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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 5 Nov 2002

Vol. 556 No. 3

Written Answers. - EU Directives.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin

Ceist:

82 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility which remain to be implemented; the number in respect of which the deadline for implementation has passed; if she has satisfied herself with the rate of compliance by her Department; the number of cases in which legal actions have been notified or commenced by the EU Commission arising from a failure to implement a directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20360/02]

The current position in relation to the transposition of EU directives for which my Department is responsible is that a total of 43 directives remain to be implemented, including 13 for which the deadline for implementation, in full or in part, has passed. Details of the directives, including in so far as it has been decided the proposed transposition instruments, are available on my Department's website at www.entemp.ie/ecd/eudirectives. The website also contains information on directives in respect of which infringement proceedings have been commenced. A letter of formal notice, under Article 226 of the EC Treaty, has been issued by the European Commission in the case of two, and a reasoned opinion in the case of another two, of the outstanding directives for which the deadline for implementation has passed. I am satisfied that my Department is giving due priority to the task of implementing the provisions of EU directives in light of the available resources.

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