Written answers
Thursday, 27 October 2005
Department of Transport
EU Directives
5:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters received by his Department from the Commission or other EU bodies relating to non-transposed directives in each of the years from 1997 and to date in 2005; the legislation in each case; if that legislation has since been transposed into Irish law or if it is still outstanding; if still outstanding, the date by which it was meant to have been transposed; the title of the directive which has been waiting transposition for the longest period in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31150/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The directives which have not yet been transposed into Irish law are set out in the following table.
| No. | Title | Deadline for Transposition |
| 1 | Directive 1999/17/EC of 18 March 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/761/EEC relating to motor vehicle headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped headlamps and to incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps | 01/04/1999 |
| 2 | Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) | 09/05/2003 |
| 3 | Directive 2000/79/EC of 27 November 2000 concerning `the European Agreement on the Organisation of Working Time of Mobile Workers in Civil Aviation concluded by the Association of European Airlines (AEA), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), the European Cockpit Association (ECA), the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the International Air Carriers Association (IACA) | 01/12/2003 |
| 4 | Directive 2002/85/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 amending Directive 92/6/EEC on the installation and use of speed limitation devices for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community | 01/01/2005 |
| 5 | Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. | 23/03/2005 |
| 6 | Commission Regulation 1360/2002/EC adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport. | 05/08/2005 |
| 7 | Directive 2003/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2003 on occurrence reporting in civil aviation. | 04/07/2005 |
| 8 | Directive 2003/35/EC of the 26 June 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regarding to public participation and access to justice Council Directive 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC | 25/06/2005 |
The directive which has been waiting transposition for the longest period is Directive 1999/17/EC of 18 March 1999 (No. 1 on table above).
Warning letters which issued to my Department in each of the years from 1997 to date are outlined in the following table.
| Subject | Years letters received | Number of Letters | Transposed | If outstanding, date it was due to be transposed |
| Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on "Access to the Groundhandling market at Community Airports" which was due to be transposed by 25 October 1997. | 1997 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 95/18/EC of 19 July 1995 on the European Communities (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations, 1999 | 1998 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 95/91/EC of 19 July 1995 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charging of infrastructure fees | 1998 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Council Directive 96/53/EC of 23 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights | 1998 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Council Directive 98/14/EC of 6 February 1998 adapting to technical progress Council directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers | 1998 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Commission Directive 98/77/EC of 2 October 1998 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles | 1999 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Commission Directive 1999/100/EC adapting to technical progress Council directive 80/1268/EEC relating to the carbon dioxide emissions and the fuel consumption of motor vehicles and 1999/102/EEC of 15 December 1999 adapting to technical progress Council directive 70/220/EEC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles | 2000 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Commission Directive 1999/52/EC of 26 May 1999 of adapting to technical progress Council Directive 96/96/EC on the approximation of the laws of Member states relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers | 2001 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Council Directive 72/166/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member states relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of obligation to insure against such liability | 2001 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail | 2000 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Council Directive 98/20/EC of 30 March 1998 amending Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of aero planes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation | 2002 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high speed rail system | 2002 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 | 2004 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Council Directive 2000/79/EC of 27 November 2000 concerning the European Agreement on the Organisation of Working Time of Mobile Workers in Civil Aviation concluded by the Association of European Airlines (AEA), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), the European Cockpit Association (ECA), the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the International Air Carrier Association (IACA) | 2004 | 2 | 1 Dec 2003 | |
| Directive 2003/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2003 on occurrence reporting in civil aviation | 2005 | 1 | 4 July 2005 | |
| Directive 2000/9/EC on Cableway Installations Designed to Carry Persons | 2002 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2002/15 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities | 2005 | 1 | 23 March 2005 | |
| Directive 2000/56 of 14 Sept 2000 amending Council Directive 91/439/EEC on driving licenses | 2004 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19th March 2001 on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system | 2003 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways | 2003 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings | 2003 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification | 2003 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2000/30/EC relating to random technical roadside inspection of commercial vehicles | 2002 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and amending Council Directives 1973/239/EEC and 1988/357/EEC (Fourth motor insurance Directive) | 2002 | 1 | Transposed | |
| Directive 2002/85/EC relating to the installation and use of speed limiters in certain categories of motor vehicles | 2005 | 1 | 1 January 2005 |
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