Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 16 Jun 1998

Vol. 492 No. 4

Written Answers. - EU Directives.

Frances Fitzgerald

Ceist:

241 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the EU directives coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department that were not fully implemented as of 1 June 1998; the reference number and subject matter of each directive; the deadline for implementation set out in the directive; whether it is proposed to implement the directive by means of a Bill or by statutory instrument; and when it is proposed to implement the directive. [13953/98]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey)

The directives in question are set out in the following table:

Ref. No.	Subject	Date of Adoption	Deadline for Transposition	Mode of Transposition	Current Position
91/156/EEC (Amending 75/442/EEC	Waste	18/3/91	1/4/93	Primary legislation (Waste Management Act, 1996) and Statutory Instrument (S.I.)	Majority of provisions already implemented; balance to be implemented by regulations in 1998
94/12/EC	Packaging and Packaging Waste	20/12/94	30/6/96	Primary legislation (Waste Management Act, 1996) and S.I.	Majority of provisions already implemented; further draft regulations to complete transposition notified to European Commission in April 1998
94/12/EC	Air pollution by emission from motor vehicles (amending Directive 70/220/EC	23/3/94	1/7/94	S.I.	S.I. in place effecting partial transposition S.I. in preparation to give full effect to implementation.
96/20/EC	Permissible sound level and exhaust system of motor vehicles	27/3/96	1/10/96	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
96/69/EC	Air Pollution by emissions from Motor Vehicles (amending Directive 70/220/EEC)	8/10/96	1/4/9	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
96/62/EC	Ambient Air Quality Assessment and management	27/9/96	21/5/98	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
97/68/EC	Air pollution by emissions from non road mobile machinery	16/12/97	30/6/98	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
96/61/EC	Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control	24/9/96	29/10/99	Primary Legislation	Will be implemented by means of amendment to EPA Act, 1992
97/11/EC	Environmental Impact Assessment	3/3/97	14/3/99	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
91/439/EC	Driving Licences	29/7/91	1/7/96	S.I.	Majority of provisions already implemented; balance to be implemented in 1998
97/26/EC	Driving Licences	2/6/97	1/1/98	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
96/96/EC (Consolidated Text)	Road-worthiness testing of private cars	20/12/96	21/6/93 (under parent Directive)	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998
96/53/EC (Consolidated Text)	Plating of certain vehicles with their maximum weights and dimensions	25/7/96	17/9/97	S.I.	Regulations to be made in 1998