Information procedure — Technical rules
Date: 2004-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law - national law, exchange of information, technical regulations, technical standard

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2004/C 247/03)

(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).

Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission

Reference (1)

Title

2004/0381/LT

Technical Regulation for the Description, Production and Presentation of Beer

2004/0382/E

Draft Decree adopting the Regulation on Amusement and Gaming machines

2004/0383/DK

Technical Regulation on life rafts for vessels for hire

2004/0384/DK

Technical Regulation on the design of lights

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

20.12.2004

20.12.2004

23.12.2004

23.12.2004

(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