“  Buan Ionadaiocht Permanent Representation

na hEireann of Ireland

 

chuig an Aontas Eorpach to the European Union

Mogens Peter Carl
Director General

DG Environment
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium

19 December 2007

European Court of Justice Judgment - Case C-282/02 Commission-v-Ireland
Infringements References 1994/4274 1990/5220 1990/0961 1994/4077

Dear Director General

I have been asked by my authorities to refer to Ireland’s response on 25 May 2007 to the
Commission’s Reasoned Opinion of 21 March 2007 (reference SG-Greffe (2007) D/201419)
with regard to the measures taken by Ireland to comply the Judgment in Case C-282/02,
concerning Ireland’s implementation of Council Directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused
by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community
(now Directive 2006/11/EC ofthe European Parliament and ofthe Council).

In that correspondence it was indicated that the European Communities (Aerial Fertilisation)
(Forestry) Regulations 2006 would be amended to provide for significantly increased
penalties. On 22 November 2007, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, signed
the European Communities (Aerial Fertilisation) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
(S.I. No. 790 0f 2007). These Regulations provide for a maximum penalty (on conviction on
indictment) of a fine of up to €500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year,
or to both.

A copy of the amending Regulations is enclosed and arTangements are being made for their
formal notification under NEMS.

Yours sincerely

Deputy Permanent Representative

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Legal Services, DG Environment)

REPRESENTATION PERMANENTE DE L'IRLANDE AUPRES DE L'’UNION EUROPEENNE
Rue Froissart 89-93, 1040 Bruxelles Tel. 02 230 8580 Fax 02 230 32 03

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 790 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AERIAL FERTILISATION)
(FORESTRY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

(Prn. A7/2198)

[790] 3

GIVEN under my Official Seal,
22 November 2007

MARY COUGHLAN
Minister for Agriculture and Food