Vic, All member states have to accept a CTR 20 days after its publication in the O J. Anything else would be a violation of Article 30 of the Treaty (dealing with barriers of trade).
In the case of CTR 21, several member states will in fact accept it sooner than that (once they have formal confirmation from the Commision). Roger ---------- Från: [email protected] Till: [email protected] Angående: BOUNCE [email protected]: Non-member submission from ["Andrea Datum: måndag, juli 27, 1998 21:49 <<Bifogad fil: ENVELOPE.TXT>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CTR 21 passed the European Council vote on 20 July, and was notified > on 21 June to all National Member States. > > This means that CTR21 Pan-European approvals can now be issued. > Andrea, I am not quite sure how it works, but it seems to me that I remember that any decision by the European Commission needs to be transposed into national regulation in the member states, or something to that effect, before it takes effect. Seems to me that the member states will need a couple of days (weeks ... months ....) to do that and that the effective date even from a Council perspective cannot be the date when ACTS or some body of that ilk agreed to the CTR. It may well be that some organizations are willing to let you use their Notified Body number and the CE marking as soon as they have satisfied themselves that indeed your gadget meets all the applicable requirements. However, a member state that has not yet transposed that new agreement into national regulation, may not want to accept that before they have to. Question is, by what date do the member states have to implement CTR21 ??? By the way, something went screwy with your dates as you have the member states notified before the Council made its determination. Ciao, Vic Boersma ***************************************************** ROGER MAGNUSON TGC AB, Sweden Tel: +46 8 56250042 Fax: +46 8 7050045 Internet Address: [email protected] *****************************************************
