Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Ireland had applied prior to 13 August 2004 for an extension on the deadlines in the provisions of Article 5.2 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC pursuant to Article 17(4) of 2002/96/EC (details supplied); and if he will provide a copy of the application and a copy of the notice from the Commission informing the other Member States of this decision. [35102/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Article 17 (4) of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) allowed Ireland to extend the periods referred to in Articles 5(5) and 7(2) in the Directive by up to 24 months.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 17(4), Ireland informed the Commission on 13 April 2005, prior to the transposition of the Directive on 5 July 2005, of its decision to extend these periods by 24 months. A copy of the notification sent to the Commission is being sent to the Deputy. A copy of the Commission's notification of Ireland's position to other Member States was not forwarded to my Department.