Written answers
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
EU Directives
12:00 pm
Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date they were drafted by the Commission; when he intends to transpose them into domestic law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4713/10]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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There are currently four Directives in my Department's area of responsibility, which are outstanding for transposition. These include one directive requiring partial transposition by end 2009 and the remaining provisions by 31 December 2012. A further ten Directives are due for transposition between April 2010 and the beginning of 2012. Details of the Directives involved are set out in the Table. My Department is working to ensure the comprehensive transposition of these Directives.
| EU Directives to be transposed by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government | |||
| Directive Number / Subject | Date of Adoption and Deadline for Transposition | Expected Transposition Date | Likely Method of Transposition |
| 2003/35/ECDirective on public participation in plans and programmes relating to the environment (already partially transposed) | 26/05/200325/06/2005 | At the earliest possible date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2007/2/ECOn establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial In-formation in the European Community (INSPIRE) | 14/03/200715/05/2009 | End of February 2010 | Statutory Instrument |
| 2008/50/ECOn ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe | 21/05/200811/06/2010 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2008/56/ECEstablishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) | 17/06/200815/07/2010 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2008/98/ECOn waste and repealing certain Directives | 19/11/200812/12/2010 | By the Transposition Date | To be determined |
| 2008/99/ECOn the protection of the environment through criminal law | 19/11/200826/12/2010 | By the Transposition Date | To be determined |
| 2008/101/ECAmending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community | 19/11/200802/02/2010 | At the earliest possible date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2008/105/ECOn environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC | 16/12/200813/07/2010 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2008/112/ECAmending Council Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EEC and Directives 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to adapt them to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. | 16/12/200801/04/2010 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2009/29/ECAmending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community | 23/04/200931/12/2009and31/12/2012 | At the earliest possible dateandBy the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2009/30/ECAmending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specifi-cation of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC | 23/04/200931/12/2010 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2009/71/EURATOMEstablishing a Community Framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations. | 25/06/200922/07/2011 | By the Transposition Date, if necessary. | Transposition may not be required in this case as Ireland does not have any nuclear installations. It is hoped that this will be confirmed in the first quarter of 2010. |
| 2009/90/ECLaying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status | 31/07/200921/08/2011 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
| 2009/126/ECOn Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations. | 21/10/200901/01/2012 | By the Transposition Date | Statutory Instrument |
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