CHAPTER IIIU.K. EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION DELIVERABLES IN SUPPORT OF UNION LEGISLATION AND POLICIES

Article 11U.K.Formal objections to harmonised standards

1.When a Member State or the European Parliament considers that a harmonised standard does not entirely satisfy the requirements which it aims to cover and which are set out in the relevant Union harmonisation legislation, it shall inform the Commission thereof with a detailed explanation and the Commission shall, after consulting the committee set up by the corresponding Union harmonisation legislation, if it exists, or after other forms of consultation of sectoral experts, decide:

(a)to publish, not to publish or to publish with restriction the references to the harmonised standard concerned in the Official Journal of the European Union;

(b)to maintain, to maintain with restriction or to withdraw the references to the harmonised standard concerned in or from the Official Journal of the European Union.

2.The Commission shall publish information on its website on the harmonised standards that have been subject to the decision referred to in paragraph 1.

3.The Commission shall inform the European standardisation organisation concerned of the decision referred to in paragraph 1 and, if necessary, request the revision of the harmonised standards concerned.

4.The decision referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

5.The decision referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(3).