Written answers
Thursday, 15 December 2005
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
EU Directives
5:00 pm
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive name, directive reference number and number of cases where Ireland has been formally cautioned under Article 226 of the treaty of the European Community, issued a reasoned opinion under Article 226 of the treaty of the European Community, the Commission has declared its intention to go the European Court of Justice, taken to the European Court of Justice by the Commission, formally cautioned under Article 228 of the treaty of the European Community, issued a reasoned opinion under Article 228 and issued with daily fines by the European Court of Justice in regard to environmental protection. [39709/05]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In areas for which my Department has responsibility, the European Commission is in correspondence in respect of 49 cases relating to possible infringements of EU environmental legislation. These cases are at various stages of proceedings as set out in the table below. Fines have not been ordered by the European Court of Justice in regard to any case taken against Ireland.
| Stage in proceedings | |||||||
| Directive Number and General Reference | Article 226 Letter of Formal Notice | Article 226 Reasoned Opinion | Being Referred to the European Court of Justice | Before the European Court of Justice for a hearing | European Court of Justice Decision to be Implemented | Article 228 Letter of Formal Notice | Article 228 Reasoned Opinion |
| 2004/ 26/EC on emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002/88/EC relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002/3/EC ozone in ambient air | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001/80/EC on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001/81/EC on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/42/CE on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain paints and varnishes and vehicle refinishing products | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000/35/EEC on public participation in certain plans and programmes relating to the environment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92/43/EEC on habitats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 79/409/EEC on wild birds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75/442/EEC the waste directive | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75/439/EEC on the disposal of waste oils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/12/EC on packaging and packaging waste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94/62/EC on packaging waste | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000/53/EC on end of life vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91/271/EEC on urban waste water treatment | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91/676/EEC on nitrates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76/464/EEC on dangerous substances in water | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80/778/EEC on the quality of drinking water for human consumption | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80/68/EC on groundwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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