Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters regarding a 'Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement' under the framework of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Poland of the other part
<*mmmim COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 30. 06. 1997 COM(97) 320 final 97/0170 (ACC) Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION Concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters regarding a "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement" under the framework of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Poland of the other part. (presented by the Commission) Explanatory memorandum The Polish certification system which came into force in 1995 required a long list of industrial products to be subject to an obligatory certification procedure in Poland thus creating difficulties to trade which have caused particular concern to the Community. The Association Committee of the Europe Agreement therefore found it essential to regulate the matter bilaterally by forming a Working Group on certification aimed at solving these problems. In that context, the need was felt to establish a global approach addressing the different issues of certification and to agree on a plan and time schedule for furthering the adoption by Poland of the European Union's principles in the field of standardisation and conformity assessment. This was translated into a "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement". This Protocol provides an organised framework for ensuring the recognition in Poland of products legally marketed and certified in the Community, for conducting an evaluation of the capacity of Polish conformity assessment bodies to certify in accordance with EU Directives with a view to concluding at a later stage European the Conformity Assessment Agreements, approximation of Polish law to EC Directives in the field of certification and conformity assessment, as well as for providing Poland with the required technical assistance. for establishing a time-table for The approach embedded in the Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement has been considered as acceptable by the Member States within the Council Central European Group, and thereafter agreed by the Association Committee of 6-7 March 1997. initialed the text of the Protocol on European Conformity The Commission Assessment Agreement at the margins of the Association Committee on 7 March 1997. It accordingly invites the Council to adopt the annexed proposal for a Council Decision aiming at formalising this approach through an exchange of letters. ^ Proposal for a Council Decision Concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters regarding a "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement" under the framework of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Poland of the other part, THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with Article 228, paragraph 2, thereof, having regard to the proposal of the Commission, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Poland regarding a "Protocol European Conformity Assessment Agreement" under the framework of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community. The text of this Agreement is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President 3. Exchange of letters between the Republic of Poland and the Community regarding the 'Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement" A. Letter from the Community Sir, I have the honour to refer to the consultations which took place on 6-7 February 1997 between the European Community and the Republic of Poland concerning the "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement". I confim the agreement of the European Community on this "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement" annexed to this letter and which forms part of this letter. I should be obliged if you would confirm the agreement of the Republic of Poland to the contents of this letter. On behalf of the Council of the European Union B. Letter from the Republic of Poland I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows: ''Sir, I have the honour to refer to the consultations which took place on 6-7 February 1997 between the European Community and the Republic of Poland concerning "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement ". the I confim the agreement of the European Community on this "Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement" annexed to this letter and which forms part of this letter. I should be obliged if you would confirm the agreement of the Republic of Poland to the contents of this letter. " I have the honour to confirm that the Republic of Poland is in agreement with the contents of this letter. On behalf of the Republic of Poland r Protocol on European Conformity Assessment Agreement 1. In the framework of the Europe Agreement and, in particular, of its articles 68, 69, 70 and 74, the declared objective of Poland is ultimately to apply the European Union standards and certification system. 2. To this end, the co-operation between Poland and the EU will help Poland adopting the European Union's principles in the field of standards and conformity assessment in its own legal and regulatory corpus. 3. To achieve this, as well as for the realisation of this protocol, the European Commission and Poland will act on an agreed plan and time schedule along the following lines. a) The European Commission will provide Poland with: • • the necessary information and communication procedures; technical advice, training as required and consulting; The Commission will study the possibility and will supply technical support, including special equipment, to upgrade the capacity and capability of the Polish laboratories and certification bodies. It is understood that technical and financial assistance will be provided in particular by the Phare programme, within the limits of available resources. Such assistance is implemented through the list of actions and programmes, with priorities indicated, specified in Annex 1. This list will be re-examined regularly and adapted according to the needs. The objective of this assistance is to help Poland progressively implement the Community legislation in the Polish legal system. b) The Parties decided that following an assessment of the technical competencies of the Polish Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) and testing laboratories, a European Conformity Assessment Agreement (ECAA) with sectoral annexes will be completed as a framework agreement. Both Parties declare their willingness to achieve positive results for such an agreement in 1997. For this purpose both Parties will proceed as follows: bl) The Polish side will specify in written form the CABs, including the categories of products for which they are competent, to be assessed. G b2) In the first half of 1997, the three first Polish CABs will be assessed by the relevant EU experts at the expense of the EU. The Polish side will specify those three CABs before the end of March 1997. The negotiations on an ECAA-framework shall start not later than 1 month after a positive evaluation of one of these CABs. An evaluation will be positive whenever a Polish CAB will fulfil the requirements established by the EC directives covering its area of competence. b3) Other CABs specified will also be assessed by the relevant EU experts at the expense of the EU. Thereafter, EU experts shall conclude their evaluation and produce a report within three months. b4) For those other CABs for which the evaluation is positive, negotiations on the concerned sectoral annexes of the ECAA shall start not later than 1 month after the evaluation. An evaluation will be positive whenever a Polish CAB will fulfil the requirements established by the EC directives covering its area of competence. b5) During the ECAA-negotiations, either on the framework agreement in relation to the first CABs or on the subsequent sectoral annexes of this agreement, the EU experts shall assess the level of approximation of Polish legislation to the relevant EC- legislation covering the scope of competence of the given CAB. Negotiations will be concluded once the relevant Community legislation covering the area of competence of the CABs has been implemented. b6) The objective is to conclude negotiations on the ECAA for a first number of sectors before the end of 1997. The ECAA shall enter into force as soon as the internal procedures on both sides are completed including its publication in the Official Journals of both parties. b7) After the conclusion of a sectoral annex of the ECAA the Polish CAB will be designated by the Polish authorities and accordingly published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Thereafter the products certified and tested in accordance with the relevant EC Directives by this corresponding Polish CAB will be automatically accepted in the EU as well as in Poland without any additional procedures. c) Poland declares its intention to introduce the relevant Community directives into its national leaal svstem as indicated in Annex 2. 4. The Polish Party will effect all necessary changes to achieve an EU-compatible certification system through new legislation to be submitted by the government to the Parliament before the end of 1997. 5. Having in mind technical support of the European Union and the recognition of Polish CABs, in the interim period until this legislation enters into force : a) for products originating in the EU which are subject to mandatory third party certification in the EU, the Polish Party will examine in order to recognise testing reports and certification documents produced by notified bodies in the EU. After checking the documents issued by the notified bodies in the EU, EU products will be automatically given a B-safety certificate by the Polish CABs at the latest within three weeks after presentation of. the relevant documents to the Polish CABs. The cost of this procedure is understood to be limited to normal administrative costs1 , i. e. only the administrative costs defined in the price list of the certification body. b) for products originating in the EU which are subject to declaration of conformity by the manufacturer in the EU, the Polish Government will present to the Parliament, before the end of May 1997, proposal for the necessary amendments to the law on testing and certification, in a view of its early adoption under the accelerated procedure. This proposal will allow for the acceptance in Poland of EC declaration of conformity of producers in the EU. As soon as these amendments are adopted such products will be automatically given a B-safety certificate2 by the Polish authorities at the latest within three weeks of presentation of such declarations. The cost of this procedure is understood to be limited to normal administrative cost1 i. e. only the administrative costs defined in the price list of the certification body. For products originating in Poland which are subject to declaration of conformity by the 1 It is understood that the average administrative cost amounts to not more than 10% of the price of the whole certification procedure. 2 or equivalent document as specified by the amended law on testing and certification manufacturer in accordance to EC Directives, it is confirmed that such products will continue to be accepted in the Community. c) for products originating in the EU which are not subject to any regulation or certification procedures in the EU, and which are subject to mandatory certification in Poland, the Polish Party undertakes to eliminate from the list of products subject to mandatory certification in Poland (as specified in Annex3): • a first group of products, consisting of more than half of the aforementioned products, before the end of March 1997, • the remaining products by the end of 1997. The products concerned have been specified by the EU in Annex 3. The Polish Party will inform the EU about the products removed from certification requirements after each reduction. d) in accordance with the provisions established in the above points, for those products subject to compulsory third party certification in the EU, the EU authorities will accept the EC certificates issued by the Polish conformity assessment bodies designated by the Polish authorities, under the European Conformity Assessment Agreement after the signature of this agreement by Poland and the EU, when the Polish conformity assessment bodies are deemed to be competent. e) nevertheless, complaints from citizens, public entities or enterprises on the safety and quality of marketed or certified products originating in the EU exported to Poland will be received by the Polish authorities, and may be notified to the European Commission providing all relevant information. In such cases, the parties shall immediately enter into consultations in order to find mutually acceptable solutions. 6. In order to ensure an effective implementation of this agreement and an appropriate harmonisation of the Polish conformity assessment system with the EU standards, both parties will intensify their co-operation, in particular. with a view to encourage Poland's participation in the work of specialised organisations (CEN, Cenelec, ETSI, EOTC, EAL, EAC). 7. Both parties will meet on a semestrial basis in order to review the progress made in the implementation of the above provisions. These meetings will provide for an opportunity to liaise and ask for clarifications about problems encountered in the trade Hows between both sides. 5> 8. The Polish party undertakes to put into place the appropriate legal provisions for the continuation of the non-application of sanctions. 9. Both parties agree to formalise the present document through an exchange of letters. Priority actions for realization within PHARE Programme (Annexes) Annex 1 Action No. Topic Date Objective 1 2 -> 4 5 6 Analisis of the European certification in regulatory area (study tours) JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 Training in tne field of the New Approach Directives Training in EC Directives implementation Training for experts of certification bodies (could be designated bodies) in the field of requirements of the New Approach Directictives Training for laboratory staff in the field of test performance for conformity to the requirements of the New Approach Directives Training for manufacturers/industries Federations for the implementation of quality assurance system /)S\ Obtaining necessary information for works on the revision of the Act on testing and certification Training employees of administration, industry and certification bodies Training experts in the field of requirements and implementation of Directives Detailed familiarization of employees of certification bodies with the requirements of directives and their observance Familiarization of laboratory employees with the tasks of laboratories designated for defined Directives Familiarisation of manufacturers with ISO 9000 ANNEX 2 Directive No Title Decision needed Foreseen Date of Implementation 87/404/EEC Simple pressure vessels 88/378/EEC Safety of toys 89/106/EEC Construction products impl. 89/336/EEC Electromagnetic compability 89/686/EEC Personal protective Ministry of Economy Ministry of Economy Ministry of Economy Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication Ministry of Economy 89/392/EEC 90/384/EEC 85/384/EEC 90/385/EEC 90/396/EEC 91/263/EEC 92/42/EEC 93/15/EEC 93/42/EEC 93/68/EEC 94/9/EEC 94/25/EEC equipment Machinery Non-automatic weighting instruments Non-automatic weighting instruments Active implantable medical devices Appliances burning gaseous fuel Telecom terminal equipment New hot water boilers Explosives for civil users Medical devices Low voltage Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potenially explosive atmospheres Recreational boats 85/374/EEC Liability for 92/59/EEC defective products General safety of products Ministry of Economy Central Office of Measures Central Office of Measures Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Ministry of Economy Ministry of Posts and and Telecommunication Ministry of Economy Ministry of Economy Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Ministry of Economy Ministry of Economy State Sport and Turism Administration Ministry of Justice Ministry of Economy New law on testing and certification Lifts Ministry of Economy Ministry of Economy 92/59/EEC 1997 1998 partially 1997 1997 1997 fully impl. fully impl. 1998 1998 1998 1998 2003 1998 1997 2003 2000 1997 1997 1998 1999 ^2 ANNEX 3 0454-1 0454-13 0454-15 0455-1 0455-15 -25 0455-1 -2 -4 0455-4 0457-1 _2 -4 0461 0462-4 -5 -6 0471 -23 0476-15 -18 -28 0477-15 0478-2 0479-1. ? 0483-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 04 - Ferrous metallurgy products Bars and medium profiles - hot rolled (except of these for concrete reinforcement, for bearing, suspension springs and motor car construction). Medium profiles (profiles for wheel bands) Medium bars and profiles - for rolling bearing - for suspension spring - for motor car construction Thin bars and profiles for concrete reinforcement Thin and superthin bars and profiles - for rolling bearings - for suspension springs - for motor car constructions Bars, thin and superthin profiles hot rolled and wire rod (except of these for concrete reinforcement, bearings, car constructions and for chains and ropes) Wire rod - for chains and ropes - for rolling bearings - for car construction Universal mill plates and hot rolled sheets SIMPTEST ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM SIMPTEST Steel seamless tubes pull broached and non pull broached except of these for constructions and for heat and gas engineering Tubes seamed non pull broached (except these for constructions for conduits used in gas engineering and in heat engineering) SIMPTEST SIMPTEST Cold rolled sheet (for motorization industry) Bars drawn, bright ground bars polished ZETOM ZETOM Turned bars (for rolling bearings) Steel drawn wires for the tyres Roll formed shapes ZETOM ~ ZETOM SIMPTEST Die forgings - for motorization (specially for suspension system of the wheels, towing hooks, steering systems and braking system) - related transport devices - for buildings engineering, scaffolding constructions, and for (without powering) for mining, for construction related to transport and vertical communication, for suspension systems and f°r Po w er engineering SIMPTEST '>3 0533-1 0533-2 0542-1 1 0542-12 0551-33 0551-15 0561-32 0562-22 05 - Products of non ferrous metals industry ZETOM Founding aluminium alloys (for motorization) Founding zinc alloys (for motorization) K ZETOM Sintered bearings from non ferrous metal powder (for motorization, ZETOM railway system and other systems of traction) Sintered bearings from iron powder (for motorization, railway system and other systems of traction) Brass strips (for motorization) Aluminium alloy wire rod (for cables) Brass bars Aluminium alloys bars ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM 0611-1 I Gray iron casting: I SIMPTEST 06 - Metal industry products 0611-2 0631-0635 0638 0644-12 0652-72 0653 0655-112 0655-511 0655-526 0655-542 0655-551 0655-565 0655-57 0655-9 0679-3 0679-3 0719-7 system, head stacks) for motorization industry for suspension steering system, braking system, distribution shaft and crankshaft; for agricultural machines; for machine industry (beds, stands, slides fixed Malleable iron casting for motorization industry and for agricultural machines Rolling bearings for motorcars Slide bearings (for combustion motors used in motorcars and tractors) Pics, tampers, etc. Suspension spring for wheeled vehicles (motor, cars and trailers) Screws of mechanical properties better than 8. 8 and nuts of mechanical properties 5 (for motorcars and trailers) including screws and nuts for fixing the wheels, special screws to protect the wheels against thieves. Round assembled cans for processed vegetables and fruits Heavy steel sheet barrels with rings to be rolled (for the transport purposes) Steel sheet barrels for pigments Tinned steel sheet round shaped containers Tinned steel watering cans with valve head closing and lever type closing Wire construction containers Metal canisters for gasoline Wrappings and metal canisters not being the subject of the technical surveillance, and elements for the enclosures like: valves fittings for the connection with the bottle or the container for the liquid gas Assemblies and parts of the mechanical home appliances electrically powered with the voltage higher than safe (excluding luminary equipment, programmers and hydrostates). Assemblies and parts for mechanized home appliances electrically powered - luminary equipment, programmers and hydrostates 07-08 Machines and devices Assemblies and parts for the combustion piston engines - other exhaust silencers not covered by the Rule N°59 - air filters and filter cartridges - fuel filters and their cartridges for spark ignition - fuel filters for compression ignition engines and their engines cartridges /Kf SIMPTEST ZETOM ZETOM SIMPTEST POMOT PIMOT COBRO COBRO COBRO COBRO COBRO COBRO PIMOT IGNIG PCBC BBJ -SEP PIMOT - oil filters and their cartridges, membranes for the fuel pumps 0874-2 without 234 ' 0875-71 0875-72 0875-73 0875-8 0876-11 0876-2 0876-3 0876-41 Devices for ventilators and air conditioning powered with the voltage higher than safe (home use) Gear boxes - general use (gear boxes for motor-cars) Special gear boxes Driving axles for building engineering machines Clutches and clutch plates (for motor-cars) Hydraulic pumps(not conventional hand operated) Hydraulic valves used in hydraulic systems Elements transforming energy of the working liquid into a mechanical energy by means of hydraulic systems Hydraulic filters 10 Means of Transport 1029-63 I Completed drive shafts 1029-64 1029-65 1029-66 1029-69 1029-99 Cruciform articulated joints of drive shafts and axles shafts Completed driving axles and axles shafts Coolers Road wheels, wheel discs, wheel rings Other assemblies and parts of chassis Frontal suspension - assemblies and elements and: stud axles, wheel hub. wheel arms, articulate joints and sleeves for steering knuckles axles beams, joints, suspension arms suspension arms sleeves, pivots, axles and suspension pins. control rods, rods and articulated joints of antivoll bars Rear suspension elements suspension arms, axles and suspension arm joins, control rods. Devices for steering system blockage (with these to be removed and taken off before driving). Motor car buffer (bracket bars, shells) according to the Rule N°42. Car mirrors according to the Rule N°46 11. Products of Electrical and Electronics Industry 1 1 15-82 1 132-329 Terminal strips for low switching station Devices providing safety for traffic : PCBC PIMOT PIMOT PIMOTS IMBIGS IMBIGS IMBIGS IMBIGS IMBIGS I PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT ITS BBJ SEP ITS (ECE) plates to indicate that vehicle is long and heavy plates to indicate that vehicle is slow- plates to indicate that vehicle is carrying dangerous materials number plates (registration numbers) warning triangles according to the Rule N° 27 earthing devices for the vehicles carrying dangerous materials road signs 1134 I 135-1 1135-33 1 135-6 1 135-7 I 135-8 Accumulators (car batteries) and primary batteries Motor-car generators and electromagnetic and electronic regulations Lights for bicycles Electric starters for motor-car vehicles Electric ignition devices and electronic ignition devices for combustion motors including ignition coils sparking plugs and time distributors Electric and electronic accessory of instillation in motor-cars vehicles with combustion engines CLAiO ITS ITS PIMOT PIMOTS ITS •IT 1- 2- 3- 4- completed wipes including: - mechanisms - viper blanks junction with 7 connectors for trailers including: - nests - plugs ignition cables (completed) windscreen washer - completed including: - electric pumps - washers circuit breakers for direction indicator lamps disconnecting switches for car batteries contactors for reversing light and stop lights emergency lights circuit breakers wiper programmers electromagnetic valves fuses and fuse boxes groups of wires contact terminals for cables ignitions cut of with steering gear blockade combined switches mounted on the steering columns switches connectors for motorcycles and mopeds 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11 - 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- Picture tubes, black and white and colour 12-13 Chemical industry products I Fertilizers Brake liquids Liquids used in cooling system of the combustion engines Detergents Moulding compositions (phenole) with special dielectric properties _^ Melamine moulding composition with dielectric and special properties Phthaleine carbumide ground coat - general purpose for stoving Phthaleine carbumide enamels - special, for stoving used in motorization Asphalt varnish modified products (for anti corrosive protection of motor-car vehicles e. g. type Cylbokar, Hydrobit D-2) Phthalein modified paints based on water dilated resins for ground coating in motorization Polyester modified paints based on water diluted resins (used in motorization) Products for air drying varnish, masticgum etc. used to protect chassis and closed surfaces of motor-car vehicles against the corrosion Cylinder head packing and exhaust pipe packing (for combustion engines of motor-car vehicles) Polystyrene sheeting for thermal forming for mechanical wrapping of food products PVC hoses - for petrol and oils - for compressed air and gases - for crop protection products - for automatic wash machines (except for motorization) PVC hoses (fuel hoses for motorization) • K PCBC I PCBC PCBC ITS ZETOM ZETOM IPTiF IPTiF IPTiF IPTiF IPTiF IPTiF PIMOT IPTiF ZETOM PIMOT 1 155-31 1231 1244-98 1244-98 ? 1262-21 -22 1262-62 1313-434 1313-463 1315-2 1316-221 1316-222 1317 1338-21 -22 1361 -262 1361-41 1361-41 1361-554 I Finishing presswork from plastified PVC (packing for 1362-5 refrigerations) Plastic details for means of transport: - grake master cylinder coupling - motor-car buffers - brake fluid supply tanks and tanks for coupling fluid - steering wheels for motor-cars Plastic details for automatic wash machines Plastic details formachines (except for washing machines) Pipes of polyamide type 11 or 12 for pneumatic brake system Plastic barrels for food products Plastic drums 1362-6 1362-6 1363-15 1364-121 1364-13 1364-141 ~~ Plastic boxes (cleated) 1364-16 1364-17 1369-21 1371-61 - 62 -63 -64 1371-65 1371-1 1373-1 Plastic canisters for gasoline Plastic boxes (non cleated) Insulating tapes and cambric (impregnated) Inner tubes for motor-car vehicles, tractors and other vehicles used. jn agriculture Inner tubes for motor cycles and scooters Inner tubes and tyres for bicycles and mopeds Seals cut out, formed etc. products (except for motorization) - for brakes used in railway - for gas system devices - for automatic wash machines Rubber packing rings: - rubber packing rings for brakes and clutches - rubber guards for brakes and clutches Suspensions, clutches, bearings, bumping blocks made of rubber: - rubber- - rubber- metal sleeves for suspension of steering system and for motor-car vehicle suspension metal elements for power transmitting, suspension of the vehicle and suspension of the steering systems Rubbers hoses (without these used in motorization) - for water and steam - for gasoline and oils - for compressed air and gases - for crop protection products - for automatic wash machines - high pressure hoses for hydraulic devices Rubber hoses (without these used in medicine) - rubber hoses for gasoline - elastic hoses for pneumatic brakes Ebonite blocks and covers for car batteries Other industrial rubber products - rubber for wipers Conveyer rubber belts (non flammable) V belts (rubber) closed loop and with free ends Rubber injectors 1462-11 Silicate cotton and products of silicate cotton 0 4 1373-111 1373-153 1373-5 1373-5 1373-84 1373-99 1374-1 1374-3 I 1376-41 ZETOM ZETOM ZETOM ^ IPTiF PIMOT COBRO COBRO COBRO PIMOT "COBRO ZETOM ZETjOM ZETOM ZETOM PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT ZETOM PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT PIMOT PCBC 17-18 wood works industry products and paper industry products Chipboards (pressed) for furnitures Electrically insulating paper Body paper to be saturated with parafine 1722-1 1814-42 1814-442 1814-457 "~ Body paper for laminating 1822-11 1822-13 1822-34 1823-241 - 242 1825 Card board boxes with surprint and without surprint used to park food products (made of corrugated board) Card board boxes with surprint and without surprint for food products and cosmetics and for household chemistry products Self opening square bags one and two luges for packing of loose food products Cylinder head packing and exhaust pipe packing (combustion engines for motor-car vehicles) Paper products used at schools - exercise books and copy books - blocks of paper for drawing ZETOM ZETOM COBRO COBRO COBRO COBRO COBRO PIMOT OBRPPNiSS n^ ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 320 final DOCUMENTS EN 06 05 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-308-EN-C ISBN 92-78-21641-0 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg s\9