4.1.4.  INTERNAL MARKET RULES - OTHER PRODUCTS

‘Where can our company find an overview of product laws for goods not belonging to the sectors mentioned in previous sections?

For an answer to these questions, look into the websites and publications presented below.

Such goods concern:         - motor vehicles
                                               - textile products and footwear
                                               - furniture

1.   Summaries of EU laws

How to use this website?

         Example 1:  EU laws on motor vehicles

         Step 1:         Select “Index”

         Step 2:         Select “T” and then “Technical harmonisation”

         Step 3:         Select “Harmonised Sectors – Previous Approach – Motor Vehicles

         Result: the user will find titles and brief summaries of EU laws for various aspects of motor vehicles

         Example 2:  EU laws on textile products

         Step 1:         Select “Index”

         Step 2:         Select “T” and then “Technical harmonisation”

         Step 3:         Select “Harmonised Sectors – Previous Approach – Labelling and packaging – Non food product labelling – Textiles / Shoes

         Result: the user will find titles and brief summaries of EU laws on labelling of textiles and shoes

2.   Full texts of EU laws

How to use this website?

Step 1:  Try to find titles and reference numbers of EU Directives, Regulations, Decisions, etc. via the “Scadplus” website (see I.1.).

               Example: search Directive 200/13/EC

Step 2:   Login to the website of Eur-Lex (click on the link above) and click on “Simple search”.

Step 3:   Click on “Search by natural number”.

Step 4:   Enter the year (“2000”) and the number (“13”), select “Directive” and click on “search”.

Step 4:   Click on “Bibliographic notice”.

Step 5:   Click on the most recent consolidated version of the Directive

3.   EU policy in the field of various products

Select  «Industry sectors ».

Companies can consult different web pages of DG Enterprise and Industry at the European Commission in order to find here references to EU laws and related guidance documents for specific products.

Examples:

1) Textile products:            http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/textile/doc_dir.htm

2) Footwear:                        http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/footwear/intlmarket.htm

3) Furniture:                         http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/furniture/intlmarket.htm

4) Motor Vehicles:              http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/automotive/directives/index.htm