EN Official Journal of the European Union C 157/17

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2006/C 157/08)

(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) 2006/0271/S The Swedish Work Environment Authority's administrative provisions on the use of work equipment 11.9.2006 2006/0272/E Draft Order amending the Annex to the Order of 28 July 1980 on standards and supplementary technical instructions for the type-approval of solar panels 11.9.2006 2006/0273/I Draft decision of the National Centre for Computing in Public Administration (CNIPA), laying down: ‘Technical regulations for the definition of the cryptographic envelope profile for digital signatures in XML language’ 11.9.2006 2006/0274/S The Swedish Work Environment Authority's administrative provisions on the use of lifting appliances and lifting equipment and general guidance on the application of thereof 11.9.2006 2006/0275/S The Swedish Work Environment Authority's administrative provisions concerning occasional lifting of persons using cranes or trucks and general guidance on the application of the provisions 11.9.2006 2006/0276/D BNetzA SSB FE-OE 010 Interface description for point-to-multipoint digital radio relay equipment in the fixed radio service in the 3.5 GHz band (broadband wireless access — BWA) 11.9.2006 2006/0277/E Draft Ministerial Decree amending the Order of 2 August 1991, adopting the microbiological standards, the heavy metal content limits and the analytical methods for determining heavy metals in fishery and aquaculture products 11.9.2006 2006/0278/E Draft Decree amending Decree No 332 of 18 December 2001, partially amended by Decree No 223 of 2 November 2004, adopting the Regulation on Amusement and Gaming Machines, Amusement Arcades and Gaming Clubs 11.9.2006 2006/0279/D BNetzA SSB FE-OE 022 Interface description for digital radio relay equipment in the fixed radio service in the 32 GHz band (point-to-point and point-to-multipoint) 11.9.2006 2006/0280/PL Act on car tax (4) 2006/0281/P Decree-Law which establishes, in the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, together with the Directorate-General for Crop Protection, the Compensation Fund intended to support possible damage, of an economic nature, arising from accidental contamination from the cultivation of genetically modified varieties 13.9.2006

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@cec.eu.int

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 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 Common mailbox for notification messages — noti@ebst.dk Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie Referat XA2 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 delle attività produttive 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.minindustria.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 and Labour Department for European and Multilateral Relations Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5 PL-00-507 Warszawa Ms Barbara Nieciak Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07 Fax: (48) 22 693 40 28 E-mail: barnie@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) 2072151529 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.