Europe: Regulations

House of Lords written question – answered at on 6 July 2005.

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Photo of Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Stoddart of Swindon Independent Labour

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many regulations have been made by the European Economic Community, the European Community and the European Union respectively, applicable to the United Kingdom without further enactment; and in which English-language publication they are most conveniently listed for the public.

Photo of Lord Triesman Lord Triesman Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Regulations are made by the European Community (formerly the EEC) and by the Euratom Community, but not by the European Union. Under the EC and Euratom Treaties, "Regulations have general application: they are binding in their entirety and directly applicable in all Member States".

For the numbers of regulations adopted each year since 1980, I refer the noble Lord to the Answer which my honourable friend the then Minister for Europe (Denis MacShane) gave in another place to Ian Davidson on 22 March 2005 (Hansard, Commons, Col. 795W).

Regulations are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, which is widely available in all the official languages of the EU in legal and other public libraries, and on the Internet at www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/en/index.htm.

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