WRITTEN QUESTION E-0667/03

by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission

(6 March 2003)

Subject: Transposition dates for DG Environment directives

Can the Commission state the transposition dates for all DG Environment directives since September 1999 and the dates (if any) on which the UK Government confirmed to the Commission that they had been transposed into UK law and in which cases the Commission has commenced proceedings in order to secure compliance?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 2003)

There are twenty-six directives for which Directorate General Environment is responsible, which are relevant for transposition by the United Kingdom and for which transposition was due after September 1999. These are listed in the table which is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat. As can be seen from the table, six of the Directives listed have been transposed. For the rest, infringement proceedings are on-going. Eleven of the cases listed relate only to the failure to transpose in Gibraltar.