2006/514/EC: Commission Decision of  20 July 2006  on compliance of certain standards with the general safety requirement of Directive 2001/95/EC and the publication of their references in the Official Journal  (notified under document number C(2006) 3277)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, dissemination of EU information, product safety, safety standard

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 July 2006

on compliance of certain standards with the general safety requirement of Directive 2001/95/EC
and the publication of their references in the Official Journal

(notified under document number C(2006) 3277)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/514/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Commission will publish the
standards.

references of

such

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Directive 2001/95/EC of
Parliament and of
general product
second and fourth subparagraphs thereof,

the European
the Council of 3 December 2001 on
safety (1), and in particular Article 4(2),

After consulting the Standing Committee set up in accordance
with Article 5 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament
of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for
the provision of information in the field of technical standards
and regulations and of rules on information Society Services (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/95/EC lays down an obli-
gation on producers to place only safe products on the
market.

According to Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/95/EC a
product shall be presumed safe as far as the risks and
risk categories covered by relevant national standards are
to voluntary national
concerned when it conforms
standards transposing European standards, the references
of which have been published by the Commission in the
Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with
Article 4 of that Directive.

(3)

According to Article 4(1) of
the Directive, European
standards should be established by European standardi-
sation bodies under mandate set by the Commission. The

(1) OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive amended by Directive

98/48/EC (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

those

standards

the Directive.

Article 4(2) of the Directive lays down a procedure for
publication of references of standards adopted by the
European standardisation bodies before the entry into
ensure
force of
If
compliance with the general safety requirement,
the
Commission shall decide to publish their references in
the Official Journal of the European Union. In these cases,
the Commission shall, on its initiative or at the request of
a Member State, decide in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 15(2) of that Directive whether the
standard
safety
requirement. The Commission shall decide to publish
its references after consulting the Committee established
by Article 5 of the Directive 98/34/EC. The Commission
shall notify the Member States of its decision.

question meets

general

the

in

and to recognise

Some standards have however been adopted by the
European standardisation bodies since the entry into
force of the Directive without a mandate under Article
4(1) of the Directive. The intention of the legislator was
to ensure co-operation with the European standardisation
bodies
standards
applicable to products falling under the scope of the
Directive for which a Commission mandate was not
relevant provisions
issued in accordance with the
It is therefore appropriate to
referred to in Article 4.
consider
such
the references of
standards and to that aim to proceed according to the
procedure provided for in Article 4(2).

the publication of

suitable

safety

This decision on compliance of the standards listed in the
Annex with the general safety requirement is taken at the
initiative of the Commission.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Directive 2001/95/EC,

in this Decision are in
the Committee of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

the general safety
The standards listed in the Annex meet
requirement of Directive 2001/95/EC for the risks that they
cover.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2006.

Article 2

The references of the standards in the Annex shall be published
in the part C of the Official Journal of the European Union.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Standards referred to in Articles 1 and 2 of this Decision:

ANNEX

1. EN 581-1:2006 ‘Outdoor furniture — Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use — Part 1: General

safety requirements’

2. EN 957-1:2005 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods’

3. EN 957-2:2003 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 2: Strength training equipment, additional specific safety

requirements and test methods’

4. EN 957-4:1996 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 4: Strength training benches, additional specific safety

requirements and test methods’

5. EN 957-5:1996 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 5: Pedal crank training equipment, additional specific safety

requirements and test methods’

6. EN 957-6:2001 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 6: Treadmills, additional specific safety requirements and test

methods’

7. EN 957-7:1998 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 7: Rowing machines, additional specific safety requirements

and test methods’

8. EN 957-8:1998 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 8: Steppers, stair climbers and climbers — Additional specific

safety requirements and test methods’

9. EN 957-9:2003 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 9: Elliptical trainers, additional specific safety requirements

and test methods’

10. EN 957-10:2005 ‘Stationary training equipment — Part 10: Exercise bicycles with a fixed wheel or without

freewheel, additional specific safety requirements and test methods’

11. EN 13209-1:2004 ‘Child use and care articles — Baby carriers — Safety requirements and test methods — Part 1:

Framed back carriers’

12. EN 14682:2004 ‘Safety of children's clothing — Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing — Specifications’

13. EN 14764:2005 ‘City and trekking bicycles — Safety requirements and test methods’

14. EN 14766:2005 ‘Mountain-bicycles — Safety requirements and test methods’

15. EN 14781:2005 ‘Racing bicycles — Safety requirements and test methods’

16. EN 14872:2006 ‘Bicycles — Accessories for bicycles — Luggage carriers’