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Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.Articles 5 and 6 shall not apply to those laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States or voluntary agreements by means of which Member States:
(a)comply with binding Union acts which result in the adoption of technical specifications or rules on services;
(b)fulfil the obligations arising out of international agreements which result in the adoption of common technical specifications or rules on services in the Union;
(c)make use of safeguard clauses provided for in binding Union acts;
(d)apply Article 12(1) of Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);
(e)restrict themselves to implementing a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union;
(f)restrict themselves to amending a technical regulation within the meaning of point (f) of Article 1(1), in accordance with a Commission request, with a view to removing a barrier to trade or, in the case of rules on services, to the free movement of services or the freedom of establishment of service operators.
2.Article 6 shall not apply to the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States prohibiting manufacture in so far as they do not impede the free movement of products.
3.Paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 6 shall not apply to the voluntary agreements referred to in point (ii) of the second subparagraph of point (f) of Article 1(1).
4.Article 6 shall not apply to the technical specifications or other requirements or the rules on services referred to in point (iii) of the second subparagraph of point (f) of Article 1(1).
Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety (OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4).
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