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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Questions (602)

Andrew Doyle

Question:

602. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas or through statutory instrument, to ensure Ireland is in compliance with the upcoming deadlines of directives from the European Union; the deadline in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27473/13]

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Written answers

My Department seeks at all times to ensure that the transposition of EU directives proceeds in a timely manner, either through primary or secondary legislation, as appropriate. The following EU directives currently awaiting transposition by end 2013 are being addressed by my Department, and are expected to be transposed into Irish law in advance of the deadline.

Title of EU Directive

Transposition Deadline

Means of Transposition

Commission Directive 2013/2/EU of 7 February 2013 which amends Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste.

30 September 2013

Statutory Instrument

Commission Directive 2012/46/EU of 6 December 2012 amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery.

21 December 2013

Statutory Instrument

Ireland topped the most recent EU Internal Market Scoreboard (covering the latter half of 2012), which measures Member States’ success in transposing EU law into domestic legislation. During this period, Ireland transposed all required EU legislation within the set deadlines and was the only Member State to achieve a position of full transposition.

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