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-EC ONLINE CONSULTATION ON THE ALIGNEMENT OF TEN SECTORAL DIRECTIVES TO THE NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK (CE MARKING)

09/09/2010

New deadline for replies on the EC online consultation: September 15th 2010

In July 2008, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the New Legislative Framework (NLF), a set of measures enhancing the functioning of the internal market for goods and consisting, among others, of Decision 768/2008/EC establishing a common framework for the marketing of products.

Decision 768/2008 is designed to work as a guideline to regulators as it contains provisions that should be integrated into new and revised legislation.

Most of the comments we raised before the adoption of the New Legislative Framework were taken on board. Our main achievements in the package Decision (768/2008) have been the following ones:

  1. Facilitated assessment procedures should be provided for small series production;
  2. Notified bodies must carry out their assessment in a proportionate manner taking into accounts elements like size of the enterprise, serial characteristic of the production, complexity of the process, sector, etc.
  3. Possibility for laboratories belonging to business associations to be accredited.

In this framework, the Commission has undertaken a process to align the first ten directives to the new provisions set by Decision 768/2008 , launching an online public consultation that you can find using this link:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=4289&lang=en

The consultation concerns the following directives:

  1. Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EEC;
  2. Simple Pressure Vessels Directive 2009/105/EC;
  3. Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Directive 90/384/EEC;
  4. Civil Explosives Directive 93/15/EEC;
  5. ATEX Directive 94/9/EC;
  6. Lifts Directive 95/16/EC;
  7. Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC;
  8. Measuring Instruments Directive 2004/22/EC;
  9. Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC;
  10. Pyrotechnic articles Directive 2007/23/EC.

Given the direct impact that the alignment of these Directives to Decision 768/2008 will have on European SMEs, we have prepared the enclosed draft position we would intend to submit to the European Commission as a further input to the questionnaire proposed in the EC online consultation.

Indeed, we believe that it is now of crucial importance that the SMEs friendly position we have achieved in the New Legislative Framework is implemented in each single directive.

On the other hand, we would be grateful if you could help us to formulate answers to the proposed questionnaire, as a very specific knowledge of each sector concerned is required.

Hence, we would like to encourage you:

  1. to inform us as to which directives affected by the consultation you are more interested in
  2. to send us your comments and inputs on the Commission's questionnaire as well as on our draft position paper;
  3. to take part directly to the EC public consultation also using our proposed position by September 15 th  2010 .

For more information please contact:

Sara Gobbi
+32 2 282 05 45 s.gobbi@normapme.com