Statistics relating to technical regulations notified in 2010 under notification procedure 98/34 — Information provided by the Commission pursuant to 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 of Information Society services  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-05-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, information society, technical regulations








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18.5.2011   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 147/11





STATISTICS RELATING TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS NOTIFIED IN 2010 UNDER NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE 98/34
Information provided by the Commission pursuant to 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 of Information Society services (1)

(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 147/07
I.   Table setting out the different types of responses sent to Member States of the European Union regarding drafts notified by them













Member State


Number of notifications


Observations (2)



Detailed opinions (3)



Proposals for community acts




MS


COM


EFTA (4) TR (5)



MS


COM


9.3 (6)



9.4 (7)





Belgium


31


8


2


0


3


1


0


0




Bulgaria


5


1


3


0


0


2


0


0




Czech Republic


26


15


5


0


1


2


0


0




Denmark


46


12


4


0


0


1


0


0




Germany


56


10


5


0


8


7


0


0




Estonia


5


3


2


0


0


0


0


0




Ireland


9


4


3


0


1


2


0


0




Greece


7


0


2


0


0


0


0


0




Spain


47


13


10


0


2


6


0


0




France


99


14


7


0


7


4


0


0




Italy


41


14


8


0


14


2


0


1




Cyprus


6


3


2


0


1


1


0


0




Latvia


12


10


5


0


3


3


0


1




Lithuania


8


3


4


0


0


0


0


0




Luxembourg


63


2


0


0


0


0


0


0




Hungary


10


2


2


0


0


1


0


0




Malta


12


2


2


0


0


1


0


0




Netherlands


50


4


5


0


0


0


0


0




Austria


48


4


4


0


1


1


1


0




Poland


42


15


8


0


2


2


1


0




Portugal


7


2


1


0


0


0


0


0




Romania


41


9


5


0


3


2


0


1




Slovenia


7


2


2


0


0


1


0


0




Slovakia


14


1


2


0


0


1


0


0




Finland


34


6


3


0


1


1


0


0




Sweden


40


10


5


0


1


3


0


0




United Kingdom


52


2


7


0


8


4


0


0





EU Total




817




171




108




0




56




48




2




3








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

































Sector


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


2


1


1


0


6


24


0


1


1


2


20


4


0


4


59


2


1


14


20


6


2


12


2


4


22


6


6



222





Agriculture, fishing and foodstuffs


6


2


2


2


7


7


1


1


0


23


18


6


8


1


0


1


1


6


2


1


1


1


1


5


0


11


5



119





Chemical products


2


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


2


2


0


4


0


2


1


1


0



19





Pharmaceuticals


0


0


1


0


0


1


0


3


0


0


4


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


2


6


3



23





Domestic and leisure equipment


6


0


2


1


6


0


0


0


0


4


6


6


0


0


0


0


3


1


5


2


0


2


0


1


0


1


1



47





Mechanical engineering


2


1


13


0


0


0


0


0


1


2


9


2


0


1


0


0


1


3


4


3


0


1


1


0


1


1


0



46





Energy, minerals, wood


1


0


2


0


3


3


1


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


2


0


2


4


2


3


3


3


2


1


0


1


0



35





Environment, packaging


8


0


3


0


2


0


1


3


0


1


2


1


1


0


0


0


2


6


1


8


0


0


0


0


1


1


6



47





Healthcare, medical equipment


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


3


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0



5





Transport


2


0


0


0


10


8


0


0


1


1


3


3


0


0


0


2


2


7


1


6


0


0


0


0


3


6


9



64





Telecommunications


1


0


0


0


9


5


1


0


2


10


17


1


2


2


2


0


0


1


3


1


1


18


1


0


1


1


7



86





Miscellaneous products


0


1


2


1


0


1


1


1


0


4


0


6


1


0


0


5


0


3


2


6


0


0


0


0


2


3


13



51





Information society services


1


0


0


2


2


5


0


0


0


0


15


11


2


0


0


0


0


3


6


2


0


0


0


1


1


2


2



53






Total per Member State




31




5




26




6




45




56




5




9




7




47




99




41




12




8




63




10




12




50




48




42




7




41




7




14




34




40




52




817








III.   Table showing observations concerning drafts notified by Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9)








Country


Notifications


EC observations (10)





Iceland


1


0




Liechtenstein


8


0




Switzerland


5


0




Norway


10


0





Total




24




0








IV.   Tables showing the breakdown of projects notified by Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein and Switzerland by sector










Sector


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway


Switzerland



Total





Agriculture, fishing and foodstuffs


 


5


 


1



6





Gambling


 


2


2


 



4





Chemical products


 


 


4


 



4





Mechanical engineering


 


1


 


 



1





Transport


 


 


1


 



1





Telecommunications


 


 


 


3



3





Miscellaneous products


1


 


1


 



2





Healthcare, medical equipment


 


 


 


1



1





98/48/EC services


 


 


2


 



2






Country Total




1




8




10




5




24








V.   Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and related observations







Turkey


Notifications


EC observations





Total




2




2








VI.   Table showing breakdown of projects notified by Turkey by sector






Sector


Turkey




Agriculture, fishing and foodstuffs


1




Building and construction


1





Total




2








VII.   Statistics concerning infringement procedures underway in 2010 instigated on the basis of Article 226 of the EC Treaty against national technical regulations adopted in violation of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC






Country


Number




Spain


1




Italy


3




France


1




Poland


1




Germany


1





EU Total




7







(1)  Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998 (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998) codifies Directive 83/189/EEC as originally amended, primarily by Directives 88/182/EEC and 94/10/EC. Directive 98/34/EC was amended by Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998), extending its scope to cover information society services.

(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 freedom of operators to establish themselves within the internal market’.).

(4)  By virtue of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, EFTA states that are contracting parties to this Agreement shall apply Directive 98/34/EC, with the necessary adaptations as provided for in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1, and may, for this purpose, issue observations concerning drafts notified by Member States of the European Union. Switzerland may also issue such observations, on the basis of an informal information-exchange agreement in the field of technical regulations.

(5)  Procedure 98/34 was extended to Turkey as part of the association agreement made with this country (Association agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions No 1/95 and No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6)  Article 9.3 of the Directive, according to which Member States postpone adoption of the draft notified (with the exclusion of drafts for rules relating to services) by 12 months from the date when it is received by the Commission, if this latter declares its intention to propose or decree a directive, regulation or decision on the subject in question.

(7)  Article 9.4 of the Directive, according to which Member States postpone adoption of the draft notified by 12 months from the date when it is received by the Commission, if this latter declares that the draft covers a subject already covered by a proposed directive, regulation or decision submitted to the Council.

(8)  The Agreement on the European Economic Area (see note 4) requires EFTA states that are contracting parties to this Agreement to notify the Commission of draft technical regulations.

(9)  On the basis of the informal information-exchange agreement in the field of technical regulations (see note 4), Switzerland sends its draft technical regulations to the Commission.

(10)  The only type of response provided for in the Agreement on the European Economic Area (see notes 4 and 7) is the option for the EU of issuing observations (Article 8.2 of Directive 98/34/EC, as reproduced in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of response may be issued for Swiss notifications on the basis of the informal information-exchange agreement between the EU and this country (see notes 4 and 8).