§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the EU directives and regulations that have been implemented through his Department in 2002; and what was the cost of each to public funds. [64995]
§ Ruth KellyThe following directives and regulations have been implemented to this date in 2002
directive 2000/46/EC on the taking-up, pursuit of and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions;directive 2000/28/EC relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions;directive 44/2001 on mutual assistance recovery;the Protection of the Euro against Counterfeiting Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3948) specified criminal penalties for breach of Council Regulation (EC) No.1338/2001;the provisions of the Customs Code Committee came into force on 1 January 2002, amending the preferential agreement with the Faroe Islands, by introducing legal provisions for proof of origin.I am not aware of any further directives being implemented in 2002, but the Department does not keep a single record of this information and it could be assembled only at disproportionate cost. Similarly, calculating the cost to public funds of the directives' implementation would involve disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the EU directives relating to his Department which have been(a) amended and (b) repealed in 2002. [64945]
§ Ruth KellyThe following directives have been amended to this date in 2002
directive 2000/12/EC relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions was amended in 2002, by directive 2000/28/EC;directive 77/388 regarding value added tax arrangements applicable to electronically supplied services and broadcasting was amended by directive 2002/38/EC and regulation 792/2002, with effect from 1 July 2003;directives 92/79/EEC, 92/80/EEC and 95/59/EC concerning the structure and rates of excise duty applied on manufactured tobacco were amended by directive 2002/10/EC;directive 79/267/EEC as regards the solvency margin requirements for life assurance undertakings was amended by directive 2002/12/EC;directive 73/239/EEC as regards the solvency margin requirements for non-life insurance undertakings was amended by directive 2002/13/EC.No directive relating specifically to my Department was repealed in 2002.
I am not aware of any further directives being amended or repealed in 2002, but this Department does not keep a single record of this information and it could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.