Activities of Zuzana ROITHOVÁ related to 2011/0353(COD)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast) PDF (277 KB) DOC (354 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘sub-assembly’ means a hardware device, mentioned as such in the instrument-specific annexes, that functions independently and makes up a measuring instrument together with other sub- assemblies with which it is compatible, or with a measuring instrument with which it is compatible;
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘putting into use’ means the first use of an measuring instrument intended for the end user for the purposes for which it was intended;
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Where instrument-specific annexes exist, laying down the essential requirements for sub- assemblies, this Directive shall apply mutatis mutandis to such sub-assemblies.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Essential requirements and assessment of conformity
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Manufacturers shall ensure that their measuring instruments bear a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing their identification, or, where the size or nature of the measuring instrument does not allow it, that the required information is provided on the packaging or in a document accompanying the measuring instrument in accordance with point 9.2 of Annex I.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Manufacturers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, their web address in a language easily understood by end-users and market surveillance authorities, and the address at which they can be contacted on the measuring instrument or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the measuring instrument in accordance with point 9.2 of Annex I. The address must indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, their web address in a language easily understood by end-users and market surveillance authorities, and the address at which they can be contacted on the measuring instrument or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the measuring instrument in accordance with point 9.2 of Annex I.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where a normative document satisfies the requirements which it covers and which are set out in Annex I and in the relevant instrument specific Annexes, the Commission mayOn request by a Member State or on its own initiative , the Commission shall, where appropriate
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) identify normative documents and, in a list, indicate the parts thereof that satisfy the requirements which they cover and which are set out in Annex I and in the relevant instrument-specific annexes
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(b) publish the reference of that normative document in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The general principles set out in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the supplementary metrology marking.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of bodies authorised to carry out third- party conformity assessment tasks under this Directive. That notification shall include information on the kind(s) of measuring instrument(s) for which each body has been designated and, where relevant, the instrument accuracy classes, the measuring range, the measurement technology, and any other instrument characteristic limiting the scope of the notification.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The notification shall include information on the kinds of measuring instruments for which each body has been designated and, where relevant, the instrument accuracy classes, the measuring range, the measurement technology, and any other instrument characteristic limiting the scope of the notification. The notification shall include full details of the conformity assessment activities, the conformity assessment module or modules and measuring instrument or measuring instruments concerned and the relevant attestation of competence.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Where the relevant economic operator does not take adequate corrective action within the period referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the market surveillance authorities shall take all appropriate provisional measures to prohibit or restrict the measuring instrument's being made available on their national market, to withdraw the measuring instrument from that market or to recall it.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 7
Article 42 – paragraph 7
7. Where, within twohree months of receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 4, no objection has been raised by either a Member State or the Commission in respect of a provisional measure taken by a Member State, that measure shall be deemed justified.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – paragraph 5
Article 48 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 467 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 9 – point 9.2
Annex I – point 9 – point 9.2
9.2. An instrument of dimensions too small or of too sensitive a composition to allow it to bear the relevant information shall have its packaging, if any, andor the accompanying documents required by the provisions of this Directive suitably marked.