Vol. 572 No. 3
222 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the EU directives relevant to his Department which are awaiting implementation; the nature of the directives; when each was passed by the Council of Ministers; the date for implementation; if the Government sought a derogation; and if he will meet the deadline as required. [23340/03]
There are no directives for which my Department is responsible whose implementation is overdue. Directives awaiting implementation are set out in the following table. No derogations have been sought in respect of any of the directives listed. I intend to have the directives implemented by the due date.
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Title of Directive |
Date by which Directive is to be implemented |
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Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include Coniothyrium minitans as active substance. |
1 January 2004 |
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Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include flurtamone, flufenacet, iodosulfuron, dimethenamid-p, picoxystrobin, fosthiazate and silthiofam as active substances. |
1 January 2004 |
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Council Directive 2003/50/EC of 11 June 2003 amending Directive 91/68/EEC as regards reinforcement of controls on movement of ovine and caprine animals. |
1 July 2004 |
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Council Directive 2003/43/EC of 26 May 2003 amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species. |
1 July 2004 |
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Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards standard phrases for special risks and safety precautions for plant-protection products. |
30 July 2004 |
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Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include molinate, thiram and ziram as active substances. |
1 August 2004 |
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Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include mecoprop, mecoprop-P and propiconazole as active substances. |
30 November 2004 |
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Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC. |
31 December 2004 |
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Council Directive 2002/89/EC of 28 November 2002 amending Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community. |
1 January 2005 |
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Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption. |
1 January 2005 |
