Procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on information society services. Codification

Having regard to the new amendments which were made to the Commission’s initial proposal of 23 April 2010 and in view of the results of the work already carried out in the course of the legislative procedure, the Commission has decided to present an amended proposal for codification of the Directive in question.

This amended proposal also takes account of the purely formal or editorial changes proposed by the Consultative Working Party of the legal services, where these changes are considered justified.

The changes made in this amended proposal, compared with the initial proposal, are the following:

• A new recital stating that it is necessary to envisage a Standing Committee, the members of which are appointed by the Member States, with the task of cooperating in the efforts of the Commission to lessen any adverse effects on the free movement of goods. The Committee should be consulted by the Commission when reviewing the operation of the system set up by this Directive.
• The Directive should not apply to television broadcasting services covered by point (e) of Article 1(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

The amended text stipulates that Member States shall communicate to the Commission all requests made to standards institutions to draw up technical specifications or a standard for specific products for the purpose of enacting a technical regulation for such products as draft technical regulations, and shall state the grounds for their enactment.