Prevention of technical barriers to trade

98/34 notification procedure

Legal references

• Unofficial consolidated version of the Directives 98/34/EC and 98/48/EC [76 KB]
• Directive 98/34/EC [212 KB] 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 [61 KB] 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
• 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 [156 KB] )
• 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 [304 KB] )

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

Legal references

• TBT Agreement [117 KB]

Publications

• Brochure "The notification procedure created by the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade [4 MB] "
• Leaflet "An instrument of market openness and good regulatory practice - The notification procedure created by the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade [562 KB] "