Information procedure — Technical rules
Date: 2004-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law - national law, access to information, exchange of information, standard, technical regulations

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2004/C 203/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a proce-
dure 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).

Reference (1)

2004/0201/D

2004/0202/DK

2004/0203/FIN

2004/0204/A

Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission

Title

Additional Technical Terms of Contract — Hydraulic Engineering [German designation: ZTV-
W] for hydraulic structures made from concrete and reinforced concrete (performance category
215)

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

06-09-2004

Draft Act amending the Depreciation Act, the Assessment Act, the Act on carbon dioxide tax
on certain energy products and the Act on sulphur tax (The fiscal treatment of CO2 quotas and
herring quotas and the adaptation of the CO2 tax for fuel consumption covered by quotas)

(4)

Decree of the Ministry of the Interior on the technical characteristics and location of smoke
alarms

Amendments to the existing Building Materials List ‘ÖE’ of 15 December 2002 enacting the
second edition of the Building Materials List ‘ÖE’

2004/0205/S

Act amending the Act (1982:636) on organising certain automatic games

2004/0206/S

National Post and Telecom Agency's provisions on exemption from the obligation for a licence
for certain radio transmitters

2004/0207/FIN

Decree of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on juices and certain similar products

2004/0208/SK

2004/0210/A

2004/0211/B

Ruling of the Office of Standardisation, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic on the
classification of products within certain products

Order of the Salzburg Provincial Government of …, laying down guidelines for the structural
design and construction of hospitals

Draft Royal Decree containing measures banning surgical suturing material for veterinary and
human use manufactured from tissues of animal origin

2004/0212/UK

The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2004

2004/0213/E

Draft Decree regulating certain aspects concerning petrol pumps for supply to vehicles in the
Autonomous Community of Madrid

2004/0214/S

Order on a return system for plastic bottles and metal cans

2004/0215/F

Draft Decree on the protection of pet animals during their sale and activities involving them

15-09-2004

2004/0216/CY

Tax assessment and collection — 1997 Regulations

2004/0217/I

Technical provisions implementing Regulation No 96 of 20 February 2004, published in the
Ordinary Supplement to the Italian Official Gazette No 87 of 14 April 2004, on tax benefits
for bioethanol of agricultural origin, to be adopted pursuant to Article 22 of Law No 388 of
23 December 2000

17-09-2004

(4)

2004/0218/D

Reg TP SSB LA-NOE 201 Interface description for radio equipment used for identification
purposes

20-09-2004

2004/0219/D

Reg TP SSB LA-NOE 140 Interface description for voice messaging radio equipment

20-09-2004

06-09-2004

09-09-2004

09-09-2004

09-09-2004

09-09-2004

10-09-2004

13-09-2004

13-09-2004

13-09-2004

13-09-2004

15-09-2004

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Reference (1)

Title

2004/0220/D

2004/0221/D

2004/0222/D

2004/0223/S

Reg TP SSB LA-NOE 128 Interface description for weather sondes in the meteorological aids
service

Reg TP SSB LA-NOE 102 Interface description for CB radio equipment operating within the
26 560 — 27 410 kHz frequency range

20-09-2004

Reg TP SSB LA-NOE 25 Interface description for on-site paging equipment and on-site radio-
telephone systems

20-09-2004

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's administrative provisions (NFS 2004:x)
limiting the carbon monoxide content of waste gases from solid fuel fired plants (excluding
waste incineration plants)

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

20-09-2004

20-09-2004

20-09-2004

22-09-2004

22-09-2004

23-09-2004

23-09-2004

23-09-2004

23-09-2004

23-09-2004

24-09-2004

24-09-2004

27-09-2004

2004/0224/UK

Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

2004/0225/S

2004/0227/D

Administrative provisions amending the National Food Administration's administrative provi-
sions (SLVFS 1993:19) on the labelling and presentation of foodstuffs

Technical Terms of Delivery for asphalt in road construction
Part: Quality control
Part: Execution of surface treatments; (German Designation: TLG Asphalt-OB-StB)

2004/0228/UK

The Food Labelling Amendment (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

2004/0229/UK

The Food Labelling (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2004

2004/0230/UK

The Food Labelling (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2004

2004/0231/UK

The Food Labelling (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

2004/0232/GR

Supreme Chemical Council decision 127/2004 — Supreme Chemical Council decision
127/2004 entitled ‘Approval of the addition of article 67 Α to the Foodstuffs Code — Identifi-
cation of pure Greek honey (from pine,
thyme, cotton,
sunflower)’

fir, chestnut, orange, heather,

2004/0233/UK

The draft Large Commercial Yacht Code of Practice is enforced by The Merchant Shipping
Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998

24-09-2004

2004/0234/DK

BL 7-17, Provisions on meteorological services, 2nd edition

2004/0235/DK

BL 7-18, Provisions on meteorological equipment in aerodromes, 2nd edition

2004/0236/CZ

2004/0237/NL

2004/0238/IRL

2004/0239/E

Government Decree laying down the technical requirements and conditions for the design,
approval and operation of certain types of technical equipment, in accordance with the author-
isation included in Section 22 of Act No 22/1997 Coll. on technical requirements for products
and amendments and supplements to certain laws, in the wording of subsequent regulations
and implementing Act No 266/1994 Coll. on railways, in the wording of subsequent regula-
tions

Decree amending the Decree on labelling the energy consumption of passenger cars in connec-
tion with a national amendment with regard to the requirements laid down for energy labels

27-09-2004

Draft of the Statutory Instrument titled European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and
Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

27-09-2004

Draft Decree amending Decree No 332 of 18 December 2001, adopting the Regulation on
gaming machines and halls

27-09-2004

2004/0240/D

Order adapting the Federal Species Protection Order and other legislation

2004/0241/D

Act reorganising legislation concerning genetic engineering

2004/0242/D

Guidance documents on waste water — planning, construction and operation of waste water
treatment plant on Federal property, 2nd edition, draft May 2004

27-09-2004

29-09-2004

29-09-2004

2004/0243/D

Amendments to Building Regulation List A, Parts 1, 2 and 3 and List C for the 2004/2 edition

01-10-2004

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Reference (1)

Title

2004/0244/D

2004/0245/D

2004/0246/D

2004/0247/D

2004/0248/B

2004/0249/S

2004/0250/D

2004/0251/UK

2004/0252/FIN

2004/0253/D

2004/0254/SI

2004/0255/NL

2004/0256/F

2004/0257/IRL

2004/0258/IRL

2004/0259/IRL

Reg TP SSB SE 004 interface description for VHF radio telephone installations of the maritime
mobile service for ‘general communication’ with auxiliary devices for digital selective calling
(DSC) Class D

Reg TP SSB SE 005 interface description for portable VHF radio telephone installations for the
mobile maritime and inland navigation radio service (not for GMDSS)

Reg TP SSB SE 007 interface description for fixed VHF radio equipment in the maritime
service

Reg TP SSB SE 009 interface description for VHF radio equipment in land stations of the mari-
time and inland navigation radio service

Draft Decree of the Flemish Government establishing requirements in the field of energy
performance and internal climate for buildings

The Swedish Maritime Administration's administrative provisions and general guidance on
radio equipment on ships

Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia [German designation: HAB 2004]

British Pharmacopoeia 2004

Materials and methods used in the preparation of permanently stored documents. Regulation
by the Public Archives.

Order on electronic legal transactions before the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal
Finance Court

Rules on minimum technical
temporary solution to the housing needs of materially deprived persons

requirements pertaining to residential units serving as a

Regulation by the Minister for Public Health, Welfare and Sport, amending the Commodities
Act Regulation on the exemption from keeping foodstuffs under refrigeration in canteens and
restaurants

Technical notes Pro Pharmacopoeia subject to public inquiry

Review of Domestic Ship Regulations 2004

Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boat Manning) Regulations 2004

Draft Statutory Instrument entitled Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Amendment
Rules 2004

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

01-10-2004

01-10-2004

01-10-2004

01-10-2004

01-10-2004

01-10-2004

04-10-2004

04-10-2004

04-10-2004

04-10-2004

06-10-2004

06-10-2004

06-10-2004

07-10-2004

07-10-2004

07-10-2004

(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.
Information procedure closed.

(5)

The Commission draws attention to the judgment 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 accord-
ance 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 Enterprise, 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
North Gate III – 4ème étage
boulevard du Roi Albert II /Konig Albert II-laan 16
B-1000 Bruxelles

Ms Pascaline Descamps
Tel.: (32-2) 206 46 89
Fax: (32-2) 206 57 46
E-mail: pascaline.descamps@mineco.fgov.be
paolo.caruso@mineco.fgov.be

General e-mail: belnotif@mineco.fgov.be

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

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing
Gorazdova 24
P.O. BOX 49
CZ-128 01 Praha 2

Ms Helena Fofonková
Tel.: (420) 224 907 125
Fax: (420) 224 907 122
E-mail: fofonkova@unmz.cz

General e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz

Website: http://www.unmz.cz

DENMARK

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

Tel.: (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct)
Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03
E-mail: Ms Birgitte Spühler Hansen - bsh@ebst.dk

Mutual mailbox for notification messages - noti@ebst.dk

Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Referat XA2
Scharnhorststr. 34 - 37
D-10115 Berlin

Ms Christina Jäckel
Tel.: (49-30) 2014 6353
Fax: (49-30) 2014 5379
E-mail: infonorm@bmwa.bund.de

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

ESTONIA

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Harju str. 11
EE-15072 Tallinn

Mr Margus Alver
Tel.: (372) 6 256 405
Fax: (372) 6 313 660
E-mail: margus.alver@mkm.ee

General e-mail: el.teavitamine@mkm.ee

GREECE

Ministry of Development
General Secretariat of Industry
Mesogeion 119
GR-101 92 Athens
Tel.: (30) 210 696 98 63
Fax: (30) 210 696 91 06

ELOT
Acharnon 313
GR-111 45 Athens
Tel.: (30) 210 212 03 01
Fax: (30) 210 228 62 19
E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr

Website: http://www.elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos
Direccion General de Coordinacion del Mercado Interior y otras Polí-
ticas Comunitarias
Subdireccion General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Trans-
portes y Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente
C/Padilla, 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6218
E-28006 MADRID

Mr Angel Silván Torregrosa
Tel.: (34) 91 379 83 32
Ms Esther Pérez Peláez
Technical Advisor
E-mail: esther.perez@ue.mae.es
Tel.: (34-91) 379 84 64
Fax: (34-91) 379 84 01
E-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

Délégation interministérielle aux normes
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

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IRELAND

NSAI
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland

Mr Tony Losty
Tel.: (353) 1 807 38 80
Fax: (353) 1 807 38 38
E-mail: tony.losty@nsai.ie

Website: http://www.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

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

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

Website: http://www.minindustria.it

CYPRUS

Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
13, A. Araouzou street
CY-1421 Nicosia

Tel.: (357) 22 409313 or (357) 22 375053
Fax: (357) 22 754103

Mr Antonis Ioannou
Tel.: (357) 22 409409
Fax: (357) 22 754103
E-mail: aioannou@cys.mcit.gov.cy

Ms Thea Andreou
Tel.: (357) 22 409 404
Fax: (357) 22 754 103
E-mail: tandreou@cys.mcit.gov.cy

General e-mail: dir9834@cys.mcit.gov.cy

Website: http://www.cys.mcit.gov.cy

LATVIA

Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notifica-
tion
Internal Market Department of the
Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia
55, Brvibas str.
Riga
LV-1519

Ms Agra Ločmele
Senior Officer of the Division of the Commercial Normative,
SOLVIT and Notification
E-mail: agra.locmele@em.gov.lv
Tel.: (371) 7031236
Fax: (371) 7280882
E-mail: notification@em.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Lithuanian Standards Board
T. Kosciuskos g. 30
LT-01100 Vilnius

Ms Daiva Lesickiene
Tel.: (370) 5 2709347
Fax: (370) 5 2709367

E-mail: dir9834@lsd.lt

Website: http://www.lsd.lt

LUXEMBOURG

SEE - Service de l'Energie de l'Etat
34, avenue de la Porte-Neuve B.P. 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

Website: http://www.see.lu

HUNGARY

Hungarian Notification Centre –
Ministry of Economy and Transport
Budapest
Honvéd u. 13-15.
H-1055

Mr Zsolt Fazekas
E-mail: fazekaszs@gkm.hu
Tel.: (36) 1 374 2873
Fax: (36) 1 473 1622

E-mail: notification@gkm.hu

Website: http://www.gkm.hu/dokk/main/gkm

MALTA

Malta Standards Authority
Level 2
Evans Building
Merchants Street
MT-Valletta

Tel.: (356) 2124 2420
(356) 2124 3282
Fax: (356) 2124 2406

Ms Lorna Cachia
E-mail: lorna.cachia@msa.org.mt

Website: http://www.msa.org.mt

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NETHERLANDS

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

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

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

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

POLAND

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy
Department for European and Multilateral Relations
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5
PL-00-507 Warsaw

Ms Joanna Tomaszewska
Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07
Ms Agata Gągor
Tel.: (48) 22 693 56 90
Fax: (48) 693 40 28
E-mail: joanna.tomaszewska@mg.gov.pl

E-mail: notyfikacja@mg.gov.pl

PORTUGAL

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

Ms Cândida Pires
Tel.: (351-21) 294 82 36 or 81 00
Fax: (351-21) 294 82 23
E-mail: c.pires@mail.ipq.pt

General e-mail: not9834@mail.ipq.pt

Website: http://www.ipq.pt

SLOVENIA

SIST – Slovenian Institute for Standardization
Contact point for 98/34/EC and WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Šmartinska 140
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: (386) 1 478 3041
Fax: (386) 1 478 3098
E-mail: contact@sist.si

Ms Vesna Stražišar

SLOVAKIA

Ms Kvetoslava Steinlova
Director of the Department of European Integration,
Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of
Republic
Stefanovicova 3
SK-814 39 Bratislava

the Slovak

Tel.: (421) 2 5249 3521
Fax: (421) 2 5249 1050
E-mail: steinlova@normoff.gov.sk

FINLAND

Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö
(Ministry of Trade and Industry)

Visitor address:
Aleksanterinkatu 4
FIN-00171 Helsinki
and
Katakatu 3
FIN-00120 Helsinki

Postal address:
PO Box 32
FIN-00023 Government

Mr Henri Backman
Tel.: (358-9) 1606 36 27
Fax: (358-9) 1606 46 22
E-mail: henri.backman@ktm.fi

Ms Katri Amper

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

Website: http://www.ktm.fi

SWEDEN

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

Ms Kerstin Carlsson
Tel.: (46) 86 90 48 82 or (46) 86 90 48 00
Fax: (46) 8 690 48 40 or (46) 83 06 759
E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se

General e-mail: 9834@kommers.se

Website: http://www.kommers.se

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UNITED KINGDOM

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

Mr Philip Plumb
Tel.: (44-207) 2151488
Fax: (44-207) 2151529
E-mail: philip.plumb@dti.gsi.gov.uk

General e-mail: 9834@dti.gsi.gov.uk

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

EFTA - ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority
Rue de Trêves 74
B-1040 Bruxelles

Ms Adinda Batsleer
Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 71
Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00
E-mail: aba@eftasurv.int
E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int

Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

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

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

Website: http://www.efta.int

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade
General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade
Inönü Bulvari no 36
06510
Emek - Ankara

Mr Saadettin Doğan
Tel.: (90-312) 212 58 99
(90-312) 204 81 02
Fax: (90-312) 212 87 68
E-mail: dtsabbil@dtm.gov.tr

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