Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
EU Directives
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for the details of the EU directives not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for that transposition into law. [34977/17]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department accords high priority to ensuring that good performance on the transposition of Directives is consistently maintained. In that regard, transposition is monitored on a regular basis within my Department.
Transposition is monitored through a customised intranet database which is used as a central management and information tool to track the implementation of Directives on an ongoing basis. This complements the central tracking and monitoring of transpositions carried out by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Status reports on the transposition of Directives are also provided regularly to the Management Board of my Department.
A total of seven Directives require to be transposed by my Department up to the end of 2017, of which five are currently overdue. The European Commission has initiated infringement proceedings in respect of the five overdue Directives. Transposition of the overdue Directives is at an advanced stage, and my Department has informed the Commission of the position in respect of the ongoing progress being made in finalising the transposition of these Directives.
In addition, the Department is dealing with the transposition of five codified Directives that have no deadline for transposition.
A full list of the Directives to be transposed by my Department up to 2019, including estimated transposition dates, is set out in the following tables. This list of Directives is also provided on my Department’s website at www.djei.ie.
DIRECTIVES TO BE TRANSPOSED IN 2017 (Seven)
| Description of Directive | EU Deadline for Transposition | Estimated transposition Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Directive 2011/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 repealing Council Directives 71/317/EEC, 71/347/EEC, 71/349/EEC, 74/148/EEC, 75/33/EEC, 76/765/EEC, 76/766/EEC and 86/217/EEC regarding metrology | 30/11/2015 | Quarter 4 2017 |
| 2. Directive 2014/31/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of Members States relating to the making available on the market of non-automatic weighing instruments | 19/04/2016 | September 2017 |
| 3. Directive 2014/32/EU relating to the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relation to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (Recast) | 19/04/2016 | October 2017 |
| 4. Commission Delegated Directive 2015/13/EU amending Annex III to Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the flowrate range of water meters | 19/04/2016 | October 2017 - Transposition of this Directive is linked with Directive 2014/32/EU above |
| 5. Directive 2014/95/EU on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups | 06/12/2016 | 31 July 2017 |
| 6. Directive 2015/1794/EU amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers. | 10/10/2017 | October 2017 |
| 7. Directive: 2016/2037/EU amending Council Directive 75/324/EEC as regards the maximum allowable pressure of aerosol dispensers and to adapt its labelling provisions to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures | 12/12/2017 | December 2017 |
DIRECTIVES TO BE TRANSPOSED IN 2018 (Three)
| Description of Directive | EU Deadline for Transposition | Estimated transposition Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Directive 2016/943/EU Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure | 09/06/2018 | June 2018 |
| 2. Directive 2017/164/EU Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2009/39/EC and 2009/161/EU | 21/08/2018 | August 2018 |
| 3. Directive: 2017/738/EU Council Directive (EU) 2017/738 of 27 March 2017 amending, for the purpose of adapting to technical progress, Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards lead. | 28/10/2018 | October 2018 |
DIRECTIVES TO BE TRANSPOSED IN 2019 (Two)
| Description of Directive | EU Deadline for Transposition | Estimated transposition Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Directive 2015/2436/EU Directive (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) | 14/01/2019 | January 2019 |
| 2. Directive 2017/828/EU DIRECTIVE (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017, amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement. | 10/06/2019 | Early 2019. |
Codified Directives
| Description of Directive | Estimated Transposition Date |
|---|---|
| 1. of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) | Date unspecified |
| 2. of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (Codified) | Date unspecified |
| 3. of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications tests on chemical substances (Codified) | Date unspecified |
| 4. on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagents at work (Codified) | Date unspecified |
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