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Dear colleagues, In the period after an EU Directive has been adopted, many of us are asked for details of its implementation in the national legislation of Member States. This query becomes increasingly common as the implementation deadline approaches and passes. Frustratingly, the information is often hard to find, largely because many Member States may fail to meet the deadline. Delays in implementation can be much longer than is often realised. This is illustrated by the recent Commission report (COM(2002) 430) on the application of Directive 93/83/EC, which explains: "The Directive had to be transposed before 1 January 1995. However, Belgium was the only Member State to meet that deadline. The majority of implementations took place between 1995 and 1998, but Ireland and Luxembourg were late in implementing their relevant measures, which did not enter into force until 1 January 2001 and 19 July 2001 respectively." It would be interesting to know how typical this is of the length of delays that occur in practice. Does anyone know of any study that has been carried out into the frequency and extent of implementation delays? Regards, Chris ******************* Chris Lamb CORDIS Brussels Tel: +32 2 238 1793 Fax: +32 2 238 1798 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx