Written answers
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
EU Directives
12:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received sanction from the European Commission over the past six months with regard to EU directives that have not been transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10374/10]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Over the last six months the European Commission has been in correspondence with my Department regarding the late transposition of five Directives, two of which have now been transposed. One of the remaining directives required partial transposition by end 2009 and the remaining provisions by 31 December 2012. Details of the Directives involved are set out in the table below. My Department is working to ensure the comprehensive transposition of the Directives remaining to be transposed.
| Directive Number / Subject | Date of Adoption and Deadline for Transposition | Transposition Date |
| 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 |
| 2006/21/ECDirective on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC | 15/03/200601/05/2008 | Transposition measures notified on 13 January 2010 |
| 2006/118/ECDirective on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration. | 12/12/200616/01/2009 | Transposition measures notified on 25 January 2010 |
| 2007/2/ECOn establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial In-formation in the European Community (INSPIRE) | 14/03/200715/05/2009 | End of March 2010 |
| 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 |
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