Information provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and rules on information society services Statistics on the technical rules notified in 2008 within the framework of notification procedure 98/34
Date: 2009-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, information society, technical regulations, technical standard








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10.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 131/3





Information provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and rules on information society services (1)

Statistics on the technical rules notified in 2008 within the framework of notification procedure 98/34
2009/C 131/03
I.   Table indicating the different types of response given to the Member States of the european union to the drafts notified by each













Member States


Number of Notifications


Comments (2)



Detailed Opinions (3)



Community Act Proposals




MS


COM


EFTA (4) TR (5)



MS


COM


9.3 (6)



9.4 (7)





Belgium


32


4


6


0


0


5


0


0




Bulgaria


6


1


3


0


2


2


0


0




Czech Rep.


35


10


7


0


1


5


0


1




Denmark


22


8


4


0


1


0


0


0




Germany


52


13


12


0


12


3


0


2




Estonia


5


1


2


0


1


1


0


0




Ireland


16


0


3


0


0


0


0


0




Greece


7


1


2


0


1


4


0


0




Spain


41


12


10


0


4


1


2


0




France


45


8


12


0


2


3


1


0




Italy


18


5


7


0


1


4


1


0




Cyprus


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Latvia


10


3


1


0


5


4


0


0




Lithuania


8


8


2


0


0


2


0


0




Luxembourg


2


2


1


0


0


0


0


0




Hungary


12


4


2


0


1


4


0


0




Malta


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Member States


Number of Notifications


Comments


Detailed Opinions


Community Act Proposals




MS


COM


EFTA TR


MS


COM


9.3


9.4




Netherlands


71


6


15


0


4


2


0


0




Austria


36


5


2


0


3


1


0


0




Poland


21


11


6


0


5


3


0


0




Portugal


2


2


0


0


0


0


0


0




Romania


18


1


5


0


3


2


0


0




Slovenia


3


2


1


0


0


0


0


0




Slovakia


15


3


3


0


0


1


0


0




Finland


31


6


4


0


0


1


0


0




Sweden


54


9


12


0


3


3


1


0




United Kingdom


39


10


6


0


2


1


0


0





Total EU




601




133




128




0




51




52




5




3








II.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by the Member States of the European Union

































Sectors


BE


BG


CZ


CY


DK


DE


EE


IE


GR


ES


FR


IT


LV


LT


LU


HU


MT


NL


AT


PL


PT


RO


SI


SK


FI


SE


UK



Total





Building and construction


5


4


1


0


1


21


1


4


0


1


5


2


0


4


0


1


0


5


15


2


0


7


1


2


20


12


2



116





Food and agricultural produce


3


0


9


0


2


11


0


2


1


7


6


3


6


2


0


3


0


12


3


5


0


0


1


4


1


3


7



91





Chemicals


0


0


3


0


0


2


1


0


1


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0



12





Pharmaceuticals


1


0


14


0


0


1


0


4


2


0


6


1


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


3


2



36





Domestic and leisure equipment


1


1


0


0


0


1


0


1


1


3


5


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


1


0


1


0


1


1


8


4



31





Mechanics


4


1


0


0


2


1


0


0


0


4


5


3


0


1


0


0


0


7


2


0


2


2


0


0


0


6


2



42





Energy, minerals, wood


0


0


3


0


1


5


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


9


0


3


0


2


1


0


0


0


2



29





Environment, packaging


9


0


1


0


7


4


0


0


0


3


1


4


1


0


0


4


0


8


4


2


0


1


0


0


0


2


3



54





Health, medical equipment


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


3


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0



5





Transport


1


0


0


0


4


3


1


1


0


3


4


1


0


0


0


1


0


15


2


4


0


1


0


2


4


14


8



69





Telecommunications


5


0


0


0


5


1


1


1


1


18


4


0


0


0


1


0


0


2


5


0


0


0


0


0


1


2


7



54





Other products


3


0


1


0


0


0


0


1


1


0


3


2


3


0


0


2


0


3


1


1


0


0


0


0


3


1


2



27





Information society services


0


0


3


0


0


2


1


0


0


0


3


1


0


0


0


1


0


8


2


2


0


3


0


6


1


2


0



35






Total by Member State




32




6




35




0




22




52




5




16




7




41




45




18




10




8




2




12




0




71




36




21




2




18




3




15




31




54




39




601








III.   Table indicating the comments on the drafts notified by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9)








Country


Notifications


EC Comments (10)





Iceland


9


0




Liechtenstein


0


0




Switzerland


3


0




Norway


16


8





Total




28




8








IV.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of the drafts notified by Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland










Sectors


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway


Switzerland



Total





Food products


0


0


9


0



9





Pharmaceuticals


3


0


0


0



3





Domestic and leisure equipment


0


0


2


0



2





Mechanics


5


0


1


0



6





Transport


0


0


3


0



3





Telecommunications


0


0


0


3



3





Other products


1


0


1


0



2






Total by country




9




0




16




3




28








V.   Table indicating the drafts notified by Turkey and the comments on these drafts







Turkey


Notifications


EC Comments





Total




5




2








VI.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of the drafts notified by Turkey






Sectors


Turkey




Construction


1




Energy, minerals, wood


1




Mechanics


1




Transport


1




Telecommunications


1





Total




5








VII.   Statistics on the infringement proceedings in process in 2008 and brought on the basis of Article 226 of the ec Treaty counter to national technical regulations adopted in breach of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC






Country


Number




Portugal


1




Italy


1




France


1




Germany


1





Total EU




5







(1)  Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998 (OJ L 204 of 21 July 1998) codifies Directive 83/189/EEC as modified mainly by Directives 88/182/EEC and 94/10/EC. Directive 98/34/EC has been modified by Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 217 of 5 August 1998) extending the scope thereof to information society services. This extension entered into force on 5 August 1999.

(2)  Article 8.2 of the Directive.

(3)  Article 9.2 of the Directive (‘detailed opinion… to the effect that the measure envisaged may create obstacles to the free movement of goods or services or the free establishment of service operators within the context of the internal market’.)

(4)  By virtue of the EEA Agreement, EFTA countries party to this Agreement apply Directive 98/34/EC with the necessary modifications provided for in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1, and may, to this end, issue comments against drafts notified by the Community Member States. Switzerland may also deliver such comments based on an informal information exchange agreement in the field of technical standards.

(5)  Procedure 98/34 has been extended to Turkey within the context of the association agreements signed with this country (Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions 1/95 and 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6)  Article 9.3 of the Directive according to which the Member States shall postpone the adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of service-related draft regulations) for 12 months from the date of receipt by the Commission if it is the Commission’s intention to propose or adopt a directive, regulation or decision.

(7)  Article 9.4 of the Directive according to which the Member States postpone the adoption of the notified draft for 12 months from the date of receipt by the Commission if it is reported that the draft concerns a matter covered by a proposal for a directive, regulation or decision presented to the Council.

(8)  The EEA Agreement (see note 4) lays down the obligation for EFTA countries party to this Agreement to notify draft technical regulations to the Commission.

(9)  Based on the informal information exchange agreement in the field of technical regulations (see note 4), Switzerland submits its draft technical regulations to the Commission.

(10)  The only type of reaction laid down by the EEA Agreement (see notes 4 and 7) is the possibility for the Community to deliver comments (Article 8.2 of Directive 98/34/EC as covered in Annex II. Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of reaction may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland based on the informal agreement between the Community and this country (see notes 4 and 8).