Written answers
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
EU Directives
5:00 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is the subject of enforcement proceedings for the non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; if he has received any reasoned opinions from the EU Commission on the transposition of directives; if so, for which directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29062/07]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has currently one active infringement of non-transposition of Directives. A Letter of Formal Notice was received from the European Commission for Directive 2006/139/EC (relating to arsenic) on 2 August 2007. However this Directive was transposed on 9 November 2007. The Commission has been notified and is expected to terminate infringement proceedings in due course. There are no outstanding Reasoned Opinions for non-transposition of Directives.
There are, however, two outstanding Reasoned Opinions for wrongly transposing a Directive (Directive 92/100/EC, on Public Lending Rights) and failure to fully implement a Directive (96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances). The Commission is expected to halt infringement proceedings for both these Directives once the outstanding issues are fully addressed by the end of December 2007.
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