Information procedure — Technical rules Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law - national law, exchange of information, technical regulations, technical standard

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2005/C 178/06)

(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

2005/0261/D

Fourth Order amending the Packaging Order

2005/0262/D

First Order amending the End-of-life Vehicles Order

2005/0263/A

Act of …, amending the Burgenland Construction Act 1997 (Burgenland Construction Act Amendment
2005)

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

7.9.2005

7.9.2005

8.9.2005

2005/0264/S

The National Police Board's administrative provisions and general guidance on the storage and transport
of firearms and ammunition by the police and other national authorities (RPSFS 2005:00, FAP 943-1)

8.9.2005

2005/0265/I

Interministerial Decree amending Annexes 1B, 1C and 3 to Law No 748 of 19 October 1984 on: ‘New
standards for the regulation of fertilisers’

8.9.2005

2005/0266/A

Order of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government on provisions concerning safety and environmental
protection in relation to heating installations for solid and liquid fuels and for the use and storage of solid
and liquid fuels and other combustible liquids (Upper Austrian Heating Installations and Fuels Order 2005
[Austrian designation: Oö. HaBV 2005)

2005/0267/I

Technical standards for construction

2005/0268/SI

Act Amending the Articles of Precious Metals Act

2005/0269/FIN

Government Bill to Parliament for the Fertiliser Product Act (draft)

2005/0270/NL

Regulation by the Secretary of State for Housing, Planning and the Environment dated {date 2005}, laying
down more detailed rules regarding the exemption of plant remains and soil tare from the ban on
dumping outside establishments (Plant Remains and Soil Tare Exemption Regulation)

9.9.2005

8.9.2005

9.9.2005

9.9.2005

12.9.2005

2005/0271/P

Decree-Law regulating genetically modified varieties,
crops and with organic production

intended to ensure coexistence with conventional

12.9.2005

2005/0272/E

Draft Order partially amending the Order of 20 September 1985 on the installation and approval of
license plates for motor vehicles and trailers

12.9.2005

2005/0273/S

The Medical Products Agency's administrative provisions on exemption from the requirement for a licence
under the Act (1999:42) banning certain substances that are harmful to health (LVFS 2005:x)

14.9.2005

2005/0274/S

Order amending the Order (1999:58) banning certain products that are harmful to health

2005/0275/SK

Slovak Republic Ministry of Agriculture Decree laying down types of fertilizers, composition, packaging
and labelling of fertilizers, analytical methods for testing fertilizers, risk elements, limit values for different
groups of fertilizers, permissible deviations and limit values for commercial fertilizers

15.9.2005

16.9.2005

2005/0276/NL

Decree by the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs of …, increasing the limits for hallmarking gold and
silver objects

16.9.2005

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Reference (1)

Title

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

2005/0277/PL

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Implementing Regulation on Veterinary Requirements for
Bee Products Placed on the Market

2005/0278/UK

Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Roads

2005/0279/PL

Ministerial Decree on the detailed requirements for the marking of prepackages

2005/0280/UK

UK Low Carbon Car programme — requirements for vehicle accreditation

2005/0281/I

2005/0282/NL

Draft Decree of the Prime Minister on technical regulations for the creation, transmission and validation,
including time-stamping, of certified electronic mail pursuant to Article 17 of Presidential Decree No 68
of 11 February 2005, on the regulation laying down provisions for the use of certified electronic mail

Regulation amending certain requirements pertaining to the use of building materials on or in the ground,
which apply on the basis of the Building Materials (Soil and Surface Water Protection) Decree (Exemption
regulation relating to the Building Materials Decree 2005)

2005/0283/NL

Regulation amending the Regulation implementing the Building Materials (Soil and Surface Water Protec-
tion) Decree

2005/0284/PL

Draft Order of the Minister for Infrastructure on the extent of tests necessary to obtain permits for the use
of certain types of structures and equipment intended for rail traffic purposes and of certain types of rail
vehicles

2005/0285/A

Draft Order of the Federal Minister for Labour and Economic Affairs amending the Order on combustible
liquids

2005/0286/PL

Order of the Minister for the Economy and Labour on quality requirements for liquid fuels

2005/0287/PL

Ministry of the Economy and Labour Decree on the minimum requirements for breaking-up equipment
and methods of separating waste into material types

2005/0288/E

2005/0289/I

SCO Order on substances for the treatment of water intended for the production of water for human
consumption

Draft Decree laying down standards on the definition of criteria for comparison for the purposes of the
running and driving, and on the certifying of technical requirements for fitness, of touristic miniature
trains

16.9.2005

16.9.2005

19.9.2005

16.9.2005

19.9.2005

19.9.2005

19.9.2005

21.9.2005

21.9.2005

21.9.2005

22.9.2005

26.9.2005

26.9.2005

(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 judgement 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 noti-
fied 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 Enterprise and Industry, Unit C3
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 – 4ème étage
boulevard du Roi Albert II / 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

Mr Karl Stern
Tel.: (372) 6 256 405
Fax: (372) 6 313 660
E-mail: karl.stern@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

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

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

General e-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

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

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

General e-mail: ucn98.34.italia@attivitaproduttive.gov.it

Website: http://www.minindustria.it

CYPRUS

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

Tel.: (357) 22 409 313 or (357) 22 375 053
Fax: (357) 22 754 103

Mr Antonis Ioannou
Tel.: (357) 22 409 409
Fax: (357) 22 754 103
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

Ministry of Economics of Republic of Latvia
Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification Division
SOLVIT Coordination Centre
55, Brivibas Street
LV-1519 Riga

Zanda Liekna
Solvit Coordination Centre
Tel.: (371) 7013236
Fax: (371) 7280882
E-mail: zanda.liekna@em.gov.lv

General 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
VLT 03
MT-Valletta

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

Reinis Berzins
Deputy Head of Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification
Division
Tel.: (371) 7013230
Fax: (371) 7280882

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

General e-mail: notification@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: not9834@bmwa.gv.at

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

POLAND

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

Ms Barbara Nieciak
Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07
Fax: (48) 22 693 40 28
E-mail: barnie@mg.gov.pl

Ms Agata Gągor
Tel.: (48) 22 693 56 90

General 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 Tuomas Mikkola
Tel.: (358) 9 5786 32 65
Fax: (358) 9 1606 46 22
E-mail: tuomas.mikkola@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) 86 90 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) 2072151488
Fax: (44) 2072151529
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 Belliard 35
B-1040 Bruxelles

Ms Adinda Batsleer
Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 61
Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00
E-mail: aba@eftasurv.int

Ms Tuija Ristiluoma
Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 71
Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00
E-mail: tri@eftasurv.int

General e-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int

EFTA
Goods Unit
EFTA Secretariat
Rue Joseph II 12-16
B-1000 Bruxelles

Ms Kathleen Byrne
Tel.: (32) 2 286 17 49
Fax: (32) 2 286 17 42
E-mail: kathleen.byrne@efta.int

General e-mail: DRAFTTECHREGEFTA@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 Mehmet Comert
Tel.: (90) 312 212 58 98
Fax: (90) 312 212 87 68
E-mail: comertm@dtm.gov.tr

Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

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