Technical progress

The earlier policy on technical harmonisation within the then European Community was to adopt directives for individual products and which set out the technical requirements in great detail. This resulted not only in a great number of directives needing to be developed but the setting out of the technical requirements in such detail proved to be a hindrance to technical progress. 

In addition these directives had to be decided unanimously by the European Council which made their adoption cumbersome and slow. These directives are now referred to as old approach directives. A radical change was needed so that the Community legislation could respond to the needs of both, the completion of the internal market for the products concerned, and the need to offer to industry a flexible legislative environment which would encourage technical progress. 

In North America, quicklime was produced locally as early as 1635 in Rhode Island. It was not until 1733, when lime was shipped by boatioad from Rockland, Maine, to Boston, that lime manufacture was estabUshed as a significant iadustry in commerce. The commercial hydration of lime is a relatively recent development initiated in 1904. Technical progress has allowed the industry to advance rapidly during the latter part of the twentieth century. 

G. L. Brownell, "New Imaging Systems," iu Nuclear Medicine Technical Progress Report, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., July 1, 1974-Apr. 1,1975. 

S. N. Rea, Texas Instruments Incorporated Monthly Technical Progress Report, No. 03-76-31, ERDA/JPL 954475-76-11, Texas Instmments, Dallas, May 1976. 

In the European Union, coal-derived complex chemical substances, ie, those contained in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances, have been classified for carcinogenicity in the twenty-first adaptation to technical progress of the European Commission (EC) Dangerous Substances Directive 1994 67/548/EEC (57). The EC Regulation 793/93 requires data sets to be submitted by producers or importers to the... 

EC 21st Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/EEC (to be pubHshed). 

EEC Regulations for Cold Wave Hair Straightening Eotions and Depilatories, Commission Directive 88/233 CEE adapting to Technical Progress Council Directive 76/768/CEE, Mar. 2,1988. 

EEC Directive adapting to technical progress Directive 76/116/EEC on the approximation of the laws... 

EC Directive adapting to technical progress Directive 90/220/EC on the deliberate release into the... 

EC Directive adapting to technical progress on the classification of dangerous substances Directive 67/... 

EC Directive on dangerous substances adapting the technical progress... 

EC Directive adapting to technical progress for the 24th time 67/548/EEC on dangerous substances... 

EC Directive adapting for the second time to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC on the... 

Breakdown in communications between the building industry and plastic manufacturer probably accounts for a large amount of lost motion and dollars. Perhaps another major cause is the pure sales approach within any industry that, in many cases, can delay technical progress. 

Skaar et al, Technical Progress Report — 1 November to 30 November 1955 , NOTS (1955) 14) Ibid, Minutes of Meeting On... 

In a sense, the articles equate to what you might expect to find in an Act at national level, while the content of Annexes would be more akin to what would be placed in regulations. There is also a parallel in terms of authorisation, in that amendments to the articles usually require the approval of the political institutions, whereas adaptation of the Annexes to technical progress is possible via a decision of the Commission, functioning as the executive body. You can see this in practice by just looking at the title of each instrument that you read. 

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