Information procedure — Technical rules   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law - national law, exchange of information, technical regulations, technical standard

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Information procedure — Technical rules

(2006/C 8/02)

(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

2005/0660/UK

TD 07/05 — Statutory Approval of Traffic Control Equipment

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

27.2.2006

2005/0661/F

Order relating to performances of and to the rules for commissioning variable message signs subject to
mandatory CE-marking

28.2.2006

2005/0662/UK

TR 2500 A — Specification for Traffic Signal Controller

2005/0663/F

Order relating to permissible deviations regarding fertilisers and growth mediums

2005/0664/NL

Decree amending a number of the orders in council of the Commodities Act in connection with the aboli-
tion of the obligatory assaying of lifts before putting them into service, the repeal of the Commodities Act
on nail guns and technical improvements

28.2.2006

28.2.2006

1.3.2006

2005/0665/NL

Regulation by the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment amending the SZW Subsidy Regu-
lation on financial support for work equipment

(4)

2005/0666/CZ

Draft Decree of … 2005 amending Decree of the Czech Mining Authority No 72/1988 on the use of
explosives, as subsequently amended

2.3.2006

2005/0667/UK

TR 2523 A — Traffic Control Equipment Interfacing Specification

2005/0668/PL

Minister for Transport and Construction Regulation on Complete Vehicle Components

2005/0669/MT

Inspection of Lifts Regulations, 2005

2.3.2006

2.3.2006

3.3.2006

2005/0670/A

RVS 15.47, vertical traffic guidance equipment, road restraint systems of concrete and metal

3.3.2006

2005/0671/CZ

Draft Decree of … 2005 amending Decree of the Czech Mining Authority No 99/1995 on the storage of
explosives, as amended by Decree No 342/2001

3.3.2006

2005/0672/DK

Draft Act amending the Act on the taxation of waste and raw materials (Alteration of the taxation of
bentonite, cement and dolomitic and magnesium lime, and a tax refund upon export)

2005/0673/DK

Draft Act amending the Spirits Duty Act, the Beer and Wine Duty Act and the Packaging Duty Act
(Adjustment of the additional duty on alcopops)

(4)

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Reference (1)

2005/0674/DK

Title

Draft Act amending various acts on taxation and repealing the Act on the taxation of certain flights
(phasing out of the passenger tax, lower particle emissions from new diesel vehicles, reduction in the tax
on excess heat and deferment of VAT deadlines)

End of three-month
standstill period (2)

(4)

2005/0675/UK

The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006

3.3.2006

2005/0676/UK

Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

3.3.2006

2005/0677/I

Directorial Decree on: ‘Rules on the functioning of cash registers for use in lotto games linked to expendi-
ture’

3.3.2006

2005/0678/HU

The Decree BM-IHM-NKÖM on requirements to be met by file management software for use by organisa-
tions responsible for general administrative tasks

6.3.2006

2005/0679/F

Draft Order amending the amended Order of 17 March 2003, on the technical requirements for design
and operation for connecting an electrical consumer installation to a public distribution network

6.3.2006

2005/0680/LV

Draft Cabinet Regulation ‘Regulations regarding the identification, conformity assessment for quality and
sale of fertilisers’

7.3.2006

2005/0681/SK

Technical Rules of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s., Bratislava as a transmission network operator

7.3.2006

2005/0682/SK

Technical rules of access and connection to gas storage facility Nafta Gbely, a.s.

7.3.2006

2005/0683/SK

Technical Rules of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s., Bratislava as a distribution network operator

7.3.2006

2005/0684/LV

Draft Cabinet Regulation ‘Regulations for the distribution of computer games’

2005/0685/E

Draft Royal Decree on the energy certification of new buildings

8.3.2006

8.3.2006

2005/0686/SI

Rules governing amendments and additions to the rules governing technical provisions and requirements
for the safe operation of swimming pools and for safety from drowning in swimming pools

8.3.2006

2005/0687/CZ

Draft Decree of … 2006 laying down the details of the growing of genetically modified varieties

9.3.2006

2005/0688/LT

The draft resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the Adoption of Rules for
Appointment and Notification of Conformity Assessment Bodies

9.3.2006

2005/0689/D

BnetzA SSB FE-OE 007 Interface description for point-to-point digital radio relay equipment in the fixed
radio service in the 28 GHz band

9.3.2006

(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.

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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