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 of information society services — Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2012 under the Directive 98/34/EC notification procedure
Date: 2013-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, information society, technical standard








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11.6.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 165/5





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 of information society services (1)

Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2012 under the Directive 98/34/EC notification procedure
2013/C 165/07
I.   Table showing the different types of reactions addressed to Member States of the European Union regarding their respective notified drafts













Member States


Number of notifications


Observations (2)



Detailed opinions (3)



Proposals for Community legislation




MS


COM


EFTA (4) TR (5)



MS


COM


9.3 (6)



9.4 (7)





Belgium


25


9


4


0


5


3


0


0




Bulgaria


12


6


3


0


4


2


0


0




Czech Republic


29


7


4


0


5


9


0


0




Denmark


39


3


7


0


1


2


0


0




Germany


57


4


12


0


3


10


1


0




Estonia


16


3


3


0


0


0


0


0




Ireland


6


2


2


0


0


1


0


0




Greece


15


5


11


0


2


3


0


0




Spain


27


6


8


0


5


6


0


0




France


57


13


6


0


6


4


1


0




Italy


48


18


14


0


18


8


0


0




Cyprus


26


23


1


0


0


2


0


0




Latvia


3


2


1


0


0


0


0


0




Lithuania


9


7


1


0


2


2


0


0




Luxembourg


4


2


0


0


0


0


0


0




Hungary


27


13


3


0


7


1


0


0




Malta


2


1


1


0


1


1


0


0




Netherlands


43


3


9


0


10


1


0


0




Austria


59


3


5


0


2


2


0


0




Poland


37


16


9


0


6


1


0


0




Portugal


5


1


1


0


1


1


0


0




Romania


41


3


4


0


0


1


0


0




Slovenia


8


2


0


0


0


0


0


0




Slovakia


28


26


3


0


5


4


0


0




Finland


23


2


8


0


0


1


0


0




Sweden


40


5


7


0


3


0


0


0




United Kingdom


48


15


2


0


6


1


0


0




EU total


734


200


129


0


92


66


2


0







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

































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


3


2


2


1


10


32


3


1


2


5


3


6


0


4


1


5


0


8


30


10


0


27


2


6


7


0


18



188





Agriculture, fisheries and food


6


6


8


0


4


2


1


1


3


8


20


19


2


3


0


5


1


15


3


5


4


1


0


19


3


4


3



146





Chemical products


4


0


0


0


1


1


2


0


0


2


2


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


1


2


1



19





Pharmaceutical products


0


1


5


0


1


2


1


0


0


1


3


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


7


7


2



31





Domestic and leisure equipment


0


0


1


0


0


2


0


0


4


5


0


2


0


1


0


1


0


0


3


1


1


0


0


0


0


0


1



22





Mechanical


2


2


7


1


0


1


0


1


1


0


3


1


1


1


0


0


0


1


5


1


0


3


4


0


0


1


0



36





Energy, minerals, wood


0


0


1


0


0


2


0


0


2


1


1


1


0


0


0


1


0


5


4


4


0


3


1


1


0


1


1



29





Environment, packaging


1


0


3


0


7


1


2


0


0


1


2


5


0


0


0


2


0


6


5


4


0


0


0


0


0


2


2



43





Health, medical equipment


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0



7





Transport


3


0


0


0


9


3


2


1


1


2


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


4


3


1


0


2


0


0


4


17


5



60





Telecommunications


4


0


0


23


3


8


2


2


0


2


7


4


0


0


2


2


0


1


0


0


0


5


1


0


1


2


8



77





Miscellaneous products


0


0


2


1


4


0


2


0


2


0


8


2


0


0


0


6


1


1


3


4


0


0


0


2


0


2


6



46





Information society services


2


0


0


0


0


3


1


0


0


0


3


7


0


0


1


3


0


2


0


6


0


0


0


0


0


1


1



30





Total per Member State


25


12


29


26


39


57


16


6


15


27


57


48


3


9


4


27


2


43


59


37


5


41


8


28


23


40


48


734







III.   Table showing observations relating to drafts notified by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9)








Country


Notifications


EC observations (10)





Iceland


4


2




Liechtenstein


2


2




Switzerland


11


2




Norway


4


0




Total


21


6







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










Sector


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway


Switzerland


Total




Agriculture, fisheries and food


2


 


 


1


3




Metrology


 


 


 


2


2




Building and construction


 


 


 


1


1




Transport


1


2


1


2


6




Telecommunications


 


 


 


5


5




Miscellaneous products


 


 


1


 


1




Health, medical equipment


1


 


 


 


1




98/48/EC services


 


 


2


 


2




Total per country


4


2


4


11


21







V.   Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and the observations relating to these drafts







Turkey


Notifications


EC observations




Total


0


0







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






Sector


Turkey




 


0




Total


0







VII.   Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2012 and launched on the basis of Article 226 of the EC Treaty against national technical regulations adopted in breach of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC






Country


Number




Spain


1




Poland


1




EU total


2






(1)  Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998 (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998) codifies Directive 83/189/EEC, as amended principally 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, p. 1), which extended its scope to information society services.

(2)  Article 8.2 of the Directive.

(3)  Article 9.2 of the Directive (‘detailed opinion … according to which the measure envisaged presents aspects which could potentially create barriers to the free circulation of goods or services or the freedom of establishment of service operators within the internal market’).

(4)  Under the Agreement on the European Economic Area, EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement shall apply Directive 98/34/EC, adapted as necessary in accordance with Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1, and may thus issue observations concerning drafts notified by European Union Member States. Switzerland may also issue such observations, on the basis of an informal agreement on the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations.

(5)  The Directive 98/34/EC procedure was extended to Turkey under the Association Agreement concluded with that country (the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687) and Decisions No 1/95 and 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6)  Article 9.3 of the Directive requires Member States to postpone adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of draft regulations relating to services) for 12 months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its intention to propose or adopt a directive, regulation or decision on this subject.

(7)  Article 9.4 of the Directive requires Member States to postpone adoption of the notified draft for 12 months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its finding that the draft concerns a matter which is covered by a proposal for a directive, regulation or decision presented to the Council.

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

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

(10)  The only type of reaction provided for under the Agreement on the European Economic Area (see notes 4 and 7) is the possibility that the EU issue observations (Article 8.2 of Directive 98/34/EC as included in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of reaction may be issued in respect of Swiss notifications on the basis of the informal agreement between the EU and Switzerland (see notes 4 and 8).