29.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 242/3

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2004/C 242/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services. (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37; OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18).

Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission

Reference (1)	Title	End of three-month standstill period (2)
2004/0375/CZ	Draft Decree dated … 2004, amending Czech Mining Administration Decree No. 73/2002 Coll., on selected mining equipment	13-12-2004
2004/0376/UK	The Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Plant Protection Products in Scotland	14-12-2004
2004/0377/I	Draft Act on: ‘Consumer protection provisions in the area of regulation in the sector of gemmological materials on the market’ — AC 4814	15-12-2004
2004/0378/I	Draft Act on: ‘Provisions for monitoring the moisture of cereals’	15-12-2004
2004/0379/LV	Draft Cabinet Regulation ‘Requirements for the design and installation of reservoirs for the storage of hazardous substances and the procedures for conformity assessment and control thereof’	15-12-2004
2004/0380/D	Order amending for the first time the Order on protection from hazardous substances (Order on hazardous substances — German designation: GefStoffV)	16-12-2004

The Commission draws attention to the judgment delivered on 30 April 1996 in the ‘CIA Security’ case (C-194/94, ECR I-2201), in which the Court of Justice ruled that Articles 8 and 9 of Directive 98/34/EC (formerly 83/189/EEC) are to be interpreted as meaning that individuals may rely on them before national courts which must decline to apply a national technical regulation which has not been notified in accordance with the Directive.

This judgment confirms the Commission's communication of 1 October 1986 (OJ C 245, 1.10.1986, p. 4).

Accordingly, breach of the obligation to notify renders the technical regulations concerned inapplicable, and consequently unenforceable against individuals.

For more information on the notification procedure, please write to:

European Commission

DG Enterprise, Unit F1

B–1049 Brussels

E-mail: Dir83-189-Central@cec.eu.int

Also consult the website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/tris/

If you require any further information on these notifications, please contact the national departments listed below:

LIST OF NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC

BELGIUM

BELNotif

Qualité et Sécurité

SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie

North Gate III — 4ème étage

boulevard du Roi Albert II /Konig Albert II-laan 16

B-1000 Bruxelles

Ms Pascaline Descamps

Tel.: (32-2) 206 46 89

Fax: (32-2) 206 57 46

E-mail: pascaline.descamps@mineco.fgov.be

paolo.caruso@mineco.fgov.be

General e-mail: belnotif@mineco.fgov.be

Website: http://www.mineco.fgov.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing

Gorazdova 24

P.O. BOX 49

CZ-128 01 Praha 2

Ms Helena Fofonková

Tel.: (420) 224 907 125

Fax: (420) 224 907 122

E-mail: fofonkova@unmz.cz

General e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz

Website: http://www.unmz.cz

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen

Dahlerups Pakhus

Langelinie Allé 17

DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (or DK-2100 Copenhagen OE)

Tel.: (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct)

Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03

E-mail: Ms Birgitte Spühler Hansen - bsh@ebst.dk

Mutual mailbox for notification messages - noti@ebst.dk

Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Referat XA2

Scharnhorststr. 34 — 37

D-10115 Berlin

Ms Christina Jäckel

Tel.: (49-30) 2014 6353

Fax: (49-30) 2014 5379

E-mail: infonorm@bmwa.bund.de

Website: http://www.bmwa.bund.de

ESTONIA

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Harju str. 11

EE-15072 Tallinn

Mr Margus Alver

Tel.: (372) 6 256 405

Fax: (372) 6 313 660

E-mail: margus.alver@mkm.ee

General e-mail: el.teavitamine@mkm.ee

GREECE

Ministry of Development

General Secretariat of Industry

Mesogeion 119

GR-101 92 Athens

Tel.: (30) 210 696 98 63

Fax: (30) 210 696 91 06

ELOT

Acharnon 313

GR-111 45 Athens

Tel.: (30) 210 212 03 01

Fax: (30) 210 228 62 19

E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr

Website: http://www.elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores

Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos

Direccion General de Coordinacion del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas Comunitarias

Subdireccion General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente

C/Padilla, 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6218

E-28006 MADRID

Mr Angel Silván Torregrosa

Tel.: (34) 91 379 83 32

Ms Esther Pérez Peláez

Technical Advisor

E-mail: esther.perez@ue.mae.es

Tel.: (34-91) 379 84 64

Fax: (34-91) 379 84 01

E-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

Délégation interministérielle aux normes

Direction générale de l'Industrie, des Technologies de l'information et des Postes (DiGITIP)

Service des politiques d'innovation et de compétitivité (SPIC)

Sous-direction de la normalisation, de la qualité et de la propriété industrielle (SQUALPI)

DiGITIP 5

12, rue Villiot

F-75572 Paris Cedex 12

Ms Suzanne Piau

Tel.: (33-1) 53 44 97 04

Fax: (33-1) 53 44 98 88

E-mail: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr

Ms Françoise Ouvrard

Tel.: (33) 1 53 44 97 05

Fax: (33) 1 53 44 98 88

E-mail: francoise.ouvrard@industrie.gouv.fr

IRELAND

NSAI

Glasnevin

Dublin 9

Ireland

Mr Tony Losty

Tel.: (353) 1 807 38 80

Fax: (353) 1 807 38 38

E-mail: tony.losty@nsai.ie

Website: http://www.nsai.ie

ITALY

Ministero delle attività produttive

Dipartimento per le imprese

Direzione Generale per lo sviluppo produttivo e la competitività

Ufficio F1 — Ispettorato tecnico dell'industria

Via Molise 2

I-00187 Roma

Mr Vincenzo Correggia

Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 22 05

Fax: (39) 06 47 88 78 05

E-mail: vincenzo.correggia@minindustria.it

Mr Enrico Castiglioni

Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 26 69

Fax: (39) 06 47 88 77 48

E-mail: enrico.castiglioni@minindustria.it

E-mail: ispettoratotecnico@minindustria.flexmail.it

Website: http://www.minindustria.it

CYPRUS

Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

13, A. Araouzou street

CY-1421 Nicosia

Tel.: (357) 22 409313 or (357) 22 375053

Fax: (357) 22 754103

Mr Antonis Ioannou

Tel.: (357) 22 409409

Fax: (357) 22 754103

E-mail: aioannou@cys.mcit.gov.cy

Ms Thea Andreou

Tel.: (357) 22 409 404

Fax: (357) 22 754 103

E-mail: tandreou@cys.mcit.gov.cy

General e-mail: dir9834@cys.mcit.gov.cy

Website: http://www.cys.mcit.gov.cy

LATVIA

Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notification

Internal Market Department of the

Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

55, Brvibas str.

Riga

LV-1519

Ms Agra Ločmele

Senior Officer of the Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notification

E-mail: agra.locmele@em.gov.lv

Tel.: (371) 7031236

Fax: (371) 7280882

E-mail: notification@em.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Lithuanian Standards Board

T. Kosciuskos g. 30

LT-01100 Vilnius

Ms Daiva Lesickiene

Tel.: (370) 5 2709347

Fax: (370) 5 2709367

E-mail: dir9834@lsd.lt

Website: http://www.lsd.lt

LUXEMBOURG

SEE — Service de l'Energie de l'Etat

34, avenue de la Porte-Neuve B.P. 10

L-2010 Luxembourg

Mr J.P. Hoffmann

Tel.: (352) 46 97 46 1

Fax: (352) 22 25 24

E-mail: see.direction@eg.etat.lu

Website: http://www.see.lu

HUNGARY

Hungarian Notification Centre –

Ministry of Economy and Transport

Budapest

Honvéd u. 13 — 15.

H-1055

Mr Zsolt Fazekas

E-mail: fazekaszs@gkm.hu

Tel.: (36) 1 374 2873

Fax: (36) 1 473 1622

E-mail: notification@gkm.hu

Website: http://www.gkm.hu/dokk/main/gkm

MALTA

Malta Standards Authority

Level 2

Evans Building

Merchants Street

MT-Valletta

Tel.: (356) 2124 2420

(356) 2124 3282

Fax: (356) 2124 2406

Ms Lorna Cachia

E-mail: lorna.cachia@msa.org.mt

Website: http://www.msa.org.mt

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiën

Belastingsdienst/Douane Noord

Team bijzondere klantbehandeling

Centrale Dienst voor In-en uitvoer

Engelse Kamp 2

Postbus 30003

9700 RD Groningen

Nederland

Mr Ebel van der Heide

Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 21 34

Ms Hennie Boekema

Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 21 35

Ms Tineke Elzer

Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 21 33

Fax: (31-50) 5 23 21 59

General e-mail: Enquiry.Point@tiscali-business.nl

Enquiry.Point2@tiscali-business.nl

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Abteilung C2/1

Stubenring 1

A-1010 Wien

Ms Brigitte Wikgolm

Tel.: (43) 1 711 00 58 96

Fax: (43) 1 715 96 51 or (43) 1 712 06 80

E-mail: post@tbt.bmwa.gv.at

Website: http://www.bmwa.gv.at

POLAND

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy

Department for European and Multilateral Relations

Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5

PL-00-507 Warsaw

Ms Joanna Tomaszewska

Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07

Ms Agata Gągor

Tel.: (48) 22 693 56 90

Fax: (48) 693 40 28

E-mail: joanna.tomaszewska@mg.gov.pl

E-mail: notyfikacja@mg.gov.pl

PORTUGAL

Instituto Portugês da Qualidade

Rua Antonio Gião, 2

P-2829-513 Caparica

Ms Cândida Pires

Tel.: (351-21) 294 82 36 or 81 00

Fax: (351-21) 294 82 23

E-mail: c.pires@mail.ipq.pt

General e-mail: not9834@mail.ipq.pt

Website: http://www.ipq.pt

SLOVENIA

SIST — Slovenian Institute for Standardization

Contact point for 98/34/EC and WTO-TBT Enquiry Point

Šmartinska 140

SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: (386) 1 478 3041

Fax: (386) 1 478 3098

E-mail: contact@sist.si

Ms Vesna Stražišar

SLOVAKIA

Ms Kvetoslava Steinlova

Director of the Department of European Integration,

Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic

Stefanovicova 3

SK-814 39 Bratislava

Tel.: (421) 2 5249 3521

Fax: (421) 2 5249 1050

E-mail: steinlova@normoff.gov.sk

FINLAND

Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö

(Ministry of Trade and Industry)

Visitor address:

Aleksanterinkatu 4

FIN-00171 Helsinki

and

Katakatu 3

FIN-00120 Helsinki

Postal address:

PO Box 32

FIN-00023 Government

Mr Henri Backman

Tel.: (358-9) 1606 36 27

Fax: (358-9) 1606 46 22

E-mail: henri.backman@ktm.fi

Ms Katri Amper

General e-mail: maaraykset.tekniset@ktm.fi

Website: http://www.ktm.fi

SWEDEN

Kommerskollegium

(National Board of Trade)

Box 6803

Drottninggatan 89

S-113 86 Stockholm

Ms Kerstin Carlsson

Tel.: (46) 86 90 48 82 or (46) 86 90 48 00

Fax: (46) 8 690 48 40 or (46) 83 06 759

E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se

General e-mail: 9834@kommers.se

Website: http://www.kommers.se

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry

Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate 2

151 Buckingham Palace Road

London SW1 W 9SS

United Kingdom

Mr Philip Plumb

Tel.: (44-207) 2151488

Fax: (44-207) 2151529

E-mail: philip.plumb@dti.gsi.gov.uk

General e-mail: 9834@dti.gsi.gov.uk

Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd

EFTA — ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

Rue de Trêves 74

B-1040 Bruxelles

Ms Adinda Batsleer

Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 71

Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00

E-mail: aba@eftasurv.int

E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int

Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

EFTA

Goods Unit

EFTA Secretariat

Rue de Trêves 74

B-1040 Bruxelles

Ms Kathleen Byrne

Tel.: (32-2) 286 17 34

Fax: (32-2) 286 17 42

E-mail: DRAFTTECHREGEFTA@efta.int

kathleen.byrne@efta.int

Website: http://www.efta.int

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade

General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade

Inönü Bulvari no 36

06510

Emek — Ankara

Mr Saadettin Doğan

Tel.: (90-312) 212 58 99

(90-312) 204 81 02

Fax: (90-312) 212 87 68

E-mail: dtsabbil@dtm.gov.tr

Website: http://www.dtm.gov.tr

(1) Year — registration number — Member State of origin.

(2) Period during which the draft may not be adopted.

(3) No standstill period since the Commission accepts the grounds of urgent adoption invoked by the notifying Member State.

(4) No standstill period since the measure concerns technical specifications or other requirements or rules on services linked to fiscal or financial measures, pursuant to the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 1(11) of Directive 98/34/EC.

(5) Information procedure closed.

29.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 242/9

LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION FROM 1 JULY 2004 TO 31 JULY 2004 (1)

(2004/C 242/05)

Document	Part	Date of Adoption	Title
COM(2004) 437		19.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 as regards the reciprocity mechanism
COM(2004) 459		7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Commission Decision 2002/602/ECSC on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation
COM(2004) 460		7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products
COM(2004) 463		8.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
COM(2004) 465		7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community
COM(2004) 466		7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation on special conditions for trade with those areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control
COM(2004) 468		8.7.2004	Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards value added tax on services provided in the postal sector
COM(2004) 482		13.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation on administering the double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products from the Republic of Moldova to the European Community
COM(2004) 483		13.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova establishing a double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products from the Republic of Moldova to the European Community
COM(2004) 484		7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision modifying the Community import regime with respect to rice
COM(2004) 485	1	7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and India pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to rice provided for in Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994
COM(2004) 485	2	7.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Pakistan pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to rice provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994
COM(2004) 502		15.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
COM(2004) 513		22.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Commission Decision No 1469/2002/ECSC on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Republic of Kazakhstan
COM(2004) 514		22.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on trade in certain steel products
COM(2004) 518		23.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Australia, the People's Republic of China and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Pakistan and releasing the amounts secured by way of the provisional duties imposed
COM(2004) 522		27.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway
COM(2004) 525		27.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 964/2003 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain tube or pipe fittings originating, inter alia, in Thailand
COM(2004) 535		30.7.2004	Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Austria to apply a measure derogating from Article 21 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex.

(1) This list is limited to COM documents that fulfil the conditions for publication.

		ISSN 1725-2423
Official Journal of the European Union		C 242

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 47 29 September 2004

Notice No	Contents	page
	I Information
	Commission
2004/C 242/1	Euro exchange rates	1

2004/C 242/2	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3517 — CVC/PERMIRA/AA) ( 1 )	2

2004/C 242/3	Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )	3

2004/C 242/4	List of COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission from 1 July 2004 to 31 July 2004	8

	II Preparatory Acts
	Commission
2004/C 242/5	List of legislative proposals adopted by the Commission from 1 July 2004 to 31 July 2004	9

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