CELEX: 51993PC0144(01)
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-31
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Council Directives 87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 90/385/EEC (active implantable medical devices), 90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels), and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN C09VMUNITIES
                                              C0M(93) 144 final - SYN 336 A-B
                                              Brussels,31  March 1993
                               Amended proposal 'or a
                                                                    SYN 336 A
                                  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                            amending Council Directives
                       87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels),
        88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products),
      89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery),
                    89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment),
                 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments),
                 90/385/EEC (active implantable medical devices),
                  90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels),
               91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment),
     92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels),
           and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within
                              certain voltage limits)
                               Amended proposal for a
                                                                    SYN 336 B
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
            amending the Council Decision of 13 December 1990 concerning
                 the modules for the various phases of the conformity
                 assessment procedures (90/683/EEC), supplementing it
                   with provisions relating to the arrangements for
                      affixing and using the CE conformity marking
             (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                                 of the EEC-Treaty)
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At Its part-session of 8-12 March 1993 Parliament delivered Its opinion
at first reading following further consultation on the proposal to amend
the proposal which the Commission sent to the Council on 7 December 1992
(C0M(92) 499 final).
The current proposal takes account of the two amendments proposed by
Parliament, which the Commission Is willing to accept, because they
stress that the introduction of a standard CE marking must not entail
any lowering whatsoever of safety levels and that, In the light of this
concern, the Commission should examine and report on the Impact of this
proposal by 1997 at the latest.
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Acting on     the opinion 1 delivered by Parliament at first reading
following   further consultation on the amended Commission proposal of
7 December   1992 (C0M(92) 499 final) under the cooperation procedure, the
Commission   has decided to amend Its latest proposal as follows, taking
account of   the amendments approved by Parliament:
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Directives and the low voltage Directive Is amended as follows:
Article 1 2 m   Is amended to read as follows;
"1. The following two recitals are added:
 Whereas the choice of procedures must not lead to a lowering of
 standards of electrical safety already established throughout the
 Community,'"
The proposal amending the Council Decision of 1 a December 1990 on
certification modules la amended as follows»
Article 2(31 Is replaced bv the following:
"The Commission shall report periodically on the functioning of this
Decision and on whether conformity assessment and CE marking procedures
are working satisfactorily or need to be modified.
The Commission shall also, by the end of the transitional period In 1997
at the latest, or earlier should the urgency be recognized, report on
any special problems raised by the Incorporation of the low voltage
Directive 73/23/EEC Into the CE marking procedures, indicating, in
particular, whether safety Is being compromised. The Convulsion shall
also list any problems raised by the overlapping of Council Directives
and shall stipulate whether further community measures are required."
    Adopted on 10 March 1993 (PE A3-0084/93)
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