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			<NO.OJ>283</NO.OJ>
			<YEAR>2002</YEAR>
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		<TI>
			<P>Information procedure — Technical rules</P>
			<NO.DOC.C>(2002/C 283/03)</NO.DOC.C>
			<P>(Text with EEA relevance)</P>
		</TI>
	</TITLE>
	<CONTENTS>
		<P>Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of <DATE ISO="19980622">22 June 1998</DATE> laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and rules on Information Society services (<REF.DOC.OJ COLL="L" NO.OJ="204" DATE.PUB="19980721" PAGE.FIRST="37">OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37</REF.DOC.OJ>; <REF.DOC.OJ COLL="L" NO.OJ="217" DATE.PUB="19980805" PAGE.FIRST="18">OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18</REF.DOC.OJ>).</P>
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			<TBL COLS="3" NO.SEQ="0001">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>
							<HT TYPE="BOLD">Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission</HT>
						</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<GR.NOTES>
					<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0001" NUMBERING="ARAB">
						<P>Year ߞ registration number ߞ Member State of origin.</P>
					</NOTE>
					<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0002" NUMBERING="ARAB">
						<P>Period during which the draft may not be adopted.</P>
					</NOTE>
					<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0003" NUMBERING="ARAB">
						<P>No standstill period since the Commission accepts the grounds of urgent adoption invoked by the notifying Member State.</P>
					</NOTE>
					<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0004" NUMBERING="ARAB">
						<P>No standstill period since the measure concerns technical specifications or other requirements linked to fiscal or financial measures, pursuant to the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 1(11) of Directive 98/34/EC.</P>
					</NOTE>
					<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0005" NUMBERING="ARAB">
						<P>Information procedure closed.</P>
					</NOTE>
				</GR.NOTES>
				<CORPUS>
					<ROW TYPE="HEADER">
						<CELL COL="1" TYPE="HEADER">ReferenceNOTE NOTE.REF="E0001"/&gt;
							</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2" TYPE="HEADER">Title</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3" TYPE="HEADER">End of three-month standstill periodNOTE NOTE.REF="E0002"/&gt;
							</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/418/A</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Order of the Provincial Government on the design of nursing homes (Order on residential building)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030127">27.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/419/S</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Order amending the Order on the protection of species (1998:179)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030127">27.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/420/FIN</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">General quality requirements for bridge construction (Parts SYL-3 Concrete Structures, SYL-4 Steel Structures and SYL-5 Timber Structures)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030127">27.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/421/DK</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Order on the import, sale and export of mercury and products containing mercury</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030129">29.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/422/D</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Order on building inspection requirements pertaining to hospitals and nursing homes in the Federal State of Brandenburg (The Brandenburg Hospitals and Nursing Homes Building Order (German designation: BbgKPBauV))</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030130">30.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/423/B</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Royal Decree concerning technical rules on the operation of automatic games of chance whose organisation is permitted in class I gambling establishments</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030120">20.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/424/B</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Draft Royal Decree concerning radiation from networks of coaxial cables</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030120">20.1.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/425/NL</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Decree laying down rules relating to the management of vehicle tyres and amending a number of Decrees in connection with the abolition of provisions relating to the procedure regulated in section 3.5 of the General Administrative Law Act (Vehicle Tyre Management Decree)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030203">3.2.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/426/UK</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030205">5.2.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/427/A</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Guidelines for the small-scale renovation of old houses (German designation: KLAS-NEU)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20021104">4.11.2002</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/428/A</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Guidelines for the model for promoting the renovation of multi-family dwellings (German designation: MHAS-NEU)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20021104">4.11.2002</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/429/FIN</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry regulation regarding certified supplementary and planting material</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030206">6.2.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
					<ROW>
						<CELL COL="1">2002/430/NL</CELL>
						<CELL COL="2">Regulation concerning micro-light aeroplanes (Regulation on MLAs)</CELL>
						<CELL COL="3">
							<DATE ISO="20030210">10.2.2003</DATE>
						</CELL>
					</ROW>
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		</P>
		<P>The Commission draws attention to the judgment given on <DATE ISO="19960430">30 April 1996</DATE> in the <QUOT.START ID="QS0001" REF.END="QE0001" CODE="2018"/>CIA Security<QUOT.END ID="QE0001" REF.START="QS0001" CODE="2019"/> case (C-194/94 — ECR I, p. 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 the national court which must decline to apply a national technical regulation which has not been notified in accordance with the Directive.</P>
		<P>This judgment confirms the Commission's Communication of <DATE ISO="19861001">1 October 1986</DATE> (<REF.DOC.OJ COLL="C" NO.OJ="245" DATE.PUB="19861001" PAGE.FIRST="4">OJ C 245, 1.10.1986, p. 4</REF.DOC.OJ>).</P>
		<P>Accordingly, breach of the obligation to notify renders the technical regulations concerned inapplicable, so that they are unenforceable against individuals.</P>
		<P>If you require any information on these notifications, please contact the national departments listed below:</P>
		<GR.SEQ LEVEL="1">
			<TITLE>
				<TI>
					<P>
						<HT TYPE="BOLD">LIST OF NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC</HT>
					</P>
				</TI>
			</TITLE>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>BELGIUM</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Institut belge de normalisation/Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie</P>
						<P>Avenue de la Brabançonne/Brabançonnelaan 29</P>
						<P>B-1040 Brussels</P>
						<P>Mrs Hombert</P>
						<P>Tel.: (32 2) 738 01 10</P>
						<P>Fax: (32 2) 733 42 64</P>
						<P>X400:O=GW;P=CEC;A=RTT;C=BE;DDA:RFC-822=CIBELNOR(A)IBN.BE</P>
						<P>Internet: cibelnor@ibn.be</P>
						<P>Mrs Descamps</P>
						<P>Tel.: (32 2) 206 46 89</P>
						<P>Fax: (32 2) 206 57 45</P>
						<P>Internet: normtech@pophost.eunet.be</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>DENMARK</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Danish Agency for Trade and Industry</P>
						<P>Dahlerups Pakhus</P>
						<P>Lagelinie Allé 17</P>
						<P>DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø</P>
						<P>Mr K. Dybkjaer</P>
						<P>Tel.: (45) 35 46 62 85</P>
						<P>Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03</P>
						<P>X400:C=DK;A=DK400;P=EFS;S=DYBKJAER;G=KELD</P>
						<P>Internet: kd@efs.dk</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>GERMANY</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie</P>
						<P>Referat V D 2</P>
						<P>Villenomblerstraße 76</P>
						<P>D-53123 Bonn</P>
						<P>Mr Shirmer</P>
						<P>Tel.: (49-228) 615 43 98</P>
						<P>Fax: (49-228) 615 20 56</P>
						<P>X400:C=DE;A=BUND400;P=BMWI;O=BONN1;S=SHIRMER</P>
						<P>Internet: Shirmer@BMWI.Bund400.de</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>GREECE</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Ministry of Development</P>
						<P>General Secretariat of Industry</P>
						<P>Michalacopoulou 80</P>
						<P>GR-115 28 Athens</P>
						<P>Tel.: (30-1) 778 17 31</P>
						<P>Fax: (30-1) 779 88 90</P>
					</ADDR.S>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>ELOT</P>
						<P>Acharnon 313</P>
						<P>GR-11145 Athens</P>
						<P>Mr E. Melagrakis</P>
						<P>Tel.: (30-1) 212 03 00</P>
						<P>Fax: (30-1) 228 62 19</P>
						<P>Internet: 83189@elot.gr</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>SPAIN</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores</P>
						<P>Secretaría de Estado de política exterior y para la Unión Europea</P>
						<P>Dirección General de Coordinación del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas Comunitarias</P>
						<P>Subdirección general de asuntos industriales, energeticos, transportes, comunicaciones y medio ambiente</P>
						<P>c/Padilla 46, Planta 2<HT TYPE="SUP">a</HT>, Despacho 6276</P>
						<P>E-28006 Madrid</P>
						<P>Mrs Nieves García Pérez</P>
						<P>Tel.: (34-91) 379 83 32</P>
						<P>Mrs María Ángeles Martínez Álvarez</P>
						<P>Tel.: (34-91) 379 84 64</P>
						<P>Fax: (34-91) 575 56 29/575 86 01/431 55 51</P>
						<P>X400:C=ES;A=400NET;P=MAE;O=SEPEUE;S=D83-189</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>FRANCE</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Délégation interministérielle aux normes</P>
						<P>SQUALPI</P>
						<P>64-70 allée de Bercy ߞ télédoc 811</P>
						<P>F-75574 Paris</P>
						<P>Cedex 12</P>
						<P>Mrs S. Piau</P>
						<P>Tel.: (33-1) 53 44 97 04</P>
						<P>Fax: (33-1) 53 44 98 88</P>
						<P>Internet: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>IRELAND</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>NSAI</P>
						<P>Glasnevin</P>
						<P>Dublin 9</P>
						<P>Ireland</P>
						<P>Mr Owen Byrne</P>
						<P>Tel.: (353-1) 807 38 66</P>
						<P>Fax: (353-1) 807 38 38</P>
						<P>X400:C=IE;A=EIRMAIL400;P=NRN;0=NSAI;S=BYRNEO</P>
						<P>Internet: byrneo@nsai.ie</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>ITALY</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Ministero dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato</P>
						<P>via Molise 2</P>
						<P>I-00100 Roma</P>
						<P>Mr P. Cavanna</P>
						<P>Tel.: (39-06) 47 88 78 60</P>
						<P>X400:C=IT;A=MASTER400;P=GDS;OU1=M.I.C.A-ISPIND;DDA:CLASSE=IPM;DDA:ID-NODO=BF9RM001;S=PAOLO CAVANNA</P>
						<P>Mr E. Castiglioni</P>
						<P>Tel.: (39-06) 47 05 30 69/47 05 26 69</P>
						<P>Fax: (39-06) 47 88 77 48</P>
						<P>Internet: Castiglioni@minindustria.it</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>LUXEMBOURG</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>SEE ߞ Service de l'Énergie de l'État</P>
						<P>34 avenue de la Porte-Neuve</P>
						<P>BP 10</P>
						<P>L-2010 Luxembourg</P>
						<P>Mr J.P. Hoffmann</P>
						<P>Tel.: (352) 46 97 46 1</P>
						<P>Fax: (352) 22 25 24</P>
						<P>Internet: jean-paul.hoffmann@eg.etat.lu</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>THE NETHERLANDS</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Ministerie van Financiën ߞ Belastingsdienst ߞ Douane</P>
						<P>Centrale Dienst voor In- en uitvoer (CDIU)</P>
						<P>Engelse Kamp 2</P>
						<P>Postbus 30003</P>
						<P>9700 RD Groningen</P>
						<P>Nederland</P>
						<P>Mr IJ. G. van der Heide</P>
						<P>Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 91 78</P>
						<P>Fax: (31-50) 5 23 92 19</P>
						<P>Mrs H. Boekema</P>
						<P>Tel.: (31-50) 5 23 92 75</P>
						<P>E-mail X400:C=NL;A=400NET;P=CDIU;OU1=CDIU;S=NOTIF</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>AUSTRIA</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten</P>
						<P>Abt. II/1</P>
						<P>Stubenring 1</P>
						<P>A-1011 Wien</P>
						<P>Mrs Haslinger-Fenzl</P>
						<P>Tel.: (43-1) 711 00 55 22/711 00 54 53</P>
						<P>Fax: (43-1) 715 96 51</P>
						<P>X400:S=HASLINGER;G=MARIA;O=BMWA;P=BMWA;A=GV;C=AT</P>
						<P>Internet: maria.haslinger@bmwa.gv.at</P>
						<P>X400:C=AT;A=GV;P=BMWA;O=BMWA;OU=TBT;S=POST</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>PORTUGAL</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Instituto português da Qualidade</P>
						<P>Rua C à Avenida dos Três vales</P>
						<P>P-2825 Monte da Caparica</P>
						<P>Mrs Cândida Pires</P>
						<P>Tel.: (351-1) 294 81 00</P>
						<P>Fax: (351-1) 294 81 32</P>
						<P>X400:C=PT;A=MAILPAC;P=GTW-MS;O=IPQ;OU1=IPQM;S=DIR83189</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>FINLAND</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriö</P>
						<P>Ministry of Trade and Industry</P>
						<P>Aleksanterinkatu 4</P>
						<P>PL 230 (PO Box 230)</P>
						<P>FIN-00171 
							Helsinki</P>
						<P>Mr Petri Kuurma</P>
						<P>Tel.: +358-9-160 3627</P>
						<P>Fax: +358-9-160 4022</P>
						<P>Internet: petri.kuurma@ktm.vn.fi</P>
						<P>Website: http://www.vn.fi/ktm/index.html</P>
						<P>X400:C=FI;A=MAILNET;P=VN;O=KTM;S=TEKNISET;G=MAARAYKSET</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>SWEDEN</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Kommerskollegium</P>
						<P>(National Board of Trade)</P>
						<P>Box 6803</P>
						<P>S-11386 Stockholm</P>
						<P>Mrs Kerstin Carlsson</P>
						<P>Tel.: 46 86 90 48 00</P>
						<P>Fax: 46 86 90 48 40</P>
						<P>E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se</P>
						<P>X400:C=SE;A=400NET;O=KOMKOLL;S=NAT NOT POINT</P>
						<P>Website: http://www.kommers.se</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>UNITED KINGDOM</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>Department of Trade and Industry</P>
						<P>Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate 2</P>
						<P>Bay 327</P>
						<P>151 Buckingham Palace Road</P>
						<P>London</P>
						<P>SW 1 W 9SS</P>
						<P>United Kingdom</P>
						<P>Mrs Brenda O'Grady</P>
						<P>Tel.: (44) 17 12 15 14 88</P>
						<P>Fax: (44) 17 12 15 15 29</P>
						<P>X400:S=TI, G=83189, O=DTI, OU1=TIDV, P=HMG DTI, A=Gold 400, C=GB</P>
						<P>Internet: uk98-34@gtnet.gov.uk</P>
						<P>Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
			<GR.SEQ LEVEL="2">
				<TITLE>
					<TI>
						<P>EFTA ߞ ESA</P>
					</TI>
				</TITLE>
				<P>
					<ADDR.S>
						<P>
							<HT TYPE="ITALIC">EFTA Surveillance Authority (DRAFTTECHREGESA)</HT>
						</P>
						<P>X400:O=gw;P=iihe;A=rtt;C=be;DDA:RFC-822=Solveig.Georgsdottir@surv.efta.be</P>
						<P>C=BE;A=BT;P=EFTA;O=SURV;S=DRAFTTECHREGESA</P>
						<P>Internet: Solveig.Georgsdottir@surv.efta.be</P>
					</ADDR.S>
				</P>
			</GR.SEQ>
		</GR.SEQ>
	</CONTENTS>
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