Vol. 406 No. 7
141 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether in respect of the completion of the Internal Market by 1992, he will outline in respect of his Department (1) which directives are his responsibility, (2) the directives which have now been passed, (3) the draft directives which remain outstanding and (4) when these outstanding draft directives will be passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The internal market measures which are the responsibility of my Department are listed below.
The measures numbered one to 46 have been adopted in full by the Council. The balance (18 measures) are at various stages of negotiation within the Council.
Given the complex nature of such negotiations, it is not possible to say with any degree of certainty when they will be completed and the measures adopted. However, as the Deputy is aware, all Internal Market measures are scheduled to be adopted and implemented by 31 December 1992 and I can assure him that my Department are contributing in a positive and constructive way to the negotiations, with a view to having all the outstanding measures fully adopted within the appropriate timescale.
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1. Simple Pressure Vessels |
Dir. 87/404 |
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2. Extension of information procedures on standards and technical rules (amendment to Dir. 83/189) |
Dir. 88/182 |
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3. Safety of toys |
Dir. 88/378 |
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4. Electromagnetic compatibility |
Dir. 89/336 |
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5. Machinery |
Dir. 89/392 |
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6. Personal protective devices |
Dir. 89/686 |
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7. Metrology: non-automatic weighing instruments |
Dir. 90/384 |
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8. Type approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (amendment to Dir. 70/150) |
Dir. 87/358 |
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9. Motor vehicles — lateral protection |
Dir. 89/297 |
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10. Gas applicances |
Dir. 90/396 |
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11. Electro-medical implantables |
Dir. 90/385 |
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12. Simulants (plastic material in contact with foodstuffs) |
Dir. 85/572 |
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13. Materials in contact with foodstuffs |
Dir. 89/109 |
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14. Labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (amendment to Dir. 79/112) |
Dir. 89/395 |
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15. Non-ionic detergents (modification of existing directive) |
Dir. 86/94 |
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16. Tower cranes: permissible sound levels |
Dir. 87/405 |
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17. Tyre pressure gauge |
Dir. 86/217 |
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18. Household applicances: airborne noise |
Dir. 86/594 |
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19. Hydraulic diggers (noise) |
Dir. 86/662 |
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20. Products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers |
Dir. 87/357 |
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21. Lawn mower noise (modification to existing directive) |
Dir. 88/180 & 88/181 |
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22. Indication of prices on non-foodstuffs |
Dir. 88/314 |
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23. Indication of prices of foodstuffs |
Dir. 88/315 |
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24. Good laboratory practices: non-clinical testing of chemicals |
Dir. 88/320 |
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25. University/Industry Co-operation in the field of new technologies (COMETT) |
Dec. 86/365 |
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26. Co-ordination of laws relating to legal expenses insurance |
Dir. 87/344 |
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27. Credit and suretyship insurance |
Dir. 87/343 |
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28. Non-life insurance (2nd directive) |
Dir. 88/357 |
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29. Motor liability insurance |
No. not available |
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30. Life insurance: freedom to provide services |
No. not available |
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31. Collective investment undertakings for transferable securities (UCITS) |
Dir. 85/611 |
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32. UCITS Directive: special measures concerning certain investments (amendment to directive 85/611) |
Dir. 88/220 |
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33. Information to be published when major holdings are acquired or disposed of |
Dir. 88/627 |
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34. Prospectus to be published when securities are offered for sale to the public |
Dir. 89/298 |
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35. Co-ordination of regulations on Insider Trading |
Dir. 89/592 |
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36. Liberalisation of units in collective investment undertakings for transferable securities |
Dir. 85/583 |
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37. Liberalisation of operations such as transactions in securities not dealt with in a Stock Exchange, admission of securities on the capital market and long term commercial credits. |
Dir. 86/566 |
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38. European Economic Interest Grouping |
Reg. 85/2137 |
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39. 11th Company Law directive |
Dir. 89/666 |
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40. Amendments to the Fourth and Seventh Company Law Directives on Annual and Consolidated Accounts |
Nos. not yet available |
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41. Legal Protection of micro-circuits |
Dir. 87/54 |
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42. Trademarks: first directive |
Dir. 89/104 |
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43. Amendment to Dir. 80/390 in respect of mutual recognition of public offer prospectuses and stock exchange listing particulars |
Dir. 90/211 |
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44. Motor cycle replacement exhaust systems |
Dir. 89/235 |
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45. Co-ordination in relation to commercial agents |
Dir. 86/653 |
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46. Recognition of Tests and Certificates |
Dec 90/683 |
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47. Machines |
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48. Safety glass for use in motor vehicles |
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49. Approximation of laws relating to masses and dimensions of certain motor vehicles. |
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50. Approximation of laws relating to tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers |
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51. Annual accounts — insurance undertakings |
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52. Winding-up of insurance undertakings |
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53. Obligation to indicate ingredients and alcoholic strength (partially adopted) |
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54. Third non-life insurance directive (mass risks) |
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55. Fifth Company Law Directive (structure of public limited companies) |
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56. Tenth directive concerning cross-border mergers |
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57. Statute for a European Company |
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58. Thirteenth Company Law directive — take-over bids |
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59. Regulation on Community trademarks |
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60. Regulation on the rules needed for implementing the Community Trademark Regulation |
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61. Regulation on rules of procedure for the Boards of Appeal of the Community's Trademark Office |
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62. Community Trademark Office — regulation on fees |
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63. Legal protection of biotechnological inventions |
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64. Protection of computer programs |
