Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 267: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the EU Directives awaiting incorporation into Irish law in his Department; the deadline for incorporation; the date he foresees for implementation of each directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27310/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently a total of thirteen Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2010. All Directives are expected to be transposed on schedule bar one overdue Directive (2006/139/EC), which will be transposed in November 2007. There are three Directives due for transposition before 31 December 2007 by my Department as follows:

1. Directive 2006/139/EC amending Council Directive as regards restrictions on the marketing and use of arsenic compounds for the of adapting its Annex I to technical progress.

Transposition Deadline: 30 June 2007.

2. Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies.

Transposition Deadline: 15 December 2007.

3. Directive 2006/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.

Transposition Deadline: 26 December 2007.

There are eight Directives due for transposition in 2008 by my Department as follows:

1. Commission Directive 2007/16/EC on undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS).

Transposition Deadline: 23 March 2008.

2. Directive 2006/68/EC of the European Parliament and Council amending Directive 77/91/EC regarding the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance & alteration of their capital.

Transposition Deadline: 15 April 2008.

3. Directive 2004/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (18th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC).

Transposition Deadline: 29 April 2008.

4. Directive 2006/121/EC amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency.

Transposition Deadline: 1 June 2008.

5. Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on Machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC.

Transposition Deadline: 29 June 2008.

6. Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC.

Transposition Deadline: 6 June 2008.

7. Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions and 91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings.

Transposition Deadline: 5 September 2008.

8. Directive 2007/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 September 2007 amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury.

Transposition Deadline: 3 October 2008.

Two further directives, currently due for transposition in 2009 and 2010, are as follows:

1. Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market.

Transposition Deadline: 28 December 2009.

2. Directive 2006/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum Health and Safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual Directive within the meaning of article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC).

Transposition Deadline: 27 April 2010.