Information procedure — Technical rules (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: information society, standard, technical rule

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2003/C 136/04)

(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)

2003/169/NL

2003/170/D

Regulation by the State Secretary for Public Health, Welfare and Sport of . . ., amending the Regu-
lation on pesticide residues

Performance requirements for voyage data recorders for use on passengers ships of Classes B, C and
D engaged on domestic voyages, in accordance with Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998

2003/171/A

Act of . . . amending the Salzburg Animal Protection Act 1999

2003/172/B

2003/173/NL

2003/174/NL

2003/175/S

2003/176/I

2003/177/A

2003/178/S

2003/179/A

2003/180/A

Draft Royal Decree laying down certain ranges of nominal quantities and regulating the indication of
quantities of certain pre-packaged products

Regulation by the Minister for Economic Affairs of . . ., No WJZ . . ., amending for the third time the
Regulation on green certificates under the Electricity Act 1998 in connection with the act amending
the Electricity Act 1998 in order to promote the environmental quality of the production of elec-
tricity

Regulation by the State Secretary for Economic Affairs of
laying down
implementing rules with regard to the testing installation, measurement and issue of certificates
pertaining to electricity generated by means of total energy (Regulation on certificates for total
energy under the Electricity Act 1998)

. . ., No WJZ . . .,

Administrative provisions amending the Swedish Board of Agriculture's administrative provisions
(SJVFS 1995:145) on compulsory health monitoring with regard to the disease enzootic bovine
leukosis (EBL) in cattle

Circular on:
‘Directions for the compilation and distribution of the identification sheet of wood
products and wood-furniture products’ (Law No 126 of 10 April 1991 and Ministerial Decree No
101 of 8 February 1997)

Order of the Salzburg Provincial Government of . . . implementing the Salzburg Animal Protection
Act 1999 (Animal Protection Order (German designation: TSCHV))

Administrative provisions amending the Swedish Board of Agriculture's provisions (SJVFS 2003:24)
on conditions for keeping, breeding and sale etc. of animals intended for companionship and hobby
purposes

RVS 15.362 (Guidelines and Regulations for Highway Construction)
waterproofing; waterproofing using polymer modified bitumen-coated sheeting’

‘Construction work; bridge

RVS 15.364 (Guidelines and Regulations for Highway Construction)
‘Construction work; bridge
waterproofing; surfaces of concrete load-bearing structures — Part I: Treatment of surfaces of
concrete load-bearing structures which require waterproofing — Part
II: Levelling mortar and
repair mortar under waterproofing’

18.8.2003

18.8.2003

18.8.2003

18.8.2003

(4)

(4)

20.8.2003

20.8.2003

21.8.2003

21.8.2003

22.8.2003

22.8.2003

2003/181/IRL

Bye-Laws for the Management of Water Services and the Conservation of Drinking Water, 2003

22.8.2003

2003/182/A

2003/183/A

2003/184/NL

RVS 15.361 (Guidelines and Regulations for Highway Construction)
waterproofing; primary coats, sealing coats, scratch coatings’

‘Construction work; bridge

25.8.2003

RVS 3.04 (Guidelines and Regulations for Highway Construction) Protection of Amphibians on
Roads

Draft Decree regulating the safety measures to be taken by providers of public telecommunications
networks or public telecommunications services, such measures pertaining to data on the tapping
and recording of telecommunications (Decree on the safeguarding of data with regard to the tapping
of telecommunications)

25.8.2003

25.8.2003

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Reference (1)

Title

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

2003/185/I

2003/186/I

2003/187/I

2003/188/D

Draft law for the approval for metric testing and subsequent regularisation of industrial chemical
composition measuring systems for natural gas using process gas chromatography

Decree of the Minister for the Interior on: ‘Provisions relating to the installation and maintenance of
opening devices for doors placed along escape routes, with regard to safety in case of fire’

Draft Decree ‘Amending the Ministerial Decree of 31 May 2001, amending the Decree of 12
November 1992, relating to the criteria for the assessment of
the characteristics of natural
mineral water’

Draft Act on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens (German designation: LegRegG)
incorporating amendments proposed by the SPD (German Social Democratic Party) and Bündnis
90/Die Grünen (the German Green party) and accepted by the Bundestag's Committee for Consumer
Protection, Food and Agriculture on 21.5.2003

2003/190/A

Order of the Viennese Provincial Government on the keeping of dogs

2003/191/E

Draft Royal Decree adopting the quality standard for the manufacture, marketing and sale of
preserves, jellies, fruit marmalades, chestnut cream and fruit jams

25.8.2003

27.8.2003

28.8.2003

28.8.2003

1.9.2003

1.9.2003

(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