Prevention of technical barriers to trade

98/34 notification procedure

1. Legal references

• 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
• Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 1998 amending Directive 98/34/EC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations
• Unofficial consolidated version of the Directives 98/34/EC and 98/48/EC [76 KB]

2. Reports 

• Report from the Commision to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee - The operation of Directive 98/34/EC in 2009 and 2010 (COM(2011) 853 final)
• Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee - The operation of Directive 98/34/EC from 2006 to 2008 (COM(2009) 690 final)
• Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee - The operation of Directive 98/34/EC from 2002 to 2005 (COM(2007) 125 final)
• Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Evaluation of the application of Directive 98/34/EC in the field of information society services (COM(2003) 69 final)

3. Publications

• Brochure "Preventing obstacles to trade in the internal market - Directive 98/34/EC [880 KB] "
• Brochure "A guide to the procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rule on information Society services [2 MB] "
• Leaflet "Maintaining the single market - Directive 98/34 - Procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and rules on information society services [2 MB] "

TBT Agreement

1. Legal references

• TBT Agreement

2. Reports

• Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the functioning of the notification procedure under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (COM(2012) 354 final)

3. Publications

• Brochure "The notification procedure created by the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade "
• Leaflet "An instrument of market openness and good regulatory practice - The notification procedure created by the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade "