notifications: Notification-level data
In jfjelstul/eutr: The European Union Technical Regulations (EUTR) Database

Description Usage Format

This dataset include data on technical regulations proposed at the national level by member states of the EU Single Market (including members of the Single Market that are not members of the EU) that are notified to the Commission under the 2015/1535 procedure. There is one observation per notified technical regulation (1988-2020). The dataset includes information on the start and end dates of the case, the member state that notified the proposed technical regulation, which third-party member states or institutions (if any) submitted comments and/or detailed opinions, and whether the Commission submitted a comment and/or detailed opinion.

1	notifications

A data frame with 16 variables:

key_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation in the dataset.
notification_id: string. An ID number that uniquely identifies the notification in the format TRIS:####:####:XX:N, where the first set of digits is the year of the notification, the second set of digits is the notification number, and XX is the two-digit code assigned by the Commission to the member state that notified the proposed technical regulation.
notification_by_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies the member state that notified the proposed technical regulation to the Commission.
notification_by: string. The name of the member state that notified the proposed technical regulation to the Commission.
notification_by_code: string. A multi-letter code assigned by the Commission that uniquely identifies the member state that notified the proposed technical regulation to the Commission.
start_date: string. The date that the Commission opened the case.
start_year: numeric. The year that the Commission opened the case.
end_date: string. The date that the Commission closed the case.
end_year: numeric. The year that the Commission closed the case.
postponement: dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the notified technical regulation was postponed. Coded 1 if the technical regulation was postponed and 0 otherwise.
comments: string. A list of the member states and institutions that submitted comments with respect to the proposed technical regulation, separated by commas. Coded NA if no member states or institutions submitted opinions.
count_comments: numeric. A count of the number of comments submitted by the third-party member state or institution.
commission_comment: dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the Commission submitted a comment with respect to the notified proposed technical regulation. Coded 1 if the Commission submitted a comment and 0 otherwise.
opinions: string. A list of the member states and institutions that submitted opinions with respect to the proposed technical regulation, separated by commas. Coded NA if no member states or institutions submitted opinions.
count_opinions: numeric. A count of the number of opinions submitted by the third-party member state or institution.
commission_opinion: dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the Commission submitted an opinion with respect to the notified proposed technical regulation. Coded 1 if the Commission submitted an opinion and 0 otherwise.