Written answers
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Department of Agriculture and Food
EU Directives
9:00 am
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of EU directives awaiting transposition into law in his Department; the reasons for the delays; and the reaction of the EU Commission in each case to such delays. [34927/10]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The 20 directives to be transposed into national law for which my Department has responsibility are set out in the attached schedule. None are overdue for transposition. I intend to have the directives implemented by the due date in each case.
Title of Directive | Date by which Directive is to be implemented |
Commission Directive 2010/6/EU of 9 February 2010 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards mercury, free gossypol, nitrites and Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca | 1 November 2010 |
Commission Directive 2010/58/EU of 23 August 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance iprodione | 24 December 2010 |
Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law | 26 December 2010 |
Commission Directive 2009/106/EC of 14 August 2009 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption | 31 December 2010 |
Commission Directive 2009/145/EC of 26 November 2009 providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those landraces and varieties | 31 December 2010 |
Commission Directive 2010/39/EU of 22 June 2010 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specific provisions relating to the active substances clofentezine, diflubenzuron, lenacil, oxadiazon, picloram and pyriproxyfen | 31 December 2010 |
Commission Directive 2010/46/EU of 2 July 2010 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species | 31 December 2010 |
Council Directive 2009/143/EC of 26 November 2009 amending Directive 2000/29/EC as regards the delegation of the tasks of laboratory testing. | 1 January 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/38/EU of 18 June 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include sulfuryl fluoride as active substance | 28 February 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/42/EU of 28 June 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include FEN 560 (fenugreek seed powder) as active substance | 30 April 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/50/EU of 10 August 2010 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include dazomet as an active substance in Annex I thereto | 31 July 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/51/EU of 11 August 2010 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide as an active substance in Annex I thereto | 31 July 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/52/EU of 11 August 2010 amending, for the purposes of adaptation of their technical provisions, Council Directive 76/763/EEC relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors | 1 March 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 amending, for the purpose of adapting their technical provisions, Council Directives 80/720/EEC and 86/297/EEC and Directives 2003/37/EC, 2009/60/EC and 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry | 29 September 2011 |
Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides | 26 November 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/60/EU of 30 August 2010 providing for certain derogations for marketing of fodder plant seed mixtures intended for use in the preservation of the natural environment | 30 November 2011 |
Commission Directive 2010/54/EU of 20 August 2010 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC to renew the inclusion of azimsulfuron as active substance | 31 January 2012 |
Commission Directive 2010/55/EU of 20 August 2010 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC to renew the inclusion of azoxystrobin as active substance | 31 January 2012 |
Commission Directive 2010/56/EU of 20 August 2010 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC to renew the inclusion of prohexadione as active substance | 31 January 2012 |
Commission Directive 2010/57/EU of 26 August 2010 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC to renew the inclusion of imazalil as active substance | 31 January 2012 |
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