EN Official Journal of the European Union C 162/4

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 2016 under the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 notification procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 162/05)

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) Belgium 30 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 Bulgaria 14 3 6 0 2 3 0 0 Czech Rep. 38 10 13 0 7 6 0 0 Denmark 34 2 9 0 1 2 0 0 Germany 63 12 18 0 11 4 0 0 Estonia 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland 11 4 2 0 16 1 0 0 Greece 8 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 Spain 19 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 France 80 10 14 0 4 11 0 0 Croatia 18 6 9 0 3 2 0 0 Italy 40 4 9 0 3 3 0 0 Cyprus 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Latvia 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Lithuania 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Luxembourg 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 31 6 3 0 3 3 0 0 Malta 10 2 5 0 0 3 0 0 Netherlands 45 6 9 0 4 4 0 0 Austria 34 3 12 0 3 1 0 0 Poland 28 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 Portugal 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 Romania 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 20 2 10 0 10 3 0 0 Slovakia 12 8 9 0 1 1 0 0 Finland 43 8 7 0 5 5 0 0 Sweden 33 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 United Kingdom 46 1 6 0 0 5 0 0 EU total 700 116 170 0 79 65 0 0





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

Sector BE BG CZ CY DK DE EE IE GR ES FR HR IT LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK Total Building and construction 5 3 8 1 7 18 2 3 0 4 4 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 9 17 3 0 3 1 2 18 1 12 131 Agriculture, fisheries and food 4 9 13 0 7 5 0 7 1 5 16 3 14 4 2 0 6 8 8 2 5 0 1 8 1 8 6 2 145 Chemical products 2 1 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 0 32 Pharmaceutical products 0 1 2 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 37 Domestic and leisure equipment 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 24 Mechanical 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 31 Energy, minerals, wood 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 37 Environment, packaging 2 0 5 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 7 2 8 0 1 0 4 0 8 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 55 Health, medical equipment 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Transport 6 0 0 0 10 7 1 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 7 11 11 71 Telecommunications 3 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 31 Miscellaneous products 0 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 38 Information society services 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 4 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 58 Total per Member State 30 14 38 2 34 63 14 11 8 19 80 18 40 8 7 3 31 10 45 34 28 3 6 20 12 43 33 46 700





III. Table showing the breakdown by number of comments issued by the European Commission concerning drafts notified by Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9).

Country Notifications EC Observations (10) Iceland 6 1 Liechtenstein 1 2 Switzerland 1 5 Norway 34 6 Total 42 14





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

Sector Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland Total Agriculture, fishing and foodstuffs 0 0 4 0 4 Mechanics 1 0 11 0 12 Building and construction 0 0 4 0 4 Transport 0 0 10 0 10 Telecoms 0 0 1 1 2 Goods and miscellaneous products 0 0 2 0 2 Environment 2 0 1 0 3 Information society services 0 0 1 0 1 Domestic and leisure equipment 0 1 0 0 1 Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics 3 0 0 0 3 Total per country 6 1 34 1 42





V. Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and the comments issued by the European Commission relating to these drafts

Turkey Notifications EC Comments Total 15 3





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

Sector Turkey Building and construction 7 Transport 2 Energy, minerals, wood 1 Mechanics 2 Miscellaneous products 3 Total 15





VII. Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2016 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 2016 Poland 2 EU total 2

(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) Under the Agreement on the European Economic Area, EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement shall apply Directive (EU) 2015/1535, adapted as necessary in accordance with Annex II, Chapter XIX, Point 1, and 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 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687/64) 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 regulations relating to Information Society services) for 12 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 12 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 Commission issues comments (Article 5.2 of the Directive as included in Annex II, Chapter XIX, Point 1 of this Agreement). 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 2).