Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 1998 amending Directive 98/34/EC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations
Date: 1998-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: European standard, access to information, exchange of information, technical standard

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DIRECTIVE 98/48/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL

amending Directive 98/34/EC laying down a procedure for the provision of
information in the field of technical standards and regulations

of 20 July 1998

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 100a and 213
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 189b of the Treaty (3),

(1) Whereas, in order to promote the smooth functio-
ning of the internal market, as much transparency as
possible should be ensured as regards the future
national rules and regulations applying to Informa-
tion Society services, by amending Directive 98/34/
EC (4);

(2) Whereas a wide variety of

services within the
meaning of Articles 59 and 60 of the Treaty will
benefit by the opportunities afforded by the Informa-
tion Society of being provided at a distance, elec-
tronically and at the individual request of a recipient
of services;

(3) Whereas the area without

internal

frontiers com-
prising the internal market enables providers of such
services to develop their cross-border activities with a
view to increasing their competitiveness, and thus
affords citizens new opportunities to transmit and
and
receive information regardless of
consumers new forms of access to goods and services;

frontiers,

(4) Whereas the extension of

the scope of Directive
98/34/EC should not prevent Member States from
taking account of the different social, societal and
cultural implications inherent in the advent of the
Information Society; whereas, in particular, the use of
the procedural rules laid down in that Directive for

(1) OJ C 307, 16. 10. 1996, p. 11, and

OJ C 65, 28. 2. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ C 158, 26. 5. 1997, p. 1.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 16 May 1997 (OJ
C 167, 2. 6. 1997, p. 238), Council Common Position of 26
January 1998 (OJ C 62, 26. 2. 1998, p. 48) and Decision of
the European Parliament of 14 May 1998 (OJ C 167, 1. 6.
1998). Council Decision of 29 June 1998.

(4) OJ L 204, 21. 7. 1998, p. 37.

should not

affect
services
Information Society
cultural policy measures, particularly in the audio-
visual field, which Member States might adopt in
accordance with Community law, taking account of
their linguistic diversity, their specific national and
regional characteristics and their cultural heritage;
whereas the development of the Information Society
should ensure,
in any event, proper access of
European citizens to the European cultural heritage
supplied in a digital environment;

(5) Whereas Directive 98/34/EC is not

intended to
apply to national rules relating to fundamental rights,
such as constitutional provisions concerning freedom
of expression and, more particularly, freedom of the
press; whereas it is not intended to apply to the
general criminal law either; whereas, furthermore, it
does not apply to agreements governed by private
to
law between credit
agreements on the execution of payments between
credit institutions;

in particular,

institutions,

(6) Whereas the European Council has stressed the need
to create a clear and stable legal
framework at
Community level in order to foster the development
of the Information Society; whereas Community law
and the rules governing the internal market in par-
ticular, including both the principles enshrined in
the Treaty and secondary legislation, already consti-
tute a basic legal framework for the development of
such services;

(7) Whereas it should be possible to adapt the existing
national rules and regulations applicable to services
available at the present so as to take account of new
Information Society services, either with a view to
ensuring that the general interest is better protected
or, on the other hand, with a view to simplifying
such rules and regulations where their application is
disproportionate to the objectives they pursue;

(8) Whereas, without coordination at Community level,
this foreseeable regulatory activity at national level
might give rise to restrictions on the free movement
of services and the freedom of establishment, leading
in turn to a refragmentation of the internal market,
over-regulation and regulatory inconsistencies;

(9) Whereas, in order to ensure real and effective protec-
tion of the general-interest objectives involved in the
development of the Information Society, there is a

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need for a coordinated approach at Community level
when questions relating to activities with such highly
transnational connotations as
the new
services are dealt with;

those of

objectives; whereas the experience that has been
gained in implementing that Directive and the
procedures provided for therein can be applied to
draft rules on Information Society services; whereas
the procedure it lays down is now well established
among national authorities;

(10) Whereas, in the case of telecommunications services,
there is already harmonisation at Community level
or, in some cases, arrangements for mutual recogni-
tion, and whereas the existing Community legislation
provides for adaptations to take account of techno-
logical developments and the supply of new services
and, as a result, the majority of national regulations
concerning telecommunications services will not be
subject to notification under this Directive since they
will come under the exemptions set out in Article
10(1) or Article 1 point 5 of Directive 98/34/EC;
whereas, nevertheless, certain national provisions
specifically aimed at matters which are not subject to
Community legislation may affect the free move-
ment of Information Society services and to that
extent they must be notified;

(11) Whereas, for the other still little known fields of the
Information Society, it would, however, be premature
rules and regulations by
to coordinate national
means of extensive or exhaustive harmonisation at
Community level of the substantive law, given that
enough is not yet known about the form the new
services will take or their nature, that there is as yet
at national level no specific regulatory activity in this
field, and that the need for, and content of, such
harmonisation in the light of the internal market
cannot be defined at this stage;

(12) Whereas it

information,

the provision of

is therefore necessary to preserve the
smooth functioning of the internal market and to
avert the risks of refragmentation by providing for a
procedure for
the
holding of consultations, and administrative cooper-
ation in respect of new draft rules and regulations;
whereas such a procedure will help, inter alia, to
ensure that the Treaty, in particular Articles 52 and
59 thereof, is effectively applied and, where neces-
sary, to detect any need to protect the general in-
terest at Community level; whereas, moreover, the
improved application of the Treaty made possible by
such an information procedure will have the effect of
reducing the need for Community rules to what is
strictly necessary and proportional in the light of the
internal market and the protection of general-interest
lastly, such a procedure will
objectives; whereas,
enable businesses to exploit the advantages of the
internal market more effectively;

(13) Whereas Directive 98/34/EC pursues the same objec-
tives and whereas this procedure is effective, being
the most comprehensive one for attaining these

(14) Whereas, moreover, in accordance with Article 7a of
the Treaty, the internal market comprises an area
without internal frontiers in which the free move-
ment of goods, persons,
is
ensured and whereas Directive 98/34/EC provides
only for an administrative cooperation procedure and
not for any harmonisation of substantive rules;

services and capital

(15) Whereas, therefore, amendment of Directive 98/34/
EC with a view to applying it to draft rules and regu-
lations on Information Society services
the
approach best suited, with regard to the legal frame-
work of the said services, to meeting effectively the
need for transparency in the internal market;

is

(16) Whereas notification should be provided for notably
in the case of rules which are likely to evolve in
future; whereas services which are provided at a
distance, electronically, and at the individual request
of a recipient of services (Information Society servi-
ces) are likely, in view of their diversity and their
future growth, to necessitate and generate the largest
number of new rules and regulations; whereas provi-
sion must accordingly be made for the notification of
draft rules and regulations relating to such services;

(17) Whereas specific rules on the taking-up and pursuit
of
service activities which are capable of being
carried on in the manner described above should
thus be communicated even where they are included
in rules and regulations with a more general purpose;
whereas, however, general regulations which do not
contain any provision specifically aimed at such
services need not be notified;

(18) Whereas ‘rules on the taking-up and pursuit of
service activities’ means rules laying down require-
ments concerning Information Society services, such
as those relating to service providers, services and
recipients of services and to economic activities
capable of being provided electronically, at a distance
and at the individual request of the recipient of the
services; whereas, for example, rules on the establis-
hment of service providers, in particular those on
authorisation or
licensing arrangements, are ac-
cordingly covered; whereas a provision specifically
aimed at Information Society services must be con-

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sidered as being such a rule even if part of a more
general
regulation; whereas, on the other hand,
measures of direct and individual concern to certain
specific recipients (such as, for example, telecommu-
nications licences) would not be covered;

(19) Whereas, under Article 60 of the Treaty as inter-
‘ser-
preted by the case-law of the Court of Justice,
vices’ means those normally provided for remun-
eration; whereas that characteristic is absent in the
case of activities which a State carries out without
economic consideration in the context of its duties
in particular in the social, cultural, educational and
judicial
fields; whereas national provisions con-
cerning such activities are not covered by the defini-
tion given in Article 60 of the Treaty and therefore
do not fall within the scope of this Directive;

(20) Whereas this Directive is without prejudice to the
scope of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October
1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid
down by law, regulation or administrative action in
Member States concerning the pursuit of television
broadcasting activities (1), as amended by Directive
97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council (2), or any future amendments;

(21) Whereas, in any event, this Directive does not cover
draft national provisions aimed at transposing the
content of Community directives in force or awaiting
adoption inasmuch as they are already subject to
specific examination; whereas it accordingly covers
neither national rules and regulations transposing
Directive 89/552/EEC, as amended by Directive
97/36/EC, or any future amendments, nor national
rules and regulations transposing, or adopted subse-
quently within the context of, Directive 97/13/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 10
April 1997 on a common framework for general
authorisations and individual licences for telecom-
munications services (3);

(22) Whereas, moreover, provision should be made for
exceptional cases in which national rules and regula-
tions concerning Information Society services might
be adopted immediately and whereas
is also
important to allow this possibility solely for urgent
reasons linked to serious and unforeseeable circum-
stances, such as circumstances of which there was no
previous knowledge and the origin of which is not
attributable to any action on the part of the author-
ities of the Member State concerned, so as not to
jeopardize the objective of prior consultation and
administrative cooperation inherent in this Directive;

it

(1) OJ L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997, p. 15.

(23) Whereas it is appropriate for a Member State to post-
pone for twelve months — or possibly eighteen
months in the case of a common position of the
Council — the adoption of a draft rule on services
only where the draft rule relates to a matter which
falls within the scope of a proposal for a directive,
regulation or decision which the Commission has
already submitted to the Council; whereas this stand-
still obligation may be imposed by the Commission
the draft
on the relevant Member State only if
national
rule contains provisions which are not
substantively consistent with the proposal submitted
by the Commission;

(24) Whereas definition of the framework for the provi-
sion of information and the holding of consultations
at Community level as established by this Directive
is a precondition for consistent and effective parti-
cipation by the Community in work involving
matters relating to the regulatory aspects of Informa-
tion Society services in the international context;

(25) Whereas it is appropriate that, in the context of the
functioning of Directive 98/34/EC, the Committee
provided for in Article 5 thereof should meet specifi-
cally to examine questions relating to Information
Society services;

(26) Whereas, by the same token, it should be noted that
whenever a national measure is required also to be
notified at the draft stage under another Community
act, the Member State concerned may make a single
communication under that other act, by indicating
that that communication constitutes a communica-
tion also for the purpose of this Directive;

(27) Whereas the Commission will at regular intervals
investigate developments in the market
for new
services in the field of the Information Society, es-
pecially in the framework of
the convergence
information techno-
between telecommunications,
logy and media and, where necessary, take initiatives
in order to adapt rules promptly in order to en-
courage the European development of new services,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 98/34/EC is amended as follows:

1. the title shall be replaced by the following:

the European Parliament and of

‘Directive of
the
Council laying down a procedure for the provision of
information in the field of technical standards and
regulations and of rules on Information Society ser-
vices’;

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2. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) the following new point shall be inserted:

‘2. “service”, any Information Society service, that is
to say, any service normally provided for remu-
neration, at a distance, by electronic means and
at
request of a recipient of
services.

the individual

For the purposes of this definition:

— “at a distance” means that

the service is
provided without the parties being simulta-
neously present,

— “by electronic means” means that the service
is sent initially and received at its destina-
tion by means of electronic equipment for
the processing (including digital compres-
sion) and storage of data, and entirely trans-
mitted, conveyed and received by wire, by
radio, by optical means or by other electro-
magnetic means,

— “at the individual request of a recipient of
services” means that the service is provided
through the transmission of data on indivi-
dual request.

An indicative list of services not covered by this
definition is set out in Annex V.

This Directive shall not apply to:

— radio broadcasting services,

— television broadcasting services covered by
of Directive

of Article

1

(a)

point
89/552/EEC (*).

(*) OJ L 298, 17.10.1989, p. 23. Directive as last
amended by Directive 97/36/EC (OJ L 202,
30.7.1997, p. 1)’;

(b) points 2 and 3 shall become points 3 and 4

respectively;

(c) the following new point shall be inserted:

‘5. “rule on services”,

requirement of a general
nature relating to the taking-up and pursuit of
service activities within the meaning of point 2,
in particular provisions concerning the service
provider,
the services and the recipient of
services, excluding any rules which are not
specifically aimed at the services defined in that
point.

This Directive shall not apply to rules relating
to matters which are covered by Community
legislation in the field of telecommunications
services, as defined by Directive 90/387/EEC (*).

This Directive shall not apply to rules relating
to matters which are covered by Community

legislation in the field of financial services, as
listed non-exhaustively in Annex VI to this
Directive.

With the exception of Article 8(3), this Directive
shall not apply to rules enacted by or for regu-
lated markets within the meaning of Directive
93/22/EEC or by or for other markets or bodies
carrying out clearing or settlement functions for
those markets.

For the purposes of this definition:

— a rule shall be considered to be specifically
aimed at Information Society services where,
having regard to its statement of reasons and
its operative part, the specific aim and object
of all or some of its individual provisions is
to regulate such services in an explicit and
targeted manner,

— a rule shall not be considered to be specifi-
cally aimed at Information Society services if
it affects such services only in an implicit or
incidental manner.

(*) OJ L 192, 24.7.1990, p. 1. Directive as amended
by Directive 97/51/EC (OJ L 295, 29.10.1997, p.
23).’;

(d) points 4 to 8 shall become points 6 to 10;

(e) point 9 shall be renumbered 11 and shall read as

follows:

‘11. “technical regulation”, technical specifications
and other requirements or rules on services,
including the relevant administrative provi-
sions, the observance of which is compulsory,
de jure or de facto, in the case of marketing,
provision of a service, establishment of a
service operator or use in a Member State or a
major part thereof, as well as laws, regulations
or administrative provisions of Member States,
except those provided for in Article 10, prohi-
biting the manufacture, importation, marketing
or use of a product or prohibiting the provi-
sion or use of a service, or establishment as a
service provider.

De facto technical regulations include:

specifications or

— laws, regulations or administrative provi-
sions of a Member State which refer either
to technical
to other
requirements or to rules on services, or to
professional codes or codes of practice
which in turn refer to technical specifica-
tions or to other requirements or to rules
on services, compliance with which confers
a presumption of conformity with the obli-
gations
imposed by the aforementioned
laws, regulations or administrative provi-
sions,

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— voluntary agreements to which a public
authority is a contracting party and which
provide, in the general interest, for compli-
ance with technical specifications or other
requirements or rules on services, exclu-
ding public procurement tender specifica-
tions,

— technical specifications or other require-
ments or rules on services which are linked
to fiscal or financial measures affecting the
consumption of products or services by
encouraging compliance with such tech-
nical specifications or other requirements
or rules on services; technical specifications
or other requirements or rules on services
linked to national social security systems
are not included.

This comprises technical regulations imposed
by the authorities designated by the Member
States and appearing on a list to be drawn up
by the Commission before 5 August 1999 (*),
in the framework of the Committee referred to
in Article 5.

The same procedure shall be used for amend-
ing this list;’

4. The sixth subparagraph of Article 8(1) shall be replaced

by the following:

‘With respect to the technical specifications or other
requirements or rules on services referred to in the
third indent of the second subparagraph of point 11 of
Article 1, the comments or detailed opinions of the
Commission or Member States may concern only
aspects which may hinder trade or, in respect of rules
on services,
the free movement of services or the
freedom of establishment of service operators and not
the fiscal or financial aspects of the measure.’;

5. Article 9 shall be amended as follows:

(a) Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be replaced by the fol-

lowing:

‘2. Member States shall postpone:

— for four months the adoption of a draft tech-
nical regulation in the form of a voluntary
agreement within the meaning of the second
indent of the second subparagraph of point 11
of Article 1,

(f) point 10 shall be renumbered 12 and the first

subparagraph shall read as follows:

‘12. “draft technical regulation”, the text of a tech-
nical specification or other requirement or of a
administrative
rule on services,
provisions, formulated with the aim of enac-
ting it or of ultimately having it enacted as a
technical regulation, the text being at a stage of
preparation at which substantial amendments
can still be made;’

including

3. Article 6 shall be amended as follows:

(a) the following subparagraph shall be added to para-

graph 1:

‘The Committee shall meet in a specific composi-
tion to examine questions concerning Information
Society services.’;

(b) the following paragraph shall be added:

to rules on services,

‘8. With respect
the
Commission and the Committee may consult
natural or legal persons from industry or academia,
and where possible representative bodies, capable of
delivering an expert opinion on the social and
societal aims and consequences of any draft rule on
services, and take notice of their advice whenever
requested to do so.’;

— without prejudice to paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, for
six months the adoption of any other draft tech-
nical
rules on
services),

regulation (except

for draft

from the date of receipt by the Commission of the
communication referred to in Article 8(1)
if the
Commission or another Member State delivers a
detailed opinion, within three months of that date,
to the effect that the measure envisaged may create
obstacles to the free movement of goods within the
internal market;

from the date of

— without prejudice to paragraphs 4 and 5, for
four months the adoption of any draft rule on
receipt by the
services,
Commission of the communication referred to
in Article 8(1) if the Commission or another
Member State delivers
a detailed opinion,
within three months of that date, to the effect
that the measure envisaged may create obstacles
to the free movement of services or to the
freedom of establishment of service operators
within the internal market.

With regard to draft rules on services, detailed
opinions from the Commission or Member States
may not affect any cultural policy measures,
in
particular in the audiovisual sphere, which Member
States might adopt in accordance with Community
law,
their linguistic diversity,
their specific national and regional characteristics
and their cultural heritage.

taking account of

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The Member State concerned shall report to the
Commission on the action it proposes to take on
such detailed opinions. The Commission shall
comment on this reaction.

With respect to rules on services, the Member State
concerned shall
the
reasons why the detailed opinions cannot be taken
into account.

indicate, where appropriate,

3. With the exclusion of draft rules relating to
services, Member States shall postpone the adoption
of a draft technical regulation for twelve months
from the date of receipt by the Commission of the
communication referred to in Article 8(1) if, within
three months of
the Commission
that date,
announces its intention of proposing or adopting a
directive, regulation or decision on the matter in
accordance with Article 189 of the Treaty.’;

(b) Paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the following:

Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall not apply in cases

‘7.
where:

— for urgent reasons, occasioned by serious and
unforeseeable circumstances
relating to the
protection of public health or safety, the protec-
tion of animals or the preservation of plants,
and for rules on services, also for public policy,
notably the protection of minors, a Member
State is obliged to prepare technical regulations
in a very short space of time in order to enact
and introduce them immediately without any
consultations being possible or

— for urgent

reasons occasioned by

serious
circumstances relating to the protection of the
the financial
security and the integrity of
system, notably the protection of depositors,
investors and insured persons, a Member State is
obliged to enact and implement rules on finan-
cial services immediately.

In the communication referred to in Article 8, the
Member State shall give reasons for the urgency of
the measures taken. The Commission shall give its
views on the communication as soon as possible. It
shall
action in cases where
improper use is made of this procedure. The Euro-
pean Parliament shall be kept
informed by the
Commission.’;

appropriate

take

6. Article 10 shall be amended as follows:

(a) the first and second indents of paragraph 1 shall be

replaced by the following:

‘— comply with binding Community acts which
result in the adoption of technical specifica-
tions or rules on services,

— fulfil the obligations arising out of international
agreements which result
in the adoption of
common technical specifications or rules on
services in the Community;’

(b) the sixth indent of paragraph 1 shall be replaced by

the following:

‘— restrict

themselves to amending a technical
regulation within the meaning of point 11 of
Article 1,
in accordance with a Commission
request, with a view to removing an obstacle to
trade or, in the case of rules on services, to the
free movement of services or the freedom of
establishment of service operators.’;

(c) paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be replaced by the follo-

wing:

Paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 9 shall not apply
‘3.
to the voluntary agreements referred to in the
second indent of the second subparagraph of point
11 of Article 1.

Article 9 shall not apply to the technical
4.
specifications or other requirements or the rules on
services referred to in the third indent of
the
second subparagraph of point 11 of Article 1.’;

7. Annexes V and VI, which appear in the Annex to this

Directive, shall be added.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the regulations
and administrative provisions necessary in order
to
comply with this Directive by 5 August 1999. They shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompa-
nied by such reference on the occasion of their official
publication. The methods of making such reference shall
be laid down by Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate the main provi-
sions of national
in the field
covered by this Directive to the Commission.

law which they adopt

Article 3

Not later than two years from the date referred to in the
first subparagraph of Article 2(1), the Commission shall
submit to the European Parliament and the Council an
evaluation of the application of Directive 98/34/EC in
particular in the light of technological and market de-
velopments for the services referred to in point 2 of
Article 1. Not later than three years from the date referred
to in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1), the Commis-
sion shall, if necessary, make proposals to the European
Parliament and to the Council for a revision of the said
Directive.

To this end, the Commission shall take into account any
observations
that might be communicated to it by
Member States.

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This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1998.

For the European Parliament

The President

J.M. GIL-ROBLES

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX V

Indicative list of services not covered by the second subparagraph of point 2 of Article 1

1. Services not provided “at a distance”

Services provided in the physical presence of the provider and the recipient, even if they involve the use
of electronic devices

(a) medical examinations or treatment at a doctor’s surgery using electronic equipment where the patient

is physically present;

(b) consultation of an electronic catalogue in a shop with the customer on site;

(c) plane ticket reservation at a travel agency in the physical presence of the customer by means of a

network of computers;

(d) electronic games made available in a video-arcade where the customer is physically present.

2. Services not provided “by electronic means”

— Services having material content even though provided via electronic devices:

(a) automatic cash or ticket dispensing machines (banknotes, rail tickets);

(b) access to road networks, car parks, etc., charging for use, even if there are electronic devices at the

entrance/exit controlling access and/or ensuring correct payment is made,

— Off-line services: distribution of CD roms or software on diskettes,

— Services which are not provided via electronic processing/inventory systems:

(a) voice telephony services;

(b) telefax/telex services;

(c) services provided via voice telephony or fax;

(d) telephone/telefax consultation of a doctor;

(e) telephone/telefax consultation of a lawyer;

(f)

telephone/telefax direct marketing.

3. Services not supplied “at the individual request of a recipient of services”

Services provided by transmitting data without individual demand for simultaneous reception by an un-
limited number of individual receivers (point to multipoint transmission):

(a) television broadcasting services (including near-video on-demand services), covered by point (a) of

Article 1 of Directive 89/552/EEC;

(b) radio broadcasting services;

(c)

(televised) teletext.

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Indicative list of the financial services covered by the third subparagraph of point 5 of Article 1

ANNEX VI

— Investment services

— Insurance and reinsurance operations

— Banking services

— Operations relating to pension funds

— Services relating to dealings in futures or options

Such services include in particular:

(a) investment services referred to in the Annex to Directive 93/22/EEC (1); services of collective investment

undertakings,

(b) services covered by the activities subject to mutual recognition referred to in the Annex to Directive

89/646/EEC (2),

(c) operations covered by the insurance and reinsurance activities referred to in:

— Article 1 of Directive 73/239/EEC (3),

— the Annex to Directive 79/267/EEC (4),

— Directive 64/225/EEC (5),

— Directives 92/49/EEC (6) and 92/96/EEC (7).

(1) OJ L 141, 11. 6. 1993, p. 27.
(2) OJ L 386, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive 92/30/EEC (OJ L 110, 28. 4. 1992, p. 52).
(3) OJ L 228, 16. 8. 1973, p. 3. Directive as last amended by Directive 92/49/EEC (OJ L 228, 11. 8. 1992, p. 1).
(4) OJ L 63, 13. 3. 1979, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 90/619/EEC (OJ L 330, 29. 11. 1990, p. 50).
(5) OJ 56, 4. 4. 1964, p. 878/64. Directive as amended by the 1973 Act of Accession.
(6) OJ L 228, 11. 8. 1992, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 360, 9. 12. 1992, p. 1.’