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78904

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not lost any EU infraction proceedings brought against the UK since 2010 relating to matters falling within the Department’s responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 01/09/2014 10:23:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89578

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010, DECC has enacted legislation to transpose 7 new EU Directives and 6 new EU Regulations into UK law. A list of the relevant Directives and Regulations is set out below:</p><p>Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC</p><p>Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community</p><p>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/53/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation EC No 1013/2006</p><p>Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC</p><p>Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC</p><p>Directive 2009/119/EC imposing an obligation to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products</p><p>Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC</p><p>Regulation 2009/713/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators</p><p>Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003</p><p>Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005</p><p>Regulation No. 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency</p><p>Regulation No. 267/2012 of the Council concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing EU Regulation No. 961/2010 (OJ No L 88, 24.3.2012), as amended</p><p>Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 12/09/2014 13:09:57 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78881

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings falling within the responsibility of HM Treasury. The UK has never been fined for an infraction.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/08/2014 09:51:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

176656

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how European Union regulations are brought into being; what is their force in United Kingdom law; and how many have been issued since 1976.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>An EU regulation is adopted by a legislative procedure, i.e. by the ordinary legislative procedure or by a special legislative procedure, (see Article 289(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)). The legal effect of an EU regulation is that it is directly applicable in the national law of all the Member States and it is binding in its entirety, (see Article 288 TFEU). The Government does not centrally hold information on each EU regulation issued since 1976. The Eur-Lex database, available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html holds further information on EU legislation.</p><p>A copy of Articles 288 and 289 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/02/2015 13:23:23 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns attachment 1 file name TFEU - Art 288 and 289 for HL4565.doc title Articles 288 and 289 of the TFEU
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

450613

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what fines have been levied on the UK for non-compliance with EU directives from 2010 to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text From 2010 to date no fines have been levied on the UK for non-compliance with EU directives. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/02/2016 15:03:28 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

426055

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many EU directives have been transposed into UK law without any additional material being included since the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and what percentage of the total number of directives transposed that number represents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, in July 2011 the Government put in place its Guiding Principles for EU Legislation, which state that the Government will not go beyond the minimum requirements of the measure which is being transposed, save in exceptional circumstances. Since the Guiding Principles have applied there have been only five instances of new “gold-plating” of EU Directives that have placed additional costs on business which is attached.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 17:25:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name guiding-principles-for-eu-legislation.pdf title Guiding principles for EU Legislation
	tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

458824

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister on 22 February (HC Deb, col 22), how they reached the conclusion that the cost of EU regulation will be going down, not up.
	tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to Parliament on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p><p>Under our new settlement the European Commission has agreed for the first time to set specific targets to reduce the overall burden on businesses in key sectors. The European Council Declaration on Competitiveness commits to ‘doing more to reduce the overall burden of EU regulation, especially on SMEs and micro enterprises’.</p><p> </p><p>To implement this, the European Commission has agreed to introduce a new burden review mechanism. It will conduct an annual survey of the burdens imposed on businesses at the EU level. This process will identify legislation that should be revised or repealed to bring costs down, and will mean that limiting the cost of regulation will be a priority when proposals are developed, negotiated and agreed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2016 14:45:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

78937

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In relation to matters that fall within the responsibility of the Department for Transport the UK has lost no EU infraction proceedings since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/09/2014 13:51:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89841

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has transposed 44 EU directives since May 2010. This number comprises fully transposed directives which originated from the European Commission’s Directorate General Mobility and Transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has been tracking EU regulations since 08/07/2010. Since that date, 164 EU regulations in the Department for Transport’s area of responsibility have come into effect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of all EU legislation, including full details of all EU regulations that came into force before 08/07/2010, can be found on the Commission’s website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://old.eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm" target="_blank">http://old.eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm</a> for older legislation and <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en</a> for legislation since 1st April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/09/2014 13:06:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78905

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within her Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled, on 18 October 2012, that by failing to ensure appropriate collection and associated treatment of urban waste water at London and Whitburn, the United Kingdom had failed to fulfil its obligations under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Case C-301/10). The Department is currently in discussion with the European Commission on how to give effect to the Court’s judgment. Since May 2010, no other infraction cases in respect of matters for which my Department is responsible have resulted in adverse judgements against the UK by the European Court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/09/2014 14:41:26 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood