# European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste, Article 16: Notification

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Without prejudice to Directive 83/189/EEC, before adopting such measures, Member States shall notify the drafts of measures which they intend to adopt within the framework of this Directive to the Commission, excluding measures of a fiscal nature, but including technical specifications linked to fiscal measures which encourage compliance with such technical specifications, in order to permit the latter to examine them in the light of existing provisions following in each case the procedure under the above Directive.
2. If the proposed measure is also a technical matter within the meaning of Directive 83/189/EEC, the Member State concerned may indicate, when following the notification procedures referred to in this Directive, that the notification is equally valid for Directive 83/189/EEC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1994/62/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1994-62/article-16
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