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 2021 under the 2015/1535 notification procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 421/02
Date: 2022-11-04
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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4.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/2






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 2021 under the 2015/1535 notification procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 421/02)

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


55 


2 


6 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Belgium


55 


3 


13 


0 


0 


6 


0 


0 




Bulgaria


21 


3 


9 


0 


0 


4 


0 


0 




Croatia


9 


0 


4 


0 


0 


3 


0 


0 




Cyprus


6 


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Czechia


18 


4 


5 


0 


1 


2 


0 


0 




Denmark


48 


1 


2 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Estonia


11 


4 


0 


0 


1 


1 


0 


0 




Finland


25 


0 


4 


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 




France


135 


23 


17 


0 


3 


0 


0 


0 




Germany


86 


2 


17 


0 


0 


4 


0 


0 




Greece


88 


0 


3 


0 


0 


5 


0 


0 




Hungary


33 


1 


12 


0 


12 


3 


0 


0 




Ireland


5 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Italy


30 


2 


4 


0 


0 


1 


0 


0 




Latvia


4 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Lithuania


18 


4 


3 


0 


0 


3 


0 


0 




Luxembourg


5 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Malta


3 


0 


2 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Netherlands


62 


0 


7 


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 




Poland


41 


0 


6 


0 


2 


0 


0 


0 




Portugal


17 


4 


7 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Romania


24 


2 


2 


0 


1 


2 


0 


0 




Slovakia


10 


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Slovenia


18 


1 


2 


0 


0 


1 


0 


0 




Spain


27 


0 


5 


0 


0 


2 


0 


0 




Sweden


62 


1 


4 


0 


0 


5 


1 


0 





EU total




916 




58 




136 




0 




22 




42 




1 




0 







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


SI


ES


SE


Total




Information Society Services


4 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


2 


18 


13 


0 


1 


0 


13 


0 


1 


0 


0 


1 


2 


0 


0 


0 


3 


4 


0 


63 




Agriculture


13 


13 


7 


6 


1 


7 


3 


2 


0 


12 


7 


7 


17 


2 


1 


1 


9 


0 


0 


9 


9 


2 


7 


0 


3 


6 


8 


152 




Chemicals


1 


2 


0 


0 


0 


3 


2 


0 


5 


2 


5 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


1 


1 


3 


25 




Construction


24 


14 


1 


3 


3 


2 


8 


1 


6 


8 


26 


74 


2 


2 


7 


1 


2 


0 


1 


26 


3 


1 


4 


5 


4 


4 


3 


235 




Domestic and Leisure Equipment


1 


1 


0 


0 


2 


0 


0 


0 


1 


0 


6 


0 


0 


0 


1 


0 


3 


0 


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


3 


2 


21 




Energy, Minerals, Wood


0 


2 


0 


0 


0 


0 


4 


0 


0 


2 


3 


6 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


1 


0 


7 


5 


4 


1 


1 


0 


0 


4 


40 




Environment


6 


3 


2 


0 


0 


3 


1 


1 


0 


10 


2 


0 


0 


0 


4 


1 


0 


0 


1 


6 


2 


3 


0 


2 


2 


2 


6 


57 




Goods and Miscellaneous Products


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 


1 


15 


0 


2 


12 


4 


0 


2 


0 


1 


0 


2 


0 


0 


8 


4 


1 


0 


1 


0 


2 


8 


64 




Health, Medical Equipment


0 


4 


0 


0 


0 


0 


8 


0 


0 


58 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


3 


3 


1 


0 


0 


1 


1 


80 




Mechanics


3 


4 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


3 


0 


1 


4 


1 


0 


1 


2 


1 


0 


0 


0 


0 


3 


3 


2 


0 


4 


0 


1 


33 




Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics


1 


2 


3 


0 


0 


2 


1 


0 


2 


10 


4 


0 


8 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 


4 


0 


3 


0 


0 


0 


5 


45 




Telecoms


0 


3 


8 


0 


0 


0 


0 


3 


2 


2 


5 


0 


1 


0 


0 


0 


1 


0 


1 


1 


1 


0 


5 


0 


0 


1 


1 


35 




Transport


2 


5 


0 


0 


0 


0 


6 


1 


5 


0 


6 


0 


2 


0 


1 


0 


0 


4 


0 


3 


5 


0 


1 


1 


1 


3 


20 


66 





Total per Member State




55 




55 




21 




9 




6 




18 




48 




11 




25 




135 




86 




88 




33 




5 




30 




4 




18 




5 




3 




62 




41 




17 




24 




10 




18 




27 




62 




916 







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


6 


0 




Liechtenstein


0 


0 




Norway


16 


1 




Switzerland


4 


0 





Total




26 




1 







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 


1 


0 


1 




Chemicals


0 


0 


2 


1 


3 




Mechanics


0 


0 


3 


0 


3 




Health, Medical Equipment


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 




Telecoms


0 


0 


0 


3 


3 




Transport


1 


0 


5 


0 


6 




Construction


1 


0 


2 


0 


3 




Domestic and Leisure Equipment


0 


0 


1 


0 


1 




Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics


1 


0 


0 


0 


1 




Goods and Miscellaneous Products


3 


0 


0 


0 


3 




Information Society Services


0 


0 


2 


0 


2 




Energy, Minerals, Wood


0 


0 


0 


0 


0 





Total per country




6 




0 




16 




4 




26 







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







Türkiye


Notifications


EU Comments





Total




13 




0 







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






Sector


Türkiye




Construction


0 




Goods and Miscellaneous Products


1 




Mechanics


1 




Telecoms


12 





Total




14 







VII.   
Table showing drafts notified by the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and the comments issued by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union relating to these drafts







United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


Notifications


EU Comments





Total




14 




0 







VIII.   
Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)






Sector


UK (Northern Ireland)




Construction


8 




Goods and Miscellaneous Products


0 




Agriculture


2 




Energy, Minerals, Wood


1 




Telecoms


2 




Transports


1 





Total




14 







IX.   
Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2021 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 2021





EU total




1 








(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 Türkiye under the Association Agreement concluded with that country (the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Türkiye (OJ P 217, 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions 1/95 and 2/97 of the EC-Türkiye 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 footnote 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 footnote 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 footnotes 4 and 8) 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 footnotes 4 and 9).