Information procedure — Technical rules (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: exchange of information, technical regulations, technical standard

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Information procedure (cid:151) Technical rules

(2001/C 54/03)

(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 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

Title

2001/7/E

Royal Decree on safety conditions for the transportation of schoolchildren and children

2001/49/NL

Draft General Administrative Regulation establishing regulations with regard to the building of
buildings from the point of view of safety, health, usability, energy efficiency and the environment
(Conversion of the Buildings Decree)

2001/50/A

Quality regulations for the coating of aluminium and galvanised steel

2001/51/F

Order on taximeters

End of
three-month
standstill period

(3)

3.5.2001

15.5.2001

2.5.2001

2001/53/UK

UK Radio Interface Requirement 2008 for private business mobile radio channel access procedures

3.5.2001

2001/54/UK

Prohibition of use of PVC-U water supply pipes containing lead-based compounds

3.5.2001

2001/55/DK

Draft Order relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid and solid fuels

3.5.2001

2001/56/A

2001/57/A

2001/58/A

2001/59/A

2001/60/A

2001/62/A

2001/63/E

Special quality regulations for reinforced concrete pipes and accompanying fittings made from rein-
forced concrete used in community hydraulic structures; product-specific quality regulation (German
designation: (P))

10.5.2001

Special quality regulation for pipes and fittings made from hard polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) for water
supply pipes; product-specific quality regulation

10.5.2001

Special quality regulations for duct pipes and fittings made from ductile cast iron; product-specific
quality regulation (German designation: (P))

10.5.2001

Special quality regulation pertaining to steel fibre concrete pipes and affiliated steel fibre concrete
pipe fittings with regard to community hydraulic structures; product-specific quality regulation
(German designation: (P))

10.5.2001

Special quality regulation pertaining to concrete pipes and affiliated pipe fittings with regard to
community hydraulic structures; product-specific quality regulation (German designation: (P))

10.5.2001

Provincial Act amending the Upper Austria Soil Protection Act 1991 (Upper Austrian Soil Protection
Amendment Act 2001)

Draft Ministerial Order amending supplementary technical
MI-IF009 of the safety regulations governing refrigeration plants and installations

instructions MI-IF002, MI-IF004 and

2001/64/NL

Legislative proposal banning furred animal holdings

2001/65/UK

The Tobacco Products Regulations 2001 (cid:151) Part IV Fiscal Marks Public Notice 476 (cid:151) Tobacco
Products Duty Section 14 and Annexes A and B

2001/66/UK

(Draft) Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2001

7.5.2001

7.5.2001

10.5.2001

7.5.2001

7.5.2001

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Reference

Title

2001/67/A

2001/68/NL

Order of the Viennese municipal council concerning the temporary approval of the MSR/R and
MSR/E-BWX air-waste gas collector systems

Regulation from the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment, J. F. Hoogervorst, of . . ., No
ARBO/AMIL/. . . amending the Working Conditions Regulation on activities involving contact with
volatile organic substances

End of
three-month
standstill period

7.5.2001

8.5.2001

(1) Year (cid:151) registration number (cid:151) 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 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.

The Commission draws attention to the judgment given on 30 April 1996 in the (cid:145)CIA Security(cid:146) case
(C-194/94 (cid:151) 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
the national court which must decline to apply a national technical regulation which has not been notified
in accordance with the Directive.

This judgment 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, so
that they are unenforceable against individuals.

If you require any information on these notifications, please contact the national departments listed below:

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LIST OF NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC

BELGIUM

SPAIN

Institut belge de normalisation/Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie
Avenue de la Braban(cid:231)onne/Braban(cid:231)onnelaan 29
B-1040 Brussels

Mrs Hombert
Tel.: (32 2) 738 01 10
Fax: (32 2) 733 42 64
X400:O=GW;P=CEC;A=RTT;C=BE;DDA:RFC-822=CIBELNOR(A)IBN.BE
Internet: cibelnor@ibn.be

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Secretar(cid:237)a de Estado de pol(cid:237)tica exterior y para la Uni(cid:243)n Europea
Direcci(cid:243)n General de Coordinaci(cid:243)n del Mercado Interior y otras
Pol(cid:237)ticas Comunitarias
Subdirecci(cid:243)n general de asuntos industriales, energeticos, transportes,
comunicaciones y medio ambiente
c/Padilla 46, Planta 2a, Despacho 6276
E-28006 Madrid

Mrs Descamps
Tel.: (32 2) 206 46 89
Fax: (32 2) 206 57 45
Internet: normtech@pophost.eunet.be

DENMARK

Danish Agency for Trade and Industry
Dahlerups Pakhus
Lagelinie AllØ 17
DK-2100 Copenhagen (cid:216)

Mr K. Dybkjaer
Tel.: (45) 35 46 62 85
Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03
X400:C=DK;A=DK400;P=EFS;S=DYBKJAER;G=KELD
Internet: kd@efs.dk

GERMANY

Bundesministerium f(cid:252)r Wirtschaft und Technologie
Referat V D 2
Villenomblerstra(cid:223)e 76
D-53123 Bonn

Mr Shirmer
Tel.: (49-228) 615 43 98
Fax: (49-228) 615 20 56
X400:C=DE;A=BUND400;P=BMWI;O=BONN1;S=SHIRMER
Internet: Shirmer@BMWI.Bund400.de

GREECE

Ministry of Development
General Secretariat of Industry
Michalacopoulou 80
GR-115 28 Athens
Tel.: (30-1) 778 17 31
Fax: (30-1) 779 88 90

ELOT
Acharnon 313
GR-11145 Athens

Mr E. Melagrakis
Tel.: (30-1) 212 03 00
Fax: (30-1) 228 62 19
Internet: 83189@elot.gr

Mrs Nieves Garc(cid:237)a PØrez
Tel.: (34-91) 379 83 32

Mrs Mar(cid:237)a `ngeles Mart(cid:237)nez `lvarez
Tel.: (34-91) 379 84 64
Fax: (34-91) 575 56 29/575 86 01/431 55 51
X400:C=ES;A=400NET;P=MAE;O=SEPEUE;S=D83-189

FRANCE

DØlØgation interministØrielle aux normes
SQUALPI
22, rue Monge
F-75005 Paris
Mrs Piau
Tel.: (33-1) 43 19 51 43
Fax: (33-1) 43 19 50 44
Internet: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr
X400:C=FR;A=ATLAS;O=TEDECO;S=IDMI-SQUAL

IRELAND

NSAI
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
Mr Owen Byrne
Tel.: (353-1) 807 38 66
Fax: (353-1) 807 38 38
X400:C=IE;A=EIRMAIL400;P=NRN;0=NSAI;S=BYRNEO
Internet: byrneo@nsai.ie

ITALY

Ministero dell’Industria, del commercio e dell’artigianato
via Molise 2
I-00100 Roma

Mr P. Cavanna
Tel.: (39-06) 47 88 78 60
X400:C=IT;A=MASTER400;P=GDS;OU1=M.I.C.A-ISPIND;
DDA:CLASSE=IPM;DDA:ID-NODO=BF9RM001;S=PAOLO CAVANNA

Mr E. Castiglioni
Tel.: (39-06) 47 05 30 69/47 05 26 69
Fax: (39-06) 47 88 77 48
Internet: Castiglioni@minindustria.it

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LUXEMBOURG

FINLAND

SEE (cid:151) Service de l’(cid:201)nergie de l’(cid:201)tat
34 avenue de la Porte-Neuve BP 10
L-2010 Luxembourg

Mr J.P. Hoffmann
Tel.: (352) 46 97 46 1
Fax: (352) 22 25 24
Internet: jean-paul.hoffmann@eg.etat.lu

THE NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiºn (cid:151) Belastingsdienst (cid:151) Douane
Centrale Dienst voor In- en uitvoer (CDIU)
Engelse Kamp 2
Postbus 30003
9700 RD Groningen
Nederland

Mr IJ. G. van der Heide
Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 91 78
Fax: (31-50) 5 23 92 19

Mrs H. Boekema
Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 92 75
E-mail X400:C=NL;A=400NET;P=CDIU;OU1=CDIU;S=NOTIF

Kauppa- ja teollisuusministeri(cid:246)
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Aleksanterinkatu 4
PL 230 (PO Box 230)
FIN-00171 Helsinki

Mr Petri Kuurma
Tel.: +358-9-160 3627
Fax: +358-9-160 4022
Internet: petri.kuurma@ktm.vn.fi
Website: http://www.vn.fi/ktm/index.html
X400:C=FI;A=MAILNET;P=VN;O=KTM;S=TEKNISET;G=MAARAYKSET

SWEDEN

Kommerskollegium
(National Board of Trade)
Box 6803
S-11386 Stockholm

Mrs Kerstin Carlsson
Tel.: 46 86 90 48 00
Fax: 46 86 90 48 40
E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se
X400:C=SE;A=400NET;O=KOMKOLL;S=NAT NOT POINT
Website: http://www.kommers.se

AUSTRIA

UNITED KINGDOM

Bundesministerium f(cid:252)r wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten
Abt. II/1
Stubenring 1
A-1011 Wien

Mrs Haslinger-Fenzl
Tel.: (43-1) 711 00 55 22/711 00 54 53
Fax: (43-1) 715 96 51
X400:S=HASLINGER;G=MARIA;O=BMWA;P=BMWA;A=GV;C=AT
Internet: maria.haslinger@bmwa.gv.at
X400:C=AT;A=GV;P=BMWA;O=BMWA;OU=TBT;S=POST

PORTUGAL

Instituto portuguŒs da Qualidade
Rua C (cid:224) Avenida dos TrŒs vales
P-2825 Monte da Caparica

Mrs C(cid:226)ndida Pires
Tel.: (351-1) 294 81 00
Fax: (351-1) 294 81 32
X400:C=PT;A=MAILPAC;P=GTW-MS;O=IPQ;OU1=IPQM;S=DIR83189

Department of Trade and Industry
Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate 2
Bay 327
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW 1 W 9SS
United Kingdom

Mrs Brenda O’Grady
Tel.: (44) 171 215 14 88
Fax: (44) 171 215 15 29
X400:S=TI, G=83189, O=DTI, OU1=TIDV, P=HMG DTI, A=Gold 400,
C=GB
Internet: uk98-34@gtnet.gov.uk
Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd

EFTA (cid:151) ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority (DRAFTTECHREGESA)
X400:O=gw;P=iihe;A=rtt;C=be;DDA:RFC-822=Solveig.Georgsdottir
@surv.efta.be
C=BE;A=BT;P=EFTA;O=SURV;S=DRAFTTECHREGESA
Internet: Solveig.Georgsdottir@surv.efta.be