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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

From · plenary report· 24 Jul 2023

A-9-2023-0244

on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2019/1009 and (EU) No 305/2011 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to a Single Market emergency

To · adopted text· 24 Apr 2024

TA-9-2024-0321

Amending certain Regulations as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument

These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).

+10 added · −331 removed · 0 changed paragraphs, packaging included.

Part 4 of 7: Paragraphs 181–240

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 3 – introductory part: 3. Any authorisation issued by a national competent authority pursuant to paragraph 1 shall set out the conditions and requirements under which the appliance or fitting may be placed on the market or put into service, including at least:

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) an end date of validity of the authorisation, unless otherwise specified, which cannot go beyond the last day of the period for which the internal market emergency mode has been activated;

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 3 – point e a (new): (ea) labelling requirements, including radio frequency identification, indicating that the appliance and fitting was authorised under the internal market emergency mode.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 4: 4. By way of derogation from Article 40a(3), where appropriate, the national competent authority may also amend the conditions and requirements referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article after the deactivation or expiry of the internal market emergency mode.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 5: deleted

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 6: 6. The market surveillance authorities of the Member State, whose competent authority has granted an authorisation pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be entitled to take all corrective and restrictive measures at national level provided for under this Regulation with respect to such appliances or fittings. The market surveillance authorities shall keep all records related to products authorised under a derogation for a period of 10 years. They shall make those records available to other market surveillance authorities upon request.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 8: 8. The application of Articles 40a to 40g and the use of the authorisation procedure set out in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not affect the application of the relevant conformity assessment procedures laid down in Article 14.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40c – paragraph 8 a (new): 8a. Appliances and fittings subject to derogation under paragraph 1 shall remain valid for six months after deactivation or expiration of the internal market emergency mode. After this period, they shall only be made available on the market after receiving an authorisation under the normal authorisation procedure provided for in this Regulation.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40d – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) where severe disruptions in the functioning of the internal market, which were taken into consideration when activating the internal market emergency mode in accordance with Article 14 of [the IMERA Regulation], significantly restrict the possibilities of manufacturers to make use of the harmonised standards covering the relevant essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex I to this Regulation and already published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40e – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) where the European standardisation deliverables addressing a request pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 were not adopted;

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40e – paragraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) where a reference to harmonised standards covering the relevant essential requirements set out in Annex II is not published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 and such reference is not expected to be published within a reasonable timeframe during the internal market emergency mode;

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40e – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) where severe disruptions in the functioning of the internal market, which led to the activation of the internal market emergency mode in accordance with Article 14 of [the IMERA Regulation], significantly restrict the possibilities of manufacturers to make use of the harmonised standards covering the relevant essential requirements set out in Annex I in this Regulation and already published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40e – paragraph 2: 2. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 42(3). They shall apply to appliances and fittings placed on the market no longer than until the last day of the period for which the internal market emergency mode remains active. When preparing the draft implementing act establishing the common specification, the Commission shall take into account the views of the relevant bodies and shall duly consult all relevant stakeholders.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40e – paragraph 4: 4. By way of derogation from Article 40a(3), unless there is sufficient reason to believe that the appliances or fittings covered by the common specifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article present a risk to the health or safety of persons, the appliances or fittings in compliance with those common specifications which have been placed on the market shall be deemed compliant with this Regulation after the expiry or repeal of an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and after the expiry or deactivation of the internal market emergency mode in accordance with [the IMERA Regulation].

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40e – paragraph 5: 5. When a Member State considers that a common specification referred to in paragraph 1 does not entirely satisfy the essential requirements which it aims to cover and which are set out in Annex I, it shall inform the Commission thereof with a detailed explanation and the Commission shall assess that information. The Commission may amend, where appropriate, the implementing act establishing the common specification in question.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40f – title: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1, Article 40g – paragraph 2: 2. The market surveillance authorities of the Member States shall ensure best efforts are made to provide assistance to other market surveillance authorities during an internal market emergency, including by mobilising and dispatching expert teams to temporarily reinforce the staff of market surveillance authorities requesting assistance or by providing logistical support such as reinforcement of the testing capacity for appliances and fittings designated as crisis-relevant goods.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41a – paragraph 1: 1. Articles 41b to 41g of this Regulation shall only apply if the Commission has adopted an implementing act pursuant to Article 14(5) of [the IMERA Regulation].

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41a – paragraph 2: 2. Articles 41b to 41g shall apply exclusively to fertilising products which have been designated as crisis-relevant goods in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: 3. Articles 41b to 41g, except as regards provisions concerning the powers of the Commission, shall apply during the internal market emergency mode.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41a – paragraph 4: deleted

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41b – paragraph 2: 2. The notified bodies shall ensure all reasonable efforts are made to process all applications for conformity assessment of fertilising products designated as crisis-relevant goods as a matter of priority.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41b – paragraph 4: 4. The prioritisation of applications for conformity assessment of fertilising products pursuant to paragraph 3 shall not give rise to any extraordinary additional costs for the manufacturers, who have lodged those applications.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41b – paragraph 5: 5. The notified bodies shall ensure all reasonable efforts are made to increase their testing capacities for fertilising products designated as crisis-relevant goods in respect of which they have been notified.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41c – paragraph 1: 1. By way of derogation from Article 15, the competent national authority, after carrying out a risk assessment, may authorise, on a duly justified request from an economic operator established in its Member State, the placing on the market within the territory of that Member State, of a specific fertilising product which has been designated as a crisis-relevant good and for which the conformity assessment procedures requiring the mandatory involvement of a notified body referred to in Article 15 have not been carried out by a notified body but for which the compliance with the requirements set out in Annexes I and II has been demonstrated.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41c – paragraph 3 – introductory part: 3. Any authorisation issued by a national competent authority pursuant to paragraph 1 shall set out the conditions and requirements under which the fertilising products may be placed on the market, including at least:

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41c – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) an end date of validity of the authorisation, unless otherwise specified, which cannot go beyond the last day of the period for which the internal market emergency mode has been activated;

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1, Article 41c – paragraph 3 – point e a (new): (ea) labelling requirements, including radio frequency identification, indicating that the fertilising product was authorised under the internal market emergency mode.