Information procedure — Technical rules   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-07
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 309/02)

(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

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

2005/0620/A

Special scheme ‘Security in residential building’ pursuant to Section 7(5) of the Lower Austrian Housing
Promotion Act 2005

(4)

2005/0621/F

Draft Order enacting safety rules for pipelines for the transport of combustible gases, liquid or liquefied
hydrocarbons and chemical products

10.2.2006

2005/0622/LV

Name of the draft technical regulation, draft Cabinet Regulation ‘Regulations on environmental require-
ments for service stations, oil terminals and mobile tankers’

10.2.2006

2005/0623/HU

Regulation …/2005 (…) GKM on the construction work of vehicle gas filling stations and the relevant
construction authority procedures

13.2.2006

2005/0624/HU

Regulation …/2005 (…) GKM on the construction work and operational rules of vehicle gas filling
stations

13.2.2006

2005/0625/EE

Safety requirements for liquefied petroleum gas

2005/0626/CZ

Draft Government Regulation No. /2005 Coll., laying down the sub-headings in the Combined Nomencla-
ture of the Common Customs Tariff and their titles indicating tissue or organs of human origin, as shown
in applications for import or export permits

13.2.2006

13.2.2006

2005/0627/HU

Chapter IV. ‘The amendment of Act CX of 2003 on the registration taxes’ of Act CX of 2003 on the draft
proposal regarding of acts on tax, fees and other budgetary contributions, the relevant Final Provisions and
Annex 13

(4)

2005/0628/A

Consultation draft of an Act amending the Carinthian Performances Act 1997

13.2.2006

2005/0629/A

Order of the Federal Office of Weights and Measures on taximeters (calibration regulations)

13.2.2006

2005/0630/F

Order laying down the technical specifications relating to anti-roll safety devices fitted on agricultural and
forestry tractors in service

15.2.2006

2005/0631/SK

Act of … 2005, amending Act No. 90/1998 Coll. on construction products, as amended, and Act No.
455/1991 Coll. on business activities (the Business Act), as amended

15.2.2006

2005/0632/SK

Slovak Republic Ministry of Construction and Regional Development Decree of … 2005, amending Slovak
Republic Ministry of Construction and Regional Development Decree No 158/2004 Coll., laying down
groups of construction products with set systems for demonstrating conformity and details on the use of
conformity markings

15.2.2006

2005/0633/HU

Regulation by the Minister for Agriculture and Regional Development on the licensing, storage, distribu-
tion and use of crop enhancing materials

15.2.2006

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Reference (1)

Title

2005/0639/E

Draft Royal Decree amending Royal Decree No 929 of 9 June 1995 adopting the technical regulation on
the control and certification of nursery-grown fruit-bearing plants

2005/0640/SK

Slovak Republic Government Decree of … 2005, amending Slovak Republic Government Decree No
397/1999 Coll., laying down details of the technical requirements and conformity assessment procedure

2005/0641/D

2005/0642/D

2005/0643/F

Draft Act on the standardisation of regulations on certain electronic information and communications
services (Electronic Commerce Standardisation Act — German designation: ElGVG)

Article 1 points 1 to 4, 8, 9, 16 and 18 to 21, Articles 2 and 3 of the draft of a Ninth State Treaty
amending the State Treaties relating to broadcasting law (Ninth Broadcasting Treaty Amendment)

Draft Decree on the accessibility of establishments open to the public, installations open to the public and
residential buildings, and amending the Construction and Housing Code

2005/0644/UK

The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

16.2.2006

16.2.2006

17.2.2006

17.2.2006

20.2.2006

20.2.2006

2005/0645/D

[Third] Order amending the Order on the protection of animals and the keeping of production animals

20.2.2006

2005/0646/HU

Draft Proposal No T/ on environmental product fees, and furthermore, on the amendment of Act LVI of
1995 relating to the environmental product fee of certain products

(4)

2005/0647/DK

Amended fire provisions in BR 1995

2005/0648/LV

Cabinet of Ministers' draft Regulation entitled ‘Regulation on the use, monitoring and control of sewage
sludge and sewage sludge compost’

2005/0649/S

Order amending the Order (1998:994) imposing bans etc. in certain cases in connection with the hand-
ling, import and export of chemical products

22.2.2006

22.2.2006

23.2.2006

(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

Mr Miroslav Chloupek
Director of International Relations Department
Tel.: (420) 224 907 123
Fax: (420) 224 914 990

E-mail: chloupek@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-00170 Helsinki
and
Ratakatu 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