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 — Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2013 under the 98/34/EC notification procedure
Date: 2014-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, information society, technical standard








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15.5.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 145/7





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)

Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2013 under the 98/34/EC notification procedure
2014/C 145/06
I.   Table showing the different types of responses 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


27


9


7


0


3


4


0


2




Bulgaria


16


4


1


0


0


3


0


0




Czech Rep.


30


9


6


0


1


2


0


0




Denmark


34


6


8


0


1


7


0


0




Germany


61


5


5


0


2


12


1


0




Estonia


12


2


5


0


1


1


0


0




Ireland


8


0


4


0


0


0


0


0




Greece


12


1


8


0


1


4


0


0




Spain


47


9


12


0


1


4


0


0




France


49


3


6


0


8


1


0


0




Croatia


1


1


1


0


1


0


0


0




Italy


34


4


14


0


3


5


1


1




Cyprus


2


0


0


0


1


0


0


0




Latvia


5


2


1


0


7


2


0


0




Lithuania


17


8


6


0


8


5


0


0




Luxembourg


16


3


7


0


0


6


0


0




Hungary


38


14


10


0


9


8


0


0




Malta


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Netherlands


41


2


3


0


0


3


0


0




Austria


63


8


5


0


0


1


0


0




Poland


27


4


6


0


1


0


0


0




Portugal


5


0


2


0


1


1


0


0




Romania


12


0


3


0


0


4


0


0




Slovenia


9


2


4


0


2


1


0


0




Slovakia


33


17


15


0


7


8


0


0




Finland


29


1


6


0


0


2


0


0




Sweden


33


3


5


0


1


1


0


0




United Kingdom


42


6


6


0


0


2


0


0





EU Total




705




123




156




0




59




87




2




3








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


HR


IT


LV


LT


LU


HU


MT


NL


AT


PL


PT


RO


SI


SK


FI


SE


UK



Total





Building and construction


5


5


1


1


8


12


2


3


1


8


8


0


5


0


5


0


2


0


14


41


3


0


6


0


7


3


3


15



158





Agriculture, Fisheries and Food


8


5


5


1


5


5


1


0


1


7


18


0


12


3


7


0


9


0


9


0


5


1


0


1


15


6


4


6



134





Chemical products


4


0


3


0


1


0


1


0


3


1


1


0


1


0


1


0


0


0


2


1


2


0


1


0


0


0


7


0



29





Pharmaceutical products


0


1


7


0


1


2


2


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


3


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


6


1


2



28





Domestic and leisure equipment


0


2


0


0


0


1


0


2


4


8


2


0


1


0


0


0


1


1


0


3


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


3



29





Mechanical


3


2


4


0


4


0


1


0


0


1


1


1


3


1


0


0


0


0


1


2


3


0


2


2


2


0


3


1



37





Energy, minerals, wood


0


0


0


0


4


1


1


1


1


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


0


4


1


3


3


1


0


6


0


1


4



35





Environment, packaging


2


0


0


0


3


2


1


0


0


0


0


0


4


0


1


12


8


0


6


1


1


0


1


1


0


5


1


7



56





Health, medical equipment


0


0


1


0


0


4


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


2


0


1


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0



10





Transport


1


0


1


0


6


6


0


1


2


2


4


0


2


1


0


0


1


0


0


2


0


0


1


0


0


6


6


0



42





Telecommunications


2


0


0


0


0


25


2


0


0


16


2


0


1


0


0


3


1


0


1


8


0


0


0


3


0


2


1


3



70





Miscellaneous products


0


1


8


0


1


1


1


1


0


0


4


0


1


0


1


0


6


0


3


3


2


0


0


0


3


1


2


1



40





Information society services


2


0


0


0


1


2


0


0


0


2


6


0


4


0


0


1


4


1


1


0


7


0


0


2


0


0


4


0



37






Total per Member State




27




16




30




2




34




61




12




8




12




47




49




1




34




5




17




16




38




2




41




63




27




5




12




9




33




29




33




42




705








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








Country


Notifications


EC Observations (10)





Iceland


3


1




Liechtenstein


0


0




Switzerland


7


2




Norway


13


6





Total




23




9








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


1


 


3


1


5




Metrology


1


 


 


 


1




Building and construction


1


 


2


1


4




Transport


 


 


3


 


3




Telecommunications


 


 


 


3


3




Miscellaneous products


 


 


1


 


1




Environment and packaging


 


 


1


 


1




98/48/EC services


 


 


2


 


2




Domestic and leisure equipment


 


 


1


 


1




Energy, minerals, wood


 


 


 


2


2





Total per country




3




0




13




7




23








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







Turkey


Notifications


EC Observations





Total




6




2








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






Sector


Turkey




Agriculture, Fisheries and Food


3




Energy, minerals, wood


2




Miscellaneous products


1





Total




6








VII.   Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2013 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 of 21 July 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 of 5 August 1998), which extended its scope to 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 the free movement of services or to the freedom of establishment of service operators within the internal market’.)

(4)  Under the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the 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 put forward observations concerning drafts notified by European Union Member States. Switzerland may also put forward such observations, on the basis of an informal agreement on the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations.

(5)  The 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 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 requiring 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 requiring 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 put forward 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 response may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland on the basis of the informal agreement between the EU and this country (see notes 4 and 8).