Information procedure — Technical rules (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to EU information, dissemination of EU information, exchange of information, information society, service, technical rule

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2003/C 119/02)

(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

2003/128/F

2003/129/S

2003/131/S

Draft order suspending the introduction into France of bees, beehives, queens with their attendants
and beekeeping material from third countries

Administrative provisions of the Swedish Board of Agriculture on the declaration of infection with
regard to American foul brood and varroasis in bees

Draft amending the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority's administrative provisions on smoke
detectors containing radioactive sources (SSI FS 1992:4)

2003/132/DK

Order on fruit juices etc.

2003/133/DK

Draft act banning the commercial import and production of, and trade in, cat and dog skins and
products made therefrom (L 201)

2003/134/P

Draft decree-law approving the legal system on electronic commerce

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

(3)

(3)

14.7.2003

14.7.2003

15.7.2003

16.7.2003

2003/135/UK

2003/136/NL

The draft Natural mineral water, spring water and bottled drinking water (amendment)
Regulations 2003

(Wales)

16.7.2003

Amendment to the 1998 Electricity Act in connection with obtaining ownership of the national grid
or part thereof (correcting issue of ownership of the grid)

17.7.2003

17.7.2003

17.7.2003

17.7.2003

17.7.2003

18.7.2003

18.7.2003

2003/137/FIN

Law on conformity of certain technical equipment

2003/138/UK

The Jam and similar products (England) Regulations

2003/139/UK

The Jam and similar products (Wales) Regulations 2003

2003/140/UK

The Jam and similar products (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2003

2003/141/A

Act amending the Burgenland Act on camp-sites and mobile home sites

2003/142/NL

Decree concerning the Commodities Act Decree on tattoo dyes

2003/143/NL

Draft decree amending the vehicle rules with a view to including a ban on radar reception units

23.7.2003

2003/144/F

Order on the ripeness of peaches and nectarines

2003/145/IRL

Draft Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002 (section 47) Regulations, 2003

2003/146/A

Order of the Provincial Government of Burgenland amending the Building Order (German desig-
nation: BauVO)

24.7.2003

25.7.2003

25.7.2003

2003/147/DK

Draft amending the Road Safety and Transport Agency's Order on detailed regulations for vehicles

29.7.2003

2003/148/I

2003/149/D

Draft Ministerial Decree on: ‘Approval of the technical regulation on updating provisions for the fire
prevention for existing tourist accommodation hotel activities pursuant to the Decree of 9 April
1994’

Guidelines on the subsidising of projects centring on the ‘use of rapidly biodegradable lubricants and
hydraulic oils made from renewable raw materials’ within the framework of the programme for the
introduction of ‘renewable raw materials’ onto the market by the Federal Ministry of Consumer
Protection, Food and Agriculture (German designation: BMVEL)

31.7.2003

(4)

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Reference (1)

Title

2003/150/D

Guidelines on the subsidising of projects centring on the ‘use of rapidly biodegradable lubricants and
hydraulic oils made from renewable raw materials in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors’ within the
framework of the programme for the introduction of ‘renewable raw materials’ onto the market by
the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (German designation: BMVEL)

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

(4)

2003/151/DK

Notices from the Danish Maritime Authority B,
equipment, etc. of ships

technical regulation on the construction and

1.8.2003

2003/152/F

Draft order on the use of calcium in soya-based food products

2003/153/DK

Technical Regulation on small commercial vessels carrying not more than 12 passengers

2003/154/B

Royal Decree regulating the organisation of active leisure pursuits

1.8.2003

4.8.2003

6.8.2003

2003/155/B

Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 28 March 2001 on the running of recreation areas

6.8.2003

2003/156/F

Order on the tests which must be performed by persons responsible for the placing on the market of
fertilisers that conform to standard NF U 44-095 Organic amendments — compost containing
substances of agronomic interest obtained from water treatment

2003/157/F

Order laying down the compulsory implementation of a standard

2003/158/B

Draft Royal decree on operating conditions of tanning centres

2003/159/NL

2003/160/I

2003/161/A

Regulation by the Marketing Board for Animal Feed on the GMP accreditation regulation within the
animal feed sector 2003

Decree of the Minister of the Interior transposing standard UNI EN 1634 part I, on: ‘technical and
procedural standards for the fire resistance classification and type-approval of doors and other closing
devices’

Draft of an act to abrogate the Garage Regulations and the Act (Provincial Law Gazette No 68/1966)
and to amend the Salzburg Town and Country Planning Act 1998, the Principles of Development
Act, the Buildings Inspection Act 1997 and the Building Techniques Act

11.8.2003

7.8.2003

7.8.2003

8.8.2003

4.8.2003

8.8.2003

(1) Year — registration No — 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.

The Commission draws attention to the judgement delivered on 30 April 1996 in the ‘CIA security’ Case
(C-194/94, ECR I-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 Entreprise, Unit F1
B-1049 Brussels
E-mail: Dir83-189-Central@cec.eu.int

Consult also 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.

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

BELGIUM

BELNotif
Qualité et sécurité
SPF Économie, PME, Classes moyennes et Énergie
North Gate III — 4ème étage
boulevard du Roi Albert II/Koning Albert II-laan 16
B-1000 Brussels

E-28006 Madrid

Ms Esther Pérez Peláez
Tel. (34-91) 379 84 64
Fax (34-91) 379 84 01
E-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

Website: http://www.mineco.fgov.be

Ms. P. Descamps
Tel. (32-2) 206 46 89
Fax (32-2) 206 57 46
E-mail: belnotif@mineco.fgov.be

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen
Dahlerups Pakhus
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (OE)

Website: http://www.ebst.dk
Ms Laila Østergren
Tel. (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct)
Fax (45) 35 46 62 03
E-mail: Ms Laila Østergren — loe@ebst.dk

Mrs Birgitte Spühler Hansen — bsh@ebst.dk

Mutual mailbox for notification messages — noti@ebst.dk

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Referat XA2
Scharnhorststraße 34—37
D-10115 Berlin

Website: http://www.bmwa.bund.de

Ms Christina Jäckel
Tel. (49-30) 20 14 63 53
Fax (49-30) 20 14 53 79
E-Mail: infonorm@bmwa.bund.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
E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos
Dirección General de Coordinación del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas
Comunitarias
Subdirección General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y
Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente
C/Padilla 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6276

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: lostyt@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

Website: http://www.minindustria.it

Mr V. Correggia
Tel. (39) 06 47 05 22 05
Fax (39) 06 47 88 78 05
E-mail: vincenzo.correggia@minindustria.it

Mr E. Castiglioni
Tel. (39) 06 47 05 26 69
Fax (39) 06 47 88 77 48
E-mail: enrico.castiglioni@minindustria.it

LUXEMBOURG

SEE — Service de l'Énergie de l'État
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
E-mail: see.direction@eg.etat.lu

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THE NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiën
Belastingsdienst/Douane Noord
Team bijzondere klantbehandeling
Centrale Dienst voor In- en uitvoer
Engelse Kamp 2
Postbus 30003
9700 RD Groningen
The Netherlands

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

Website: http://www.bmwa.gv.at

Ms Brigitte Wikgolm
Tel. (43-1) 711 00 58 96
Fax (43-1) 715 96 51 or (43-1) 712 06 80
E-mail: post@tbt.bmwa.gv.at

PORTUGAL

Instituto Português da Qualidade
Rua Antonio Gião, 2
P-2829-513 Caparica

Website: http://www.ipq.pt

Ms Miranda Ondina
Tel. (351-21) 294 82 36 or 81 00
Fax (351-21) 294 82 23
E-mail: MOndina@mail.ipq.pt

FINLAND

Kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriö
Visitor address: Aleksanterinkatu 4
FIN-00171 Helsinki
and
Ratakatu 3
FIN-00120 Helsinki

Postal address:
PO box 32
FIN-00023 Government

Website: http://www.ktm.fi

Ms Heli Malinen
Tel. (358-9) 1606 36 27
Fax (358-9) 1606 46 22
E-mail: heli.malinen@ktm.fi

Mr Katri Amper

General e-mail: maaraykset.tekniset@ktm.fi

SWEDEN

Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade)
Box 6803
Drottninggatan 89
S-113 86 Stockholm

Website: http://www.kommers.se

Ms Kerstin Carlsson
Tel. (46-8) 690 48 82 or (46- 8) 690 48 00
Fax (46-8) 690 48 40 or (46- 8) 306 759
E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se

General e-mail: 9834@kommers.se

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry
Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate 2
Bay 327
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1 W 9SS
United Kingdom

Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd

Ms Brenda O'Grady
Tel. (44-207) 215 15 64 or 14 88
Fax (44-207) 215 15 29
E-mail: brenda.o'grady@tidv.dti.gov.uk

General e-mail: 98-34@dti.gov.uk

EFTA — ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority
Rue de Trêves 74
B-1040 Brussels

Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

Mr Gunnar Thor Petursson
Tel. (32-2) 286 18 71
Fax (32-2) 286 18 00
E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int

EFTA
Goods Unit
EFTA Secretariat
Rue de Trêves 74
B-1040 Brussels

Website: http://www.efta.int

Ms Kathleen Byrne
Tel. (32-2) 286 17 34
Fax (32-2) 286 17 42
E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGEFTA@efta.int
kathleen.byrne@efta.int

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade
General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade
Inönü Bulvari — Emek — Ankara

Website: http://www.dtm.gov.tr

Mr Saadettin Dog˘an
Tel. (90-312) 212 88 00 or 20 44
(90-312) 212 88 00 or 25 65

Fax (90-312) 212 87 68
E-mail: dtsabbil@dtm.gov.tr