§ Mr. Nigel DoddsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many European Union regulations relating specifically to Northern Ireland have been published in each year since 1997. [155579]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyEU regulations have general application. They are binding in their entirety and are directly applicable in all member states.
Based on the records in the Official Journal of the European Union (copies available in the House Library) we assess that the number of EC, ECSC and Euratom regulations made was as follows.
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Number 1997 2,339 1998 2,852 1999 2,802 2000 2,882 2001 2,600 2002 2,125 2003 2,176