Directive 1993/68 - Amendment of Directives 87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 90/385/EEC (active implantable medicinal devices), 90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels) and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits)

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

1.

Current status

This directive was in effect from August  2, 1993 until March 31, 1998 and should have been implemented in national regulation on July  1, 1994 at the latest.

2.

Key information

official title

Council Directive 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993 amending Directives 87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 90/385/EEC (active implantable medicinal devices), 90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels) and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits)
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 1993/68
Original proposal COM(1991)145
CELEX number i 31993L0068

3.

Key dates

Document 22-07-1993
Publication in Official Journal 30-08-1993; Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 13 Volume 013,Special edition in Finnish: Chapter 13 Volume 024,Special edition in Swedish: Chapter 13 Volume 024,OJ L 220, 30.8.1993,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 13 Volume 013,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Polish: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 13 Volume 012,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 061
Effect 02-08-1993; Entry into force Date notif.
End of validity 31-03-1998; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 31998L0013
11-08-1998; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 31998L0037
15-01-2007; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 32006L0095
19-07-2007; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 32004L0108
27-10-2009; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 32009L0105
04-01-2010; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 32009L0142
30-06-2013; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 32011R0305
19-07-2013; Partial end of validity Linked to 31988L0378
20-04-2018; Partial end of validity Implicitly repealed by 32016R0425
31-12-9999
Transposition 01-07-1994; See Art 14
Notification 02-08-1993

4.

Legislative text

Avis juridique important

|

5.

31993L0068

Council Directive 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993 amending Directives 87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 90/385/EEC (active implantable medicinal devices), 90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels) and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits)

Official Journal L 220 , 30/08/1993 P. 0001 - 0022

Finnish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 24 P. 0197

Swedish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 24 P. 0197

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993 amending Directives 87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 90/385/EEC (active implantable medicinal devices), 90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels) and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas the Council has already adopted a series of Directives designed to remove technical barriers to trade in accordance with the principles established in its Resolution of 7 May 1985 on a new approach to technical harmonization and standards (4); whereas each of these Directives provides for the affixing of the 'CE' marking; whereas, therefore, in the interests of simplifying Community legislation and making it more consistent, these various provisions need to be replaced by uniform prescriptions; whereas it is therefore necessary to harmonize these provisions, particularly with regard to products which may fall within the scope of several of these Directives;

Whereas, in its communication of 15 June 1989 on a global approach to certification and testing (5), the Commission proposed that common rules be drawn up concerning a 'CE' conformity marking with a single design; whereas, in its Resolution of 21 December 1989 on a global approach to conformity assessment (6), the Council approved as a guiding principle the adoption of a consistent approach such as this with regard to the use of the 'CE' marking;

Whereas the two basic elements of the new approach which must be applied are therefore the essential requirements and the conformity assessment procedures;

Whereas this harmonization of the provisions concerning the affixing and use of the 'CE' marking requires that existing Directives undergo detailed amendment to bring them into line with the new arrangements,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The following Directives are hereby amended:

  • 1. 
    Council Directive 87/404/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to simple pressure vessels (7);
  • 2. 
    Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys (8);
  • 3. 
    Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (9);
  • 4. 
    Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws...

More

This text has been adopted from EUR-Lex.

6.

Original proposal

 

7.

Sources and disclaimer

For further information you may want to consult the following sources that have been used to compile this dossier:

This dossier is compiled each night drawing from aforementioned sources through automated processes. We have invested a great deal in optimising the programming underlying these processes. However, we cannot guarantee the sources we draw our information from nor the resulting dossier are without fault.

 

8.

Full version

This page is also available in a full version containing de geconsolideerde versie, the legal context, de Europese rechtsgrond, other dossiers related to the dossier at hand and finally the related cases of the European Court of Justice.

The full version is available for registered users of the EU Monitor by ANP and PDC Informatie Architectuur.

9.

EU Monitor

The EU Monitor enables its users to keep track of the European process of lawmaking, focusing on the relevant dossiers. It automatically signals developments in your chosen topics of interest. Apologies to unregistered users, we can no longer add new users.This service will discontinue in the near future.