Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
1:30 pm
Mr. Matthew Collins:
That is the approach the Commission has taken. The Commission is leaving it open to the member states to look at their own national circumstances and determine the best way of achieving the proposals. At this stage, it is a proposal and there are a number of stages involved. The Commission would never approach us at this stage to ask us how we will achieve it. The Commission has made a proposal that has to be approved by the Council and the European Parliament. There is a timeframe for implementation of the objectives thereafter. Then the objectives will be set with certain dates as well.
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