Written answers
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
EU Directives
11:00 pm
Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 724: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into Irish law; the number of such EU directives which are overdue for transposition; when the overdue directives will be transposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10045/07]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The 13 directives to be transposed into national law for which my Department has responsibility are set out in the schedule. None are overdue for transposition. I intend to have the directives implemented by the due date in each case.
| Schedule | |
| Directives to be implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Food: 13 | |
| Title of Directive | Date by which Directive is to be implemented |
| 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 2006/56/EC of 12 June 2006 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot. (OJL 182, 04/06/2006, p1) | 31 March 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2006/63/CE of 14 July 2006 amending Annexes II to VII to Council Directive 98/57/EC on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. (OJL 206, 27/07/06, p.27) | 31 March 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed. (OJL 339 6/12/2006, p12) | 30 June 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2006/127/EC of 7 December 2006 amending Directive 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of vegetable species. (OJL 343 8/12/2006, p.82) | 30 June 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2007/6/EC of 14 February 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include metrafenone, Bacillus subtilis, spinosad and thiamethoxam as active substances. (OJL 43 15.2.2007, p. 13) | 31 July 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2007/8/EC of 20 February 2007 amending Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for phosphamidon and mevinphos. (OJL 63, 1/3/2007, p.9) | 1 September 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2007/9/EC of 20 February 2007 amending the Annexe to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for aldicarb. (OJL 63, 1/3/2007, p.17 | 1 September 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2007/11/EC of 21 February 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for acetamiprid, thiacloprid, imazosulfuron, methoxyfenozide, S-metholachlor, milbemectin and tribenuron. (OJL 63, 1/3/2007, p26) | 1 September 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2006/130/EC of 11 December 2006 implementing Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of criteria for exempting certain veterinary medicinal products for food-producing animals from the requirement of a veterinary prescription. (OJL 349 12/12/2006 p.15) | 30 September 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for organochlorine compounds in animal feed. (OJL 271, 30/09/2006, p53) | 19 October 2007 |
| Commission Directive 2007/10/EC of 21 February 2007 amending Annex II to Council Directive 92/119/EEC as regards the measures to be taken within a protection zone following an outbreak of swine vesicular disease. (OJL 63, 1/3/2007, p24) | 1 January 2008 |
| Commission Directive 2007/5/EC of 7 February 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include captan, folpet, formetanate and methiocarb as active substances. (OJL 35 8/2/2007, p. 11) | 31 March 2008 |
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