Vol. 535 No. 4
138 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the EU directives relevant to her Department which are awaiting implementation; the nature of the directive; when it was passed by the Council of Ministers; the final date for implementation; and if this deadline will be met. [13003/01]
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
Department of Public Enterprise
Details of Directives/Regulations awaiting Implementation
|
Title of Bill/Statutory Instruments. |
Purpose |
Deadline forImplementation |
Expected date ofImplementation of SI |
|
European Communities (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulations 2001. |
To transpose Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail; and Commission Directive 96/87/EC of 13 December 1996 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996. |
1 January 1997 |
June 2001 |
|
European Communities (Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Telecommunications Sector) Regulations. |
To transpose the European Parliament and the Council Directive 97/66/EC of 15/12/1997 into Irish law. |
24 October 1998 with exception of Article 5 which is 24 October 2000 |
May 2001 |
|
European Communities (Restrictions of civil subsonic Jet Aeroplane Operations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000. |
To transpose Council Directive 98/20/EC of 30 March 1998 amending Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of airplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Second edition (1988). |
1 March 1999 |
May 2001 |
|
European Communities (Interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system) Regulations, 2000. |
To transpose Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system. |
7 April 1999 |
July 2001 |
|
European Communities (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulations 2000.. |
To transpose into Irish Law Commission Directive 1999/48 of 21 May 1999 adapting for the second time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail; and Commission Directive 2000/62 adapting for the third time Council Directive 96/49/EC. |
1 July 1999 |
June 2001 |
|
European Communities (Restriction of civil subsonic Jet Aeroplane Operations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000. |
To transpose Council Directive 99/28/EC of 30 March 1998 amending Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of airplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Second edition (1988). |
1 September 1999 |
May 2001 |
|
Title of Bill/Statutory Instruments. |
Purpose |
Deadline forImplementation |
Expected date ofImplementation of SI |
|
European Communities (Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and the Mutual Recognition of their Conformity) Regulations. |
To transpose the European Parliament and the Council Directive 99/5/EC of 9 March, 1999 on Radio equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment into Irish Law. |
7 April 2000 |
July 2001 |
|
S.I. on energy efficiency requirements for Fluorescent Lighting. |
To give legal effect to Council Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September, 2000. |
November 2001 |
November 2001 |
|
Untitled as yetDirective 2001/12/EC – 26 February, 2001 – of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
Amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways. |
15 March 2003 |
Deadline will be met |
|
Untitled as yetDirective 2001/13/EC 26 February, 2001 – of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
Amending council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings. |
15 March, 2003 |
Deadline will be met |
|
Untitled as yetDirective 2001/14/EC – 26 February – of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
The allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification. |
15 March 2003 |
Deadline will be met |
