§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many directives that should have been transposed into national law have not yet been transposed in(a) France and (b) Germany. [151488]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe European Commission recently reported that France had transposed 97.41 per cent. and Germany 97.33 per cent. of directives that were due for implementation by 31 December 2003.
The European Commission report is available on the European Union website: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/droit_com/pdf/mne_country_20031231_en.pdf