Information procedure — Technical rules (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-09-17
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 221/02)

(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

End of
three-month
standstill period (2)

2003/288/E

Royal Decree amending the technical health regulation on flavourings used in foodstuffs and base
materials for their production adopted by Royal Decree No 1477 of 2 November 1990

6.11.2003

2003/307/IRL

Draft Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003

2003/308/A

2003/309/UK

2003/310/P

Specification of works for bridge buildings (RVS 7B) and associated technical terms of contract (RVS
8B)

The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services —
Code of Practice 2003

24.11.2003

Draft Regulatory Decree regulating Decree-Law No 62 of 3 April 2003, amending Decree-Law No
290-D of 2 August 1999, approving the legal system of electronic documents and of digital
signatures

24.11.2003

2003/311/NL

Amendment 2003/1 to the Regulation issued by the Horticulture Marketing Board on the growth of,
and trade in, flower bulbs 1999

24.11.2003

2003/312/P

Technical specifications for radio interfaces

2003/313/A

Order of the Viennese Provincial Government issuing more detailed provisions on the limit values for
combustion gas losses from fireplaces and the limit values for particular emissions emanating from
fireplaces and enacting the procedures for establishing the same (Order on combustion gas and
emission limit values 2003)

2003/314/L

Draft Law on freedom of expression in the media

2003/315/F

2003/316/F

2003/317/F

2003/318/F

2003/319/D

2003/320/D

2003/321/D

2003/322/D

Order approving provisions supplementing and amending the safety regulations to counter the
outbreak of fire and panic in establishments open to the public

Order approving provisions supplementing and amending the safety regulations to counter the
outbreak of fire and panic in establishments open to the public

24.11.2003

Order approving provisions supplementing and amending the safety regulations to counter the
outbreak of fire and panic in establishments open to the public, and technical instruction relating
to smoke extraction

24.11.2003

Order approving provisions supplementing and amending the safety regulations to counter the
outbreak of fire and panic in establishments open to the public

24.11.2003

Second Order amending the Order on the protection of animals and the keeping of production
animals

26.11.2003

Conditions for recognition as an institution for carrying out inspections and individual laboratory
tests on behalf of the Federal Authority for Maritime Shipping and Hydrography (German desig-
nation: BSH)

26.11.2003

Conditions for examining the assembly/fixing of navigational and radio equipment as well as
equipment under COLREG 72

26.11.2003

Conditions for testing plans relating to the assembly, fixing or installation of navigational and radio
equipment as well as equipment under COLREG 72

26.11.2003

24.11.2003

21.11.2003

24.11.2003

24.11.2003

24.11.2003

24.11.2003

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Reference (1)

Title

2003/323/D

Third Order amending the Order on tobacco

2003/324/FIN

Design of roads, V. Equipment pertaining to roads, 4. Fencing

2003/325/NL

2003/326/IRL

2003/327/A

Regulation by the State Secretary for Housing, Planning and the Environment adjusting certain
requirements that apply pursuant to the Building Materials Decree on groundwater and surface
water protection, and that pertain to the use of soil and dredge spoil (Interim exemption regulation
on requirements for soil and dredge spoil)

(Draft) Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2003 amending Part B (Fire Safety) of the
Second Schedule to the Building Regulations 1997; and (draft) 2003 Edition of Technical Guidance
Document B (Fire Safety)

Draft Act prohibiting the cultivation of genetically modified seed and planting material, the use of
transgenic animals for breeding purposes and the release of transgenic animals especially for the
purposes of hunting and fishing (Salzburg Act prohibiting genetic engineering (German designation:
GTVG))

2003/328/UK

UK Radio Interface Requirement 2035 for maritime UHF on-board communications systems and
equipment

2003/329/D

Use of personal alarm systems (BGR 139)

2003/330/D

2003/331/I

2003/332/I

Amendments to Building Regulation List A Parts 1 to 3 and Building Regulation List B Part 2, for the
2003/2 edition

Meeting No 779 of the Regional Council of 4 August 2003 Regional Law No 25/99 — Integrated
agriculture — Approval of the draft on general principles for the processing and marketing stages of
integrated products for animal husbandry purposes

Meeting No 780 of the Regional Council of 4 August 2003 Regional Law No 25/99 — Integrated
agriculture — Approval of the general principles for the post harvest and processing stages of
integrated crop products for animal husbandry purposes

End of
three-month
standstill period (2)

27.11.2003

1.12.2003

1.12.2003

1.12.2003

1.12.2003

1.12.2003

1.12.2003

2.12.2003

3.12.2003

3.12.2003

(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 delivered 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 national courts 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
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

Also consult 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 Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie
NG III – 4e etage
Boulevard du Roi Albert II/Koning Albert II-laan 16
B-1000 Brussels

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(or DK-2100 Copenhagen 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. (30-210) 778 17 31
Fax (30-210) 779 88 90

ELOT
Acharnon 313
GR-111 45 Athens

Mr E. Melagrakis
Tel. (30-210) 212 03 00
Fax (30-210) 228 62 19
E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos
Direccion General de Coordinacion del Mercado Interior y otras
Políticas Comunitarias
Subdireccion General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y
Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente
Padilla, 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6276

E-28006 Madrid

Ms Esther Pérez Peláez

Tel. (34) 91379 84 64
Fax (34) 91379 84 01
E-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

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) 153 44 97 04
Fax (33) 153 44 98 88
E-mail: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr

Ms Françoise Ouvrard
Tel. (33) 153 44 97 05
Fax (33) 153 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 Ispettorato
tecnico dell'industria — Ufficio F1
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) 469 74 61
Fax (352) 22 25 24
E-mail: see.direction@eg.etat.lu

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THE NETHERLANDS

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

Mr Ebel Van der Heide
Tel. (31-50) 523 21 34

Ms Hennie Boekema
Tel. (31-50) 523 21 35

Ms Tineke Elzer
Tel. (31-50) 523 21 33
Fax (31-50) 523 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 Portugês 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
Katakatu 3
FIN-00120 Helsinki

Postal address:
PO Box 32
FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto

Website: http://www.ktm.fi

Ms Heli Malinen
Tel. (358-9) 16 06 36 27
Fax (358-9) 16 06 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) 30 67 59
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

Mr Philip Plumb
Tel. (44) 207 215 15 64 or 14 88
Fax (44) 207 215 15 29
E-mail: philip.plumb@dti.gsi.gov.uk

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

EFTA — ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority
Rue de Trêves/Trierstraat 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/Trierstraat 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 of 20 44
(90-312) 212 88 00 of 25 65

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