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 (OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1. Hereinafter 'the Directive'.) Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2019 under the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 notification procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 343/01
Date: 2020-10-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, information society, technical standard








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15.10.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 343/1






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 2019 under the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 notification procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 343/01)

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)





Austria


59


4


21


0


0


1


1


0




Belgium


23


1


5


0


0


0


0


0




Bulgaria


7


0


1


0


0


1


0


0




Croatia


6


1


2


0


1


1


0


0




Cyprus


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Czechia


29


8


6


0


2


3


0


0




Denmark


37


2


8


0


1


0


0


0




Estonia


10


2


1


0


4


2


0


0




Finland


13


1


3


0


0


0


0


0




France


56


7


11


0


1


1


0


0




Germany


57


4


9


0


6


3


0


0




Greece


16


2


4


0


3


0


0


0




Hungary


13


0


3


0


0


0


0


0




Ireland


11


2


7


0


0


0


0


0




Italy


31


3


14


0


0


5


0


0




Latvia


4


0


1


0


0


1


0


0




Lithuania


11


7


6


0


2


4


0


0




Luxembourg


16


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Malta


3


0


1


0


0


0


0


0




Netherlands


49


3


4


0


4


2


0


0




Poland


62


5


38


0


0


4


0


0




Portugal


6


1


2


0


0


2


0


0




Romania


9


3


0


0


4


0


0


0




Slovakia


23


2


3


0


0


1


0


0




Slovenia


12


0


5


0


1


0


0


0




Spain


18


3


4


0


0


5


0


0




Sweden


40


1


6


0


0


2


0


0




United Kingdom


35


2


11


0


1


0


0


1





EU total




657




64




176




0




30




38




1




1







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


































Sector


AT


BE


BG


HR


CY


CZ


DK


EE


FI


FR


DE


EL


HU


IE


IT


LV


LT


LU


MT


NL


PL


PT


RO


SK


SL


ES


SE


UK


Total




Information Society Services


4


0


3


0


0


1


1


0


0


22


2


0


1


0


8


0


1


1


0


4


2


0


0


0


0


2


4


1


57




Agriculture


18


7


0


2


0


5


6


3


2


13


5


4


1


3


9


1


7


0


0


10


39


3


2


3


5


5


1


7


161




Chemicals


1


0


0


0


0


0


1


1


4


4


3


0


0


0


0


1


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


1


9


0


27




Construction


18


3


2


2


0


1


4


1


0


3


20


2


3


5


5


1


0


15


2


18


9


1


4


9


6


1


3


20


143




Domestic and Leisure Equipment


1


0


0


0


1


0


6


0


0


0


1


4


0


0


2


1


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


1


0


1


0


0


20




Energy, Minerals, Wood


3


4


1


0


0


0


3


0


0


0


6


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


6


1


0


0


3


0


0


1


1


30




Environment


3


2


0


2


0


1


4


1


0


1


1


1


0


0


4


0


0


0


0


4


1


0


0


3


0


2


2


1


33




Goods and Miscellaneous Products


5


1


0


0


0


5


1


1


0


3


0


3


4


0


1


0


1


0


0


3


0


0


1


1


0


1


3


1


35




Health, Medical Equipment


0


3


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


9




Mechanics


2


0


1


0


0


14


1


1


0


0


1


0


2


0


1


0


0


0


0


1


2


0


0


0


0


1


1


0


28




Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics


2


1


0


0


0


2


1


0


0


0


4


0


1


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


16




Telecoms


2


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


5


7


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


2


2


0


0


1


1


0


4


29




Transport


0


0


0


0


0


0


8


2


6


2


7


0


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


2


3


0


0


3


0


3


16


0


54





Total per Member State




59




23




7




6




1




29




37




10




13




56




57




16




13




11




31




4




11




16




3




49




62




6




9




23




12




18




40




35




657







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








Country


Notifications


EU Comments (10)





Iceland


2


1




Liechtenstein


0


0




Norway


18


2




Switzerland


8


1





Total




28




4







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










Sector


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway


Switzerland


Total




Agriculture


0


0


0


2


2




Environment


0


0


1


0


1




Health, Medical Equipment


0


0


0


1


1




Telecoms


0


0


0


3


3




Transport


0


0


3


0


3




Construction


1


0


1


0


2




Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics


1


0


1


0


2




Goods and Miscellaneous Products


0


0


1


1


2




Information Society Services


0


0


6


0


6




Mechanics


0


0


5


0


5




Energy, Minerals, Wood


0


0


0


1


1





Total per country




2




0




18




8




28







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







Turkey


Notifications


EU Comments





Total




9




5







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






Sector


Turkey




Construction


7




Mechanics


2





Total




9







VII.   
Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2019 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 2019





EU total




0








(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)  The Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 75/2019 of 29 March 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) incorporates into the EEA Agreement the Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services. EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement 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 P 217, 1964, p. 3687) 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 technical regulations relating to Information Society services) for twelve 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 twelve 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 Union issues comments. 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 3).