Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
EU Directives
9:00 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented, and the target date for implementation in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34173/05]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The 24 European directives to be implemented by my Department are set out in the following schedule. Four of these directives are overdue for transposition. Council Directive 2004/117/EC 22 December 2004 amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries was due to be transposed by 1 October 2005 and is in the final stages of implementation. Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products which was due to be transposed by 30 October 2005 will be finalised shortly. My Department is currently in the process of taking over responsibility for the remaining two directives from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Commission Directive 2004/1/EC of 6 January 2004 amending Directive 2002/72/EC as regards the suspension of the use of azodicarbonamide as blowing agent and Commission Directive 2004/19/EC of 1 March 2004 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. These directives were due to be transposed by 2 August and 1 September respectively and will be given priority by my Department. In all other cases, I intend to have the directives implemented by the due date.
| Schedule: Directives to be implemented by Department of Agriculture and Food: 24 | |
| Title of Directive | Date by which Directive is to be implemented |
| Commission Directive 2004/1/EC of 6 January 2004 amending Directive 2002/72/EC as regards the suspension of the use of azodicarbonamide as blowing agent. (OJL 007, 13/01/2004, p45) | 2 August 2005 |
| Commission Directive 2004/19/EC of 1 March 2004 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. (OJL 379, 24/12/2004, p107) | 1 September 2005 |
| Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004 amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries. (OJ L14 18/01/05, p18) | 1 October 2005 |
| Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products. (OJL 136, 30/04/04, p58) | 30 October 2005 |
| Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC. (OJL 139, 30/04/04, p321) | 20 November 2005 |
| Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include etoxazole and tepraloxydim as active substances. (OJL 125, 18/05/05, p5) | 30 November 2005 |
| Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include bifenazate and milbemectin as active substances. (OJL 246, 22/9/05, p17) | 1 December 2005 |
| Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 amending Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors, and amending Annex I to Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors. (OJL L55, 01/03/05, p35) | 31 December 2005 |
| Commission Directive 2005/67/EC of 18 October 2005 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation, Annexes I and II to Council Directive 86/298/EEC, Annexes I and II to Council Directive 87/402/EEC and Annexes I, II and III to Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors. (OJL 273 19/10/05, p17) | 31 December 2005 |
| Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 repealing certain Directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC. (OJL 195, 02/06/04, p12) | 1 January 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/46/EC of 8 July 2005 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for amitraz. (OJL 177 09/07/05, p35) | 9 January 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/6/EC of 26 January 2005 amending Directive 71/250/EEC as regards reporting and interpretation of analytical results required under Directive 2002/32/EC. (OJL 24, 27/01/05, p33) | 16 February 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/8/EC of 27 January 2005 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed. (OJL27, 29/01/05, p44) | 18 February 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/7/EC of 27 January 2005 amending Directive 2002/70/EC establishing requirements for the determination of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feedingstuffs. (OJ L27, 29/01/05, p41) | 18 February 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/48/EC of 23 August 2005 amending Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for certain pesticides in and on cereals and certain products of animal and plant origin. (OJ L219 24/08/05, p29) | 24 February 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include chlorothalonil, chlorotoluron, cypermethrin, daminozide and thiophanate-methyl as active substances. (OJL 241, 17/09/2005, p51) | 1 March 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include tribenuron as active substance. (OJL 244, 20/09/2005, p21) | 1 March 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/74/EC of 25 October 2005 amending Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards the maximum residue levels of ethofumesate, lambda-cyhalothrin, methomyl, pymetrozine and thiabendazole fixed therein. (OJL 26/10/05, p9) | 26 April 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include MCPA and MCPB as active substances. (OJL 246, 22/9/05, p14) | 1 May 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/76/EC of 8 November 2005 amending Council Directives 90/642/EEC and 86/362/EEC as regards the maximum residue levels of kresoxim-methyl, cyromazine, bifenthrin, metalaxyl and azoxystrobin fixed therein. (OJL 293 9/11/05, p14) | 9 May 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb, and metiram as active substances. (OJL 279, 22/10/05, p63) | 1 July 2006 |
| Commission Directive 2005/43/EC of 23 June 2005 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 68/193/EEC on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine. (OJL 164, 24/06/05m p37) | 31 July 2006 |
| Council Directive 2005/24/EC of 14 March 2005 with regard to the use of ova and embryos and storage centres for semen from pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species. (OJL 78, 24/03/05, p43) | 23 March 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2005/70/EC of 20 October 2005 amending Council Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for certain pesticides in and on cereals and certain products of animal and plant origin. (OJL 276, 21/10/05, p35) | 21 April 2006 |
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