Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Legislative Programme
12:00 pm
Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he will list each measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34627/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has transposed 37 EU directives into national legislation in the past 12 months. Details are set out in the following schedule. EU Regulations and Decisions are binding in their entirety and directly applicable in all Member States and the question of transposition does not apply.
| Directive Number | Implementation by Act or Statutory Instrument |
| Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications. (OJL 255, 30/09/2005, p.22) | S.I. |
| 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. (OJL271, 30/09/2006, p.53) | S.I. |
| Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals. (OJL328,24/11/06, p14) | S.I. |
| 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. (OJL349, 12/12/2006 p.15) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2006/140/EC of 20 December 2006 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include sulfuryl fluoride as an active substance in Annex I thereto. (OJL414, 30/12/2006, p.78) | S.I. |
| 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) | S.I. |
| 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) | S.I. |
| 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) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/20/EC of 3 April 2007 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include dichlofluanid as an active substance in Annex I thereto. (OJL 94, 04/04/2007, p23) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/27/EC of 15 May 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for etoxazole, indoxacarb, mesosulfuron, 1-methylcyclopropene, MCPA and MCPB, tolylfluanid and triticonazole. (OJL 128, 16/05/2007, p.31) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/28/EC of 25 May 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for azoxystrobin, chlorfenapyr, folpet, iprodione, lambda-cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide, metalaxyl-M and trifloxystrobin. (OJL 135, 26/05/2007, p.6) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/31/EC of 31 May 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specific provisions set for the use of the active substance fosthiazate. (OJL 140 01/06/2007 p.44) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/39/EC of 26 June 2007 amending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for diazinon. (OJL 165, 27/06/2007) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/40/EC of 28 June 2007 amending Directive 2001/32/EC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community. (OJL169, 29/06/2007, p.49) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/41/EC of 28 June 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread with the Community. (OJL 169, 29/06/2007, p.51) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/48/EC of 26 July 2007 amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species. (OJL 195, 27/07/2007, p.29) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/49/EC of 26 July 2007 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 195, 27/07/2007, p.33) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/50/EC of 2 August 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include beflubutamid and Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus as active substances. (OJL 202, 03/08/2007, p.15) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/52/EC of 16 August 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include ethoprophos, pirimiphos-methyl and fipronil as active substances. (OJL 214, 17/08/2007, p.13) | |
| Commission Directive 2007/55/EC of 17 September 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for azinphos-methyl. (OJL 243, 18/09/2007, p41) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/56/EC of 17 September 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for azoxystrobin, chlorothalonil, deltamethrin, hexachlorobenzene, ioxynil, oxamyl and quinoxyfen. (OJL 243, 18/09/2007, p50) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/57/EC of 17 September 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for dithiocarbamates. (OJL 243, 18/09/2007, p61) | S.I. |
| Council Directive 2007/61/EC of 26 September 2007 amending Directive 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption. (OJL258, 04/10/2007, p.27) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/62/EC of 4 October 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for bifenazate, pethoxamid, pyrimethanil and rimsulfuron. (OJL260, 5/10/2007, p.5) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2007/73/EC of 13 December 2007 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for acetamiprid, atrazine, deltamethrin, imazalil, indoxacarb, pendimethalin, pymetrozine, pyraclostrobin, thiacloprid and trifloxystrobin. (OJL329, 14/12/2007, p.40) | S.I. |
| Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version). (OJL 24, 29/01/2008, p30) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/4/EC of 9 January 2008 amending Directive 94/39/EC as regards feedingstuffs intended for the reduction of the risk of milk fever. (OJL, 10/01/2006, p.4) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/17/EC of 19 February 2008 amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for acephate, acetamiprid, acibenzolar-S-methyl, aldrin, benalaxyl, benomyl, carbendazim, chlormequat, chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, clofentezine, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, cyromazine, dieldrin, dimethoate, dithiocarbamates, esfenvalerate, famoxadone, fenhexamid, fenitrothion, fenvalerate, glyphosate, indoxacarb, lambda-cyhalothrin, mepanipyrim, metalaxyl-M, methidathion, methoxyfenozide, pymetrozine, pyraclostrobin pyrimethanil, spiroxamine, thiacloprid, thiophanate-methyl and trifloxystrobin. (OJL50, 23/02/2008, p.17) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/38/EC of 5 March 2008 establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes (Codified version). (OJL62, 06/03/08, p.9) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/40/EC of 28 March 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include amidosulfuron and nicosulfuron as active substance. (OJL 87, 29/3/2008, p.5) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/41/EC of 31 March 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include chloridazon as active substance. (OJL89, 1/4/2008, p. 12) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/44/EC of 4 April 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus and prothioconazole as active substances. (OJL 94, 05/04/2008, p.13) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/45/EC of 4 April 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance metconazole. (OJL94, 05/04/2008, p/21) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/53/EC of 30 April 2008 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) (1). (OJL117, 01/05/08, p.27) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/61/EC of 17 June 2008 establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections (Codified version). (OJL 158, 18/6/2008, p.41) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/64/EC of 27 June 2008 amending Annexes I to IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community. (OJL 168, 28/06/2008, p.31) | S.I. |
| Commission Directive 2008/82/EC of 30 July 2008 amending Directive 2008/38/EC as regards feedingstuffs intended for the support of the renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency. (OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 48) | S.I. |
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