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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 14 May 1996

Vol. 465 No. 3

Written Answers. - EU Matters.

Joe Walsh

Question:

216 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give details of the EU directives, regulations and conventions in respect of which his Department has responsibility and which have not yet been transposed into or made part of Irish law; and the timescale for completion of the work in respect of each instrument. [9688/96]

As of 1 May 1996, my Department had responsibility for the following EU Directives which had not yet been transposed into Irish law:

Directive

Subject Matter

Date adopted by EU Council

Final date for Implementation

Target Transposition Date

89/104

Trade Marks

21/12/88

31/12/92

Mid 1996

92/56

Collective Redundancies

24/06/92

24/06/94

December 1996

92/59

General Product Safety

29/06/93

26/09/94

September 1996

92/91

Safety Regulations Mineral Drilling

03/11/92

03/11/94

September 1996

92/100

Rental Lending and other Copyrights

27/11/92

01/07/94

Mid 1997

92/101

Second Company Law Directive

23/11/92

01/01/94

*

92/104

Safety Regulations — Surface Underground Mining

03/12/92

03/06/95

September 1996

93/83

Copyright in Satellite Broadcasting and Cable Re Transmission

27/09/93

01/01/95

Mid 1997

93/103

Safety and health for work on board fishing vessels

23/11/93

23/11/95

October 1996

93/104

Organisation of Working Time

23/11/93

23/11/96

Autumn 1996

94/8

Revision of amounts expressed in ECUs — Amends Directive 78/660/EEC

21/03/94

Implementation Operational

The appropriateness of implementing this Directive is being examined

94/9

Equipment and protective systems for use in potentially explosive atmospheres

24/03/94

01/09/95

September 1996

94/26

Equipment and protective systems for use in potentially explosive atmosphere, employing certain types of protection

15/06/94

31/03/95

September 1996

94/27

To amend for the 12th time Directive 76/769/EEC (Nickel)

30/06/94

6 months from date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJ) of CEN standards relating to this Directive

Depends on date of publication in the OJ

94/33

Protection of Young People at Work — Amending Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1977

22/06/94

22/06/96

June 1996

94/45

European Works Council (Informing and Con- sulting Employees)

22/09/94

22/09/96

Sept 1996

94/47

Protection of purchases in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a time share basis

26/10/94

29/04/97

Sept 1996

94/48

To amend for the 13th time Directive 76/06/96 (Aerosol Generators)

07/12/94

07/06/96

December 1996

94/60

Restrictions on Market- ing 20/12/94 and Use of Certain Dangerous Substances and Prep- arations

20/12/94

20/06/96

Sept 1996

94/69

21st ATP to 67/548/EEC

19/12/94

01/09/96

September 1996

95/1

Maximum design speed, maximum net engine power of two or three wheel motor vehicles

02/02/95

02/08/96

June 1996

95/3

Commission Directive amending the plastics Directive 90/128/EEC

14/02/95

01/04/96

June 1996

95/16

Council Directive relat- ing to lifts

29/06/95

01/01/97

December 1996

95/26

Directive amending Directives in the Finan- cial Supervision area with a view to reinforc- ing prudential super- vision (BCCI)

29/06/95

06/96

July 1996

95/27

Amending Directive 86/662/EEC on the limi- tation of noise from construction products

29/06/95

31/12/95

Sept 1996

95/28

Burning behaviour of materials used in interior construction of certain categories of motor vehicles

24/10/95

04/97

June 1996

95/30

ATP to 90/679/EEC on exposure to biological agents

30/06/96

30/11/96

November 1996

95/50

Uniform checks on the transport of dangerous

06/10/95

01/01/97

December 1996

95/54

Suppression of radio interference produced by spark ignition engines fitted to motor vehicles (Amending Directive 70/156/EEC)

31/10/95

01/12/95

June 1996

95/56

ATP to Directive 74/61/EEC relating to devices to prevent the unauthorised use of motor vehicles

08/11/95

01/05/96

June 1996

95/58

Amending Directives 79/581/EEC and 88/314/EEC relating to consumer protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs (respectively)

29/11/95

Applicable from 07/06/95

May, 1996

95/63

Amending Directive 89/655/EEC on the use of work equipment by workers

05/12/95

05/12/98

December 1996

96/20

ATP to Council Directive 70/157/EEC relating to permissible sound level and exhaust systems of motor vehicles

27/03/96

01/10/96

June 1996

EU Regulations are directly applicable in the member states and do not have to be transposed. There are no EU Conventions.
*Some of the provisions of this Directive have been implemented by virtue of Part XI of the Companies Act, 1990. It is proposed to implement, as early as possible, the outstanding provisions by statutory instrument.
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