Information provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 8, second subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on information society services — Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2016 under the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 notification procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, information society, technical standard








C_2017162EN.01000401.xml










23.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 162/4





Information provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 8, second subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on information society services (1)

Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2016 under the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 notification procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 162/05)
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


Comments (2)



Detailed opinions (3)



Proposals for EU legislation




 


 


MS


COM


EFTA (4) TR (5)



MS


COM


6.3 (6)



6.4 (7)





Belgium


30


1


6


0


0


1


0


0




Bulgaria


14


3


6


0


2


3


0


0




Czech Rep.


38


10


13


0


7


6


0


0




Denmark


34


2


9


0


1


2


0


0




Germany


63


12


18


0


11


4


0


0




Estonia


14


2


1


0


0


0


0


0




Ireland


11


4


2


0


16


1


0


0




Greece


8


3


3


0


0


1


0


0




Spain


19


3


4


0


0


3


0


0




France


80


10


14


0


4


11


0


0




Croatia


18


6


9


0


3


2


0


0




Italy


40


4


9


0


3


3


0


0




Cyprus


2


0


2


0


0


1


0


0




Latvia


8


2


1


0


0


1


0


0




Lithuania


7


3


1


0


1


0


0


0




Luxembourg


3


2


1


0


0


0


0


0




Hungary


31


6


3


0


3


3


0


0




Malta


10


2


5


0


0


3


0


0




Netherlands


45


6


9


0


4


4


0


0




Austria


34


3


12


0


3


1


0


0




Poland


28


5


5


0


4


0


0


0




Portugal


3


3


0


0


1


1


0


0




Romania


6


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Slovenia


20


2


10


0


10


3


0


0




Slovakia


12


8


9


0


1


1


0


0




Finland


43


8


7


0


5


5


0


0




Sweden


33


5


5


0


0


0


0


0




United Kingdom


46


1


6


0


0


5


0


0





EU total




700




116




170




0




79




65




0




0








II.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of the 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


3


8


1


7


18


2


3


0


4


4


3


4


0


2


0


1


0


9


17


3


0


3


1


2


18


1


12


131




Agriculture, fisheries and food


4


9


13


0


7


5


0


7


1


5


16


3


14


4


2


0


6


8


8


2


5


0


1


8


1


8


6


2


145




Chemical products


2


1


2


0


1


4


1


0


1


3


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


5


1


0


0


1


0


0


4


5


0


32




Pharmaceutical products


0


1


2


0


0


5


4


0


0


0


11


0


0


1


1


0


6


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


1


3


37




Domestic and leisure equipment


0


0


0


0


1


1


0


0


0


5


1


0


3


2


0


0


0


1


0


2


4


0


0


0


1


1


1


1


24




Mechanical


0


0


1


0


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


7


3


0


1


0


1


0


5


1


2


0


0


2


0


0


3


3


31




Energy, minerals, wood


2


0


1


0


3


2


0


0


5


0


4


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


7


0


5


0


0


0


3


0


1


3


37




Environment, packaging


2


0


5


0


1


3


2


0


0


0


7


2


8


0


1


0


4


0


8


3


2


2


1


0


1


0


0


3


55




Health, medical equipment


1


0


0


0


2


1


0


0


0


0


6


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


10




Transport


6


0


0


0


10


7


1


0


1


2


5


0


1


0


0


0


2


0


1


2


3


0


0


0


1


7


11


11


71




Telecommunications


3


0


0


0


0


10


2


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


2


1


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


2


2


6


31




Miscellaneous products


0


0


6


1


1


1


1


1


0


0


4


3


5


0


0


0


6


0


0


1


2


0


0


1


2


0


2


1


38




Information society services


5


0


0


0


0


6


0


0


0


0


19


0


2


1


0


0


4


1


2


4


2


0


0


8


1


2


0


1


58





Total per Member State




30




14




38




2




34




63




14




11




8




19




80




18




40




8




7




3




31




10




45




34




28




3




6




20




12




43




33




46




700








III.   Table showing the breakdown by number of comments issued by the European Commission concerning drafts notified by Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9).







Country


Notifications


EC Observations (10)





Iceland


6


1




Liechtenstein


1


2




Switzerland


1


5




Norway


34


6





Total




42




14








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










Sector


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway


Switzerland


Total




Agriculture, fishing and foodstuffs


0


0


4


0


4




Mechanics


1


0


11


0


12




Building and construction


0


0


4


0


4




Transport


0


0


10


0


10




Telecoms


0


0


1


1


2




Goods and miscellaneous products


0


0


2


0


2




Environment


2


0


1


0


3




Information society services


0


0


1


0


1




Domestic and leisure equipment


0


1


0


0


1




Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics


3


0


0


0


3





Total per country




6




1




34




1




42








V.   Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and the comments issued by the European Commission relating to these drafts







Turkey


Notifications


EC Comments





Total




15




3








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






Sector


Turkey




Building and construction


7




Transport


2




Energy, minerals, wood


1




Mechanics


2




Miscellaneous products


3





Total




15








VII.   Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2016 and launched on the basis of Article 258 TFEU for breach of the provisions of Directive (EU) 2015/1535






Country


Number of infringements in progress and launched in 2016




Poland


2





EU total




2







(1)  OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1. Hereinafter ‘the Directive’.

(2)  Article 5.2 of the Directive.

(3)  Article 6.2 of the Directive.

(4)  Under the Agreement on the European Economic Area, EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement shall apply Directive (EU) 2015/1535, adapted as necessary in accordance with Annex II, Chapter XIX, Point 1, and may therefore issue comments concerning drafts notified by European Union Member States. Switzerland may also issue such comments, on the basis of an informal agreement on the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations.

(5)  The notification procedure under the Directive 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. 3687/64) and Decisions 1/95 and 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6)  Article 6.3 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone the adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of draft regulations relating to Information Society services) for 12 months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its intention to propose or adopt a directive, a regulation or a decision on this subject.

(7)  Article 6.4 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone the 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 European Parliament and the Council.

(8)  The Agreement on the European Economic Area (see note 3 of the table of point I) 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 3 of the table of point I), 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 note 3 of the table of point I and footnote 2) is the possibility that the European Commission issues comments (Article 5.2 of the Directive as included in Annex II, Chapter XIX, Point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of reaction may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland on the basis of the informal agreement between the EU and this country (see note 3 of the table of point I and footnote 2).