8 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2011/0150(COD)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) The advisory procedure should be used for the implementing decisions with respect to the annual European standardisation work programme and for the implementing decisions concerning the objections to harmonised standards which the Commission considers justified and where the references to the harmonised standard concerned were not yet published in the Official Journal of the European Union, given that the relevant standard did not yet lead to the presumption of conformity with the essential requirements set out in the applicable Union harmonisation legislation.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) The examination procedure should be used, in the event of standardisation requests being forwarded to European standardisation bodies and of recognition of technical specifications in the field of information and communication technology, for the implementing decisions with respect to the objections to harmonised standards which the Commission considers justified and where the references to the harmonised standard concerned were already published in the Official Journal of the European Union, given that such decisions could have consequences on the presumption of conformity with the applicable essential requirements.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) ‘standard’ means a technical specification, approved by a recognised standard-setting body, for repeated or continuous application, with which compliance is not compulsory, and which is one of the following:
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – point 1 – point c
(c) ‘harmonised standard’ means a European standard adopted on the basis of a request made by the Commission for the application of Union harmonlegislation legislatand the references for which are published in the Official Journal of the European Union;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 4
Article 2 – point 4
(4) ‘technical specification’ means a specification contained in a document which lays down one of the following: (a) the characteristics required of a product including levels of quality, performance, interoperability, safety or dimensions, including the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling and conformity assessment procedures; (b) production methods and processes used in respect of agricultural products as referred to Article 38(1) of the Treaty, products intended for human and animal consumption, and medicinal products, as well as production methods and processes relating to other products, where these have an effect on their characteristics; (c) the characteristics required of a service including levels of quality, performance, interoperability, safety, including the requirements applicable to the provider as regards the information to be made available to the recipient, as referred to in Article 22(1) to (3) of Directive 2006/123/EC; (d) the methods and the criteria for assessing the performance of construction products, as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC, in relation to their essential characteristics.document setting out the technical requirements a product, a process or a service shall meet;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may request one or several European standardisation bodies to draft a European standard or European standardisation deliverable within a set deadline. They shall be market-driven, take into account the public interest and based on consensus. This request shall be approved in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(3), after consultation with the monitoring committee for the corresponding directive for the sector. (The wrong numbering in the French version of the Commission proposal should be corrected.)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Theis decision referred to in paragraph 2(a) of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 18(2), after consultation with the monitoring committee for the corresponding directive for the sector.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The decision referred to in paragraph 2(b) of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(3), after consultation with the monitoring committee for the corresponding directive for the sector.