006 2006/0445/I Draft Ministerial Decree amending the annexes to Legislative Decree No 217 of 29 April 2006: ‘Revision of the regulations on fertilisers’ 20.11.2006 2006/0446/D Fourth Order amending the Calibration Order 20.11.2006 2006/0448/I Agreement between the Ministry of Health and the Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano on transitional derogations for the production of cheese produced with cows' milk and with a ripening period of at least 60 days in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nos 852 and 853/2004 20.11.2006 2006/0449/I Agreement between the Ministry of Health and the Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano on adaptations for the production of cheese with a ripening period of at least 60 days produced with mixed ewes' and goats' milk and derogations for milk produced during the summer mountain grazing period in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nos 852 and 853/2004 20.11.2006 2006/0450/I Draft agreement between the Ministry of Health and the Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano on specific derogations, transitional standards and general provisions for slaughterhouses 20.11.2006

The Commission draws attention to the judgement delivered on 30 April 1996 in the ‘CIA Security’ case (C-194/94 — ECR I, p. 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 judgement 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 and Industry, Unit C3 B-1049 Brussels e-mail: dir83-189-central@ec.europa.eu

Also consult the website: http://ec.europa.eu/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 Bruxelles Ms Pascaline Descamps Tel.: (32) 2 277 80 03 Fax: (32) 2 277 54 01 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 Mr Miroslav Chloupek Director of International Relations Department Tel.: (420) 224 907 123 Fax: (420) 224 914 990 E-mail: chloupek@unmz.cz Ms Lucie Růžičková Tel.: (420) 224 907 139 Fax: (420) 224 907 122 E-mail: ruzickova@unmz.cz General e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz Website: http://www.unmz.cz

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen (National Agency for Enterprise and Construction) Dahlerups Pakhus Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 København Ø (or DK-2100 Copenhagen OE) Mr Bjarne Bang Christensen Legal adviser Tel.: (45) 35 46 63 66 (direct) E-mail: bbc@ebst.dk Ms Birgit Jensen Principal Executive Officer Tel.: (45) 35 46 62 87 (direct) Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03 E-mail: bij@ebst.dk Ms Pernille Hjort Engstrøm Head of Section Tel.: (45) 35 46 63 35 (direct) E-mail: phe@ebst.dk Common mailbox for notification messages — noti@ebst.dk Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie Referat EA3 Scharnhorststr. 34 — 37 D-10115 Berlin Ms Christina Jäckel Tel.: (49) 30 20 14 63 53 Fax: (49) 30 20 14 53 79 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 Karl Stern Executive Officer of Trade Policy Division EU and International Co-operation Department Tel.: (372) 6 256 405 Fax: (372) 6 313 029 E-mail: karl.stern@mkm.ee General e-mail: el.teavitamine@mkm.ee Website: http://www.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 Ms Evangelia Alexandri Tel.: (30) 210 212 03 01 Fax: (30) 210 228 62 19 E-mail: alex@elot.gr General e-mail: 83189in@elot.gr Website: http://www.elot.gr

SPAIN

S.G. de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente D.G. de Coordinación del Mercado Interior y otras PPCC Secretaría de Estado para la Unión Europea Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación Torres ‘Ágora’ C/ Serrano Galvache, 26-4a E-20033 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 General 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 General e-mail: d9834.france@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 dello sviluppo economico 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@attivitaproduttive.gov.it Mr Enrico Castiglioni Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 26 69 Fax: (39) 06 47 88 78 05 E-mail: enrico.castiglioni@attivitaproduttive.gov.it General e-mail: ucn98.34.italia@attivitaproduttive.gov.it Website: http://www.attivitaproduttive.gov.it

CYPRUS

Cyprus Organization for the Promotion of Quality Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism 13-15, A. Araouzou street CY-1421 Nicosia Tel.: (357) 22 40 93 10 Fax: (357) 22 75 41 03 Mr Antonis Ioannou Tel.: (357) 22 40 94 09 Fax: (357) 22 75 41 03 E-mail: aioannou@cys.mcit.gov.cy General e-mail: dir9834@cys.mcit.gov.cy Website: http://www.cys.mcit.gov.cy

LATVIA

Ministry of Economics of Republic of Latvia Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification Division SOLVIT Coordination Centre 55, Brīvības Street LV-1519 Riga Reinis Berzins Deputy Head of Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification Division Tel.: (371) 701 32 30 Fax: (371) 728 08 82 Zanda Liekna Senior Officer of Division of EU Internal Market Coordination Tel.: (371) 701 32 36 Tel.: (371) 701 30 67 Fax: (371) 728 08 82 E-mail: zanda.liekna@em.gov.lv General e-mail: notification@em.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Lithuanian Standards Board T. Kosciuskos g. 30 LT-01100 Vilnius Ms Daiva Lesickiene Tel.: (370) 5 270 93 47 Fax: (370) 5 270 93 67 E-mail: dir9834@lsd.lt Website: http://www.lsd.lt

LUXEMBURG

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 Industrial Department Budapest Honvéd u. 13-15. H-1880 Mr Zsolt Fazekas Leading Councillor E-mail: fazekas.zsolt@gkm.gov.hu Tel.: (36) 1 374 28 73 Fax: (36) 1 473 16 22 E-mail: notification@gkm.gov.hu Website: http://www.gkm.hu/dokk/main/gkm

MALTA

Malta Standards Authority Level 2 Evans Building Merchants Street VLT 03 MT-Valletta Tel.: (356) 21 24 24 20 Tel.: (356) 21 24 32 82 Fax: (356) 21 24 24 06 Ms Lorna Cachia E-mail: lorna.cachia@msa.org.mt General e-mail: notification@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: not9834@bmwa.gv.at Website: http://www.bmwa.gv.at

POLAND

Ministry of Economy Department for Economic Regulations Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5 PL-00-507 Warszawa Ms Barbara H. Kozłowska Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07 Fax: (48) 22 693 40 25 E-mail: barbara.kozlowska@mg.gov.pl Ms Agata Gągor Tel.: (48) 22 693 56 90 General 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 Ms Vesna Stražišar Tel.: (386) 1 478 30 41 Fax: (386) 1 478 30 98 E-mail: contact@sist.si

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 52 49 35 21 Fax: (421) 2 52 49 10 50 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 Ms Leila Orava Tel.: (358) 9 1606 46 86 Fax: (358) 9 1606 46 22 E-mail: leila.orava@ktm.fi Ms Katri Amper Tel.: (358) 9 1606 46 48 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) 2072151488 Fax: (44) 2072151340 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 Belliard 35 B-1040 Bruxelles Ms Adinda Batsleer Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 61 Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00 E-mail: aba@eftasurv.int Ms Tuija Ristiluoma Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 71 Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00 E-mail: tri@eftasurv.int General e-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

EFTA Goods Unit EFTA Secretariat Rue Joseph II 12-16 B-1000 Bruxelles Ms Kathleen Byrne Tel.: (32) 2 286 17 49 Fax: (32) 2 286 17 42 E-mail: kathleen.byrne@efta.int General e-mail: DRAFTTECHREGEFTA@efta.int Website: http://www.efta.int

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade Inönü Bulvari no 36 TR-06510 Emek — Ankara Mr Mehmet Comert Tel.: (90) 312 212 58 98 Fax: (90) 312 212 87 68 E-mail: comertm@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.