EN Official Journal of the European Union C 8/2

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2006/C 8/02)

(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) 2005/0660/UK TD 07/05 — Statutory Approval of Traffic Control Equipment 27.2.2006 2005/0661/F Order relating to performances of and to the rules for commissioning variable message signs subject to mandatory CE-marking 28.2.2006 2005/0662/UK TR 2500 A — Specification for Traffic Signal Controller 28.2.2006 2005/0663/F Order relating to permissible deviations regarding fertilisers and growth mediums 28.2.2006 2005/0664/NL Decree amending a number of the orders in council of the Commodities Act in connection with the abolition of the obligatory assaying of lifts before putting them into service, the repeal of the Commodities Act on nail guns and technical improvements 1.3.2006 2005/0665/NL Regulation by the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment amending the SZW Subsidy Regulation on financial support for work equipment (4) 2005/0666/CZ Draft Decree of … 2005 amending Decree of the Czech Mining Authority No 72/1988 on the use of explosives, as subsequently amended 2.3.2006 2005/0667/UK TR 2523 A — Traffic Control Equipment Interfacing Specification 2.3.2006 2005/0668/PL Minister for Transport and Construction Regulation on Complete Vehicle Components 2.3.2006 2005/0669/MT Inspection of Lifts Regulations, 2005 3.3.2006 2005/0670/A RVS 15.47, vertical traffic guidance equipment, road restraint systems of concrete and metal 3.3.2006 2005/0671/CZ Draft Decree of … 2005 amending Decree of the Czech Mining Authority No 99/1995 on the storage of explosives, as amended by Decree No 342/2001 3.3.2006 2005/0672/DK Draft Act amending the Act on the taxation of waste and raw materials (Alteration of the taxation of bentonite, cement and dolomitic and magnesium lime, and a tax refund upon export) (4) 2005/0673/DK Draft Act amending the Spirits Duty Act, the Beer and Wine Duty Act and the Packaging Duty Act (Adjustment of the additional duty on alcopops) (4) 2005/0674/DK Draft Act amending various acts on taxation and repealing the Act on the taxation of certain flights (phasing out of the passenger tax, lower particle emissions from new diesel vehicles, reduction in the tax on excess heat and deferment of VAT deadlines) (4) 2005/0675/UK The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 3.3.2006 2005/0676/UK Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 3.3.2006 2005/0677/I Directorial Decree on: ‘Rules on the functioning of cash registers for use in lotto games linked to expenditure’ 3.3.2006 2005/0678/HU The Decree BM-IHM-NKÖM on requirements to be met by file management software for use by organisations responsible for general administrative tasks 6.3.2006 2005/0679/F Draft Order amending the amended Order of 17 March 2003, on the technical requirements for design and operation for connecting an electrical consumer installation to a public distribution network 6.3.2006 2005/0680/LV Draft Cabinet Regulation ‘Regulations regarding the identification, conformity assessment for quality and sale of fertilisers’ 7.3.2006 2005/0681/SK Technical Rules of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s., Bratislava as a transmission network operator 7.3.2006 2005/0682/SK Technical rules of access and connection to gas storage facility Nafta Gbely, a.s. 7.3.2006 2005/0683/SK Technical Rules of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s., Bratislava as a distribution network operator 7.3.2006 2005/0684/LV Draft Cabinet Regulation ‘Regulations for the distribution of computer games’ 8.3.2006 2005/0685/E Draft Royal Decree on the energy certification of new buildings 8.3.2006 2005/0686/SI Rules governing amendments and additions to the rules governing technical provisions and requirements for the safe operation of swimming pools and for safety from drowning in swimming pools 8.3.2006 2005/0687/CZ Draft Decree of … 2006 laying down the details of the growing of genetically modified varieties 9.3.2006 2005/0688/LT The draft resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the Adoption of Rules for Appointment and Notification of Conformity Assessment Bodies 9.3.2006 2005/0689/D BnetzA SSB FE-OE 007 Interface description for point-to-point digital radio relay equipment in the fixed radio service in the 28 GHz band 9.3.2006

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) 2 206 46 89 Fax: (32) 2 206 57 46 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 General e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz Website: http://www.unmz.cz

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen Dahlerups Pakhus Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (or DK-2100 Copenhagen OE) Tel.: (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct) Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03 E-mail: Ms Birgitte Spühler Hansen - bsh@ebst.dk Mutual mailbox for notification messages - noti@ebst.dk Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Referat XA2 Scharnhorststr. 34 - 37 D-10115 Berlin Ms Christina Jäckel Tel.: (49) 30 2014 6353 Fax: (49) 30 2014 5379 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 Tel.: (372) 6 256 405 Fax: (372) 6 313 660 E-mail: karl.stern@mkm.ee General e-mail: el.teavitamine@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 Tel.: (30) 210 212 03 01 Fax: (30) 210 228 62 19 E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr Website: http://www.elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos Direccion General de Coordinacion del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas Comunitarias Subdireccion General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente C/Padilla, 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6218 E-28006 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

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 Dipartimento per le imprese 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@minindustria.it Mr Enrico Castiglioni Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 26 69 Fax: (39) 06 47 88 77 48 E-mail: enrico.castiglioni@minindustria.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, A. Araouzou street CY-1421 Nicosia Tel.: (357) 22 409 313 or (357) 22 375 053 Fax: (357) 22 754 103 Mr Antonis Ioannou Tel.: (357) 22 409 409 Fax: (357) 22 754 103 E-mail: aioannou@cys.mcit.gov.cy Ms Thea Andreou Tel.: (357) 22 409 404 Fax: (357) 22 754 103 E-mail: tandreou@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, Brivibas Street LV-1519 Riga

Reinis Berzins Deputy Head of Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification Division Tel.: (371) 7013230 Fax: (371) 7280882

Zanda Liekna Solvit Coordination Centre Tel.: (371) 7013236 Fax: (371) 7280882 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 2709347 Fax: (370) 5 2709367 E-mail: dir9834@lsd.lt Website: http://www.lsd.lt

LUXEMBOURG

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 Budapest Honvéd u. 13-15. H-1055 Mr Zsolt Fazekas E-mail: fazekaszs@gkm.hu Tel.: (36) 1 374 2873 Fax: (36) 1 473 1622 E-mail: notification@gkm.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) 2124 2420 Fax: (356) 2124 2406 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 Tel.: (386) 1 478 3041 Fax: (386) 1 478 3098 E-mail: contact@sist.si Ms Vesna Stražišar

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 5249 3521 Fax: (421) 2 5249 1050 E-mail: steinlova@normoff.gov.sk

FINLAND

Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö (Ministry of Trade and Industry) Visitor address: Aleksanterinkatu 4 FIN-00170 Helsinki and Ratakatu 3 FIN-00120 Helsinki Postal address: PO Box 32 FIN-00023 Government Mr Tuomas Mikkola Tel.: (358) 9 5786 32 65 Fax: (358) 9 1606 46 22 E-mail: tuomas.mikkola@ktm.fi Ms Katri Amper 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) 86 90 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 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.