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Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services; (repealed)

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    1. ANNEX I

      EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION BODIES

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    2. ANNEX II

      NATIONAL STANDARDISATION BODIES

      1. 1. BELGIUM

      2. 2. BULGARIA

      3. 3. CZECH REPUBLIC

      4. 4. DENMARK

      5. 5. GERMANY

      6. 6. ESTONIA

      7. 7. GREECE

      8. 8. SPAIN

      9. 9. FRANCE

      10. 10. IRELAND

      11. 11. ITALY

      12. 12. CYPRUS

      13. 13. LATVIA

      14. 14. LITHUANIA

      15. 15. LUXEMBOURG

      16. 16. HUNGARY

      17. 17. MALTA

      18. 18. NETHERLANDS

      19. 19. AUSTRIA

      20. 20. POLAND

      21. 21. PORTUGAL

      22. 22. ROMANIA

      23. 23. SLOVENIA

      24. 24. SLOVAKIA

      25. 25. FINLAND

      26. 26. SWEDEN

      27. 27. UNITED KINGDOM

    3. ANNEX III

      1. PART A Repealed Directives and Decisions

      2. PART B List of deadlines for transposition into national law

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      CORRELATION TABLE

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    5. ANNEX V

      Indicative list of services not covered by the second subparagraph of point 2 of Article 1

      1. 1. Services not provided ‘at a distance’

      2. 2. Services not provided ‘by electronic means’

      3. 3. Services not supplied ‘at the individual request of a recipient...

    6. ANNEX VI

      Indicative list of the financial services covered by the third subparagraph of point 5 of Article 1

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