Written Answers. - EU Directives. – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Tuesday, 19 Apr 1994

Written Answers. - EU Directives.

Liz O'Donnell

Question:

140 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry in regard to the area of his responsibility, the Directives or other measures requiring transposition under EU law which have been adopted by the EU Council or Commission but which have not yet been transposed by Ireland; the Directives or measures requiring transposition where the date for transposition has passed; the Directives or measures or other matters of EU law in respect of which the European Commission has issued a letter to Ireland under Article 169 (Infringement Proceedings) of the EC Treaty; the Directives, measures or matters in respect of which the European Commission has issued a reasoned opinion to Ireland under Article 169; the matters in respect of which proceedings against Ireland are pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union; the matters in respect of which a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union against Ireland has been given but has not been implemented; and the judgments in respect of which proceedings have been initiated under Article 171 (Failure to Implement Judgement) of the EEC Treaty.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. J. Walsh)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following statement. I would point out that my Department has transposed into national law over 300 Union legal instruments in the period 1985 to 1993. The provisions of those instruments which have yet to be transposed are being implemented by administrative action pending finalisation of the transposition process. Every effort is being made to have transposition completed as quickly as possible in all outstanding cases.

(A) The Directives or other measures requiring transposition under EU law which have been adopted by the EU Council or Commission but which have not yet been transposed by Ireland.

The Directives or measures requiring transposition where the date for transposition has passed are marked with an asterisk.

— Council Directive 93/120/EEC amending Directive 90/539/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs;

— Council Directive 93/121/EEC amending Directive 91/494/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat;

— *Council Directive 92/35/EEC laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness;

— *Council Directive 92/36/EEC amending, with regard to African horse sickness, Directive 90/426/EEC on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae;

— *Council Directive 93/40/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza;

— *Council Directive 92/65/EEC laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC;

— *Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the indentification and registration of animals;

— *Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC;

— *Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease;

— *Council Directive 92/119/EEC introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease;

— *Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market;

— *Council Directive 90/425/EEC concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market;

— *Council Directive 90/675/EEC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries;

— *Council Directive 91/496/EEC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries;

— *Council Directive 91/628/EEC on the protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC;

— *Council Directive 91/629/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves:

— *Council Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs;

— *Council Directive 93/119/EEC on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing;

— *Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs;

— *Council Directive 90/676/EEC amending Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to veterinary medicinal products;

— *Council Directive 90/677/EEC extending the scope of Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to veterinary medical products and laying down additional provisions for immunological veterinary medicinal products;

— *Commission Directive 91/412/EEC laying down the principles and guidelines of good manufacturing practice for veterinary medicinal products;

— *Commission Directive 92/18/EEC modifying the Annex to Council Directive 81/852/EEC on the approximation of the laws of member states relating to analytical pharmacatoxicological and clinical standards and practices in respect of the testing of veterinary medicinal products;

— Council Directive 93/40/EEC amending Directives 81/851/EEC and 81/852/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to veterinary medicinal products;

— Council Directive 93/41/EEC repealing Directive 87/22/EEC on the approximation of national measures relating to the placing on the market of high-technology medicinal products, particularly those derived from biotechnology;

— *Commission Directive 93/3/EEC amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes;

— *Commission Directive 93/17/EEC amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes;

— *Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market;

— *Council Directive 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables;

— *Council Directive 91/682/EEC on the marketing of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants;

— *Commission Directive 93/49/EEC setting out the schedule of conditions for ornamental plants and planting material pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC;

— *Council Directive 92/34/EEC on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants;

— *Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed;

— *Commission Directive 93/61/EEC setting out the schedules of conditions to be met by vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed pursuant to Council Directive 92/3/EEC;

— *Council Directive 93/58/EEC amending Annex II to Directive 76/895/EEC relating to the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables and the Annex to Directive 90/642/EEC relating to the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables, and providing for the establishment of a first list of maximum levels;

— Commission Directive 93/63/EEC setting out the schedule of conditions for fruit plants and propagating material pursuant to Council Directive 92/34/EEC;

— Commission Directive 93/79/EEC setting out additional provisions for lists of varieties to be kept by suppliers;

— Commission Directive 93/62/EEC setting out the implementing measures concerning the supervision and monitoring of suppliers and establishments under Directive 92/33/EEC;

— Commission Directive 93/69/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/116/EEC on the approximation of the laws relating to fertilisers;

— Council Directive 93/113/EEC concerning the use and marketing of enzymes micro-organisms and their preparations in animals nutrition;

— Council Directive 93/114/EEC amending Directive 90/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs;

— Commission Directive 93/28/EEC amending Annex I to the third Directive 72/199/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs;

— Eleventh Commission Directive 93/70/EEC establishing Community analysis methods for official control of feedingstuffs;

— Twelfth Commission Directive 93/117/EEC establishing a Community analysis method for official control of feedingstuffs;

— Council Directive 93/74/EEC on feedingstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes;

— *Council Directive 92/5/EEC amending and updating Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products and amending Directive 64/433/EEC;

— *Council Directive 92/120/EEC on the conditions for granting temporary and limited derogations from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of certain products of animal origin;

— *Council Directive 91/497/EEC amending and updating Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat to extend it to the production and marketing of fresh meat and amending Directive 72/462/EEC;

— *Council Directive 91/498/EEC on the conditions for granting temporary and limited derogations from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of fresh meat;

— *Council Directive 93/118/EEC amending Directive 85/73/EEC on the financing of health inspections and controls of fresh meat and poultrymeat;

— *Council Directive 92/110/EEC amending Directive 88/657/EEC laying down the requirements for the production of, and trade in, minced meat, meat in pieces of less than 100 grams and meat preparations;

— *Council Directive 88/657/EEC laying down the requirements for the production of, and trade in, minced meat, meat in pieces of less than 100 grams and meat preparations and amending Directives 64/433/EEC, 71/118/EEC and 72/462/EEC;

— *Council Directive 90/667/EEC laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedingstuffs of animal or fish origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC;

— *Council Directive 88/658/EEC amending Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products;

— Council Directive 93/60/EEC amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of deep-frozen semen of domestic animals of the bovine species and extending it to cover fresh bovine semen;

— *Council Directive 93/52/EEC amending Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and important from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species;

— *Commission Decision 94/113/EEC amending Council Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species;

— *Council Directive 91/174/EEC laying down the zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing of purebred animals and amending Directives 77/504 and 90/425;

— *Council Directive 88/661/EEC on the zootechnical standards applicable to breeding animals of the porcine species;

— *Council Directive 90/118/EEC on the acceptance of pure bred breeding pigs for breeding;

— *Council Directive 90/119/EEC on hybrid pigs for breeding;

— *Council Directive 92/46/EEC laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products;

— *Council Directive 92/47/EEC laying down the conditions for the granting of certain limited and temporary derogations from the provisions of Directive 92/46;

— *Council Regulation 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-base drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails;

— *Commission Directive 92/1 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for human consumption;

— *Commission Directive 92/2 laying down the sampling procedure and the Community method of analysis for the official controls of temperatures of quick-frozen foods intended for human consumption;

— *Commission Directive 93/45 concerning the manufacture of nectars without the addition of sugars or honey;

— *Council Regulation 208/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs;

— *Council Regulation 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs;

— *Council Regulation 1576/89 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks;

— *Council Directive 92/45 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat;

— *Council Directive 92/116 amending and updating Directive 71/118 on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat;

— *Council Directive 92/117 concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food borne infections and intoxications;

— *Council Regulation (EEC) 4045/89 on scrutiny by member states of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and repealing Directive 77/435/EEC;

— *Council Directive 91/495 on public and animal health problems affecting production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat;

— *Council Directive 92/74 widening the scope of Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to veterinary medicinal products and laying down additional provisions on homeopathic veterinary medicinal products.

(B)The Directives or measures of EU law in respect of which the European Commission has issued a letter to Ireland under Article 169 (Infringement Proceedings) of the EC Treaty.

— Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease;

— Council Directive 92/119/EEC introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease;

— Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market;

— Council Directive 90/425/EEC concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market;

— Council Directive 90/675/EEC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries;

— Council Directive 90/496/EEC laying down the principles governing the orgaisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries;

— Council Directive 91/174/EEC laying down the zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing of purebred animals and amending Directives 77/504 and 90/425;

— Council Directive 88/661/EEC on the zootechnical standards applicable to breeding animals of the porcine species;

— Council Directive 90/118/EEC on the acceptance of pure bred breeding pigs for breeding;

— Council Directive 90/119/EEC on hybrid pigs for breeding;

— Operation of AI services in Ireland;

— Council Directive 92/110/EEC amending Directive 88/657/EEC laying down the requirements for the production of, and trade in, minced meat, meat in pieces of less than 100 grams and meat preparations;

— Council Directive 88/657/EEC laying down the requirements for the production of, and trade in, minced meat, meat in pieces of less than 100 grams and meat preparations and amending Directives 64/433/EEC, 71/118/EEC and 72/462/EEC;

— Council Directive 90/667/EEC laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedstuffs of animal or fish origins and amending Directive 90/425/EEC;

— Council Directive 88/658/EEC amending Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products;

— Commission Directive 93/3/EEC amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes;

— Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market;

— Council Directive 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables;

— Council Directive 91/682/EEC on the marketing of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants;

— Commission Directive 93/49/EEC setting out the schedule of conditions for ornamental plants and planting material pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC;

— Council Directive 92/34/EEC on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants;

— Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed;

— Commission Directive 93/61/EEC setting out the schedules of conditions to be met by vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed pursuant to Council Directive 92/33/EEC;

— Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community;

— Commission Directive 92/1 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for human consumption;

— Commission Directive 92/2 laying down the sampling procedure and the Community method of analysis for the official controls of temperatures of quick-frozen foods intended for human consumption;

— Commission Directive 93/45 concerning the manufacture of nectars without the addition of sugars or honey;

— Operation by Ireland of GATT beef quota (Council Reg. 3889/89 Commission Reg.4042/89 and Commission Reg. 337/90);

— Council Directive 92/45 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat;

— Council Directive 92/116 amending and updating Directive 71/118 on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultry meat;

— Council Directive 92/117 concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food borne infections and intoxications;

(C)The directives, measures or matters in respect of which the European Commission has issued a reasoned opinion to Ireland under Article 169.

— Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market;

— Council Directive 90/675/EEC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries;

— Council Directive 90/496/EEC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries;

— Council Directive 88/658/EEC amending Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products;

— Council Directive 91/174/EEC laying down the zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing of purebred animals and amending Directives 77/504 and 90/425;

— Council Directive 88/661/EEC on the zootechnical standards applicable to breeding animals of porcine species;

— Council Directive 90/118/EEC on the acceptance of pure bred breeding pigs for breeding;

— Council Directive 90/119/EEC on hybrid pigs for breeding;

— Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community;

(D)The matters in respect of which proceedings against Ireland are pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

— Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community;

(E)The matters in respect of which a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union against Ireland has been given but has not been implemented:

— Council Directive No. 88/658/EEC amending Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-community trade in meat products;

— Council Directive 88/661/EEC on the zootechnical standards applicable to breeding animals of the porcine species;

— Council Directive 90/118/EEC on the acceptance of pure bred breeding pigs for breeding;

— Council Directive 90/119/EEC on hybrid pigs for breeding;

(F)The judgments in respect of which proceedings have been initiated under Article 171 (Failure to Implement Judgement) of the EEC Treaty)

Nil.

Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 19 Apr 1994