Information procedure — Technical rules (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, access to EU information, dissemination of EU information, exchange of information, information society, service, technical regulations

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2003/C 148/04)

(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 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

2003/192/FIN

Structure and erection of road signs; the requirements regarding structures and quality

2003/193/FIN

Regulation 4B/2003 M from the Communications Regulatory Authority on the use of radio
frequencies, and the associated development plan for radio frequencies (a table of radio spectrum
allocation) over the frequency intervals of 9 kHz-400 GHz, also containing definitions of the radio
interface referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 1999/5/EC on radio equipment and telecommuni-
cations terminal equipment as well as Regulation 15T/2003 M from the Communications Regulatory
Authority regarding common frequencies and the use of radio transmitters exempted from licences

End of
three-month
standstill period (2)

3.9.2003

3.9.2003

2003/194/DK

Order on certain persistent organic pollutants

4.9.2003

2003/195/DK

Order amending the Order No 925 of 13 December 1998 on PCBs, PCTs and their substitutes

4.9.2003

2003/196/DK

Amendment to Order No 619 of 27 June 2000 on waste

2003/197/S

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

2003/198/F

Draft specifications for ‘petfoods’ based on organically-produced feed materials

2003/200/A

Act enacting the Act on the regulation of precautionary measures for genetic engineering (Carinthian
Genetic Engineering Precautionary Measures Act — Austrian designation: K-GtVG) and amending the
Carinthian Agriculture Act

4.9.2003

(3)

11.9.2003

15.9.2003

(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.

The Commission draws attention to the judgment given 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 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 Brabançonne/Brabançonnelaan 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
Secretaría de Estado de política exterior y para la Unión Europea
Dirección General de Coordinación del Mercado Interior y otras
Políticas Comunitarias
Subdirección 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 Allé 17
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø

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 für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Referat V D 2
Villenomblerstraße 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 García Pérez
Tel.: (34-91) 379 83 32

Mrs María Ángeles Martínez Álvarez
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

Délégation interministérielle aux normes
SQUALPI
64-70 allée de Bercy — télédoc 811
F-75574 Paris Cedex 12
Mrs S. Piau
Tel.: (33-1) 53 44 97 04
Fax: (33-1) 53 44 98 88
Internet: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr

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

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
Internet: jean-paul.hoffmann@eg.etat.lu

THE NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiën — Belastingsdienst — 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

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für 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 português da Qualidade
Rua C à Avenida dos Três vales
P-2825 Monte da Caparica

Mrs Cândida 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

FINLAND

Kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriö
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

UNITED KINGDOM

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) 17 12 15 14 88
Fax: (44) 17 12 15 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 — 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