The following is a thematic list of

European Union directives European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...

: For a date based list, see the :European Union directives by number

Numbering

From 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2014, numbers assigned by the General Secretariat of the Council followed adoption, for instance: Directive 2010/75/EU. Since 2015, acts have been numbered following the pattern (domain) YYYY/N, for instance "Regulation (EU) 2016/1627" with * domain being "EU" for the European Union, "Euratom" for the European Atomic Energy Community, "EU, Euratom" for the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, "CFSP" for the common foreign and security policy * year being the 4 digit year * the sequential number. Some older directives had an ordinal number in their name, for instance: "First Council Directive 73/239/EEC".

Accounting, auditing, and management control

*Seventh Directive: Consolidated accounts of companies with

limited liability Limited liability is a legal status in which a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a corporation, company or partnership. If a company that provides limited liability to it ...

(Directive 83/349/EEC of 29/6/83). *Eighth Directive: Qualifications of persons responsible for carrying out the statutory audits of accounting documents (

Official Journal A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establis ...

L126 of 12.5.1984
on EUR-Lex
. **Communication COM(2003)286 related to the Eighth Directive, aimed at reinforcing

statutory audit An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon.” Auditing ...

in the European Union – Not published in the

. ''Objective: reinforcing public oversight of the

audit An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon.” Auditing ...

profession; imposing the

International Standards on Auditing International Standards on Auditing (ISA) are professional standards for the auditing of financial information. These standards are issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). According to Olung M (CAO - L), ISA g ...

(ISAs) for

s in the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

as of 2005; systems of disciplinary sanctions; establishing the transparency of

audit firm An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon.” Auditing ...

s; as regards

corporate governance Corporate governance is defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions th ...

, reinforcing

audit committee An audit committee is a committee of an organisation's board of directors which is responsible for oversight of the financial reporting process, selection of the independent auditor, and receipt of audit results both internal and external. In a U ...

s and

internal control Internal control, as defined by accounting and auditing, is a process for assuring of an organization's objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations and policies. A broad ...

.'' *Audit directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC. Entered into force on 29 June 2006. *Directive 2009/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts, 18 June 2009, intended to reduce the administrative burdens placed on businesses. Implementation was required by Member States by 1 January 2011. *Non-financial reporting – Directive 2013/34/EU, concerning disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups, was amended by Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014.Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups
retrieved 25 October 2020 The directives provide for "a certain minimum legal requirement as regards the extent of the information that should be made available to the public and authorities by undertakings across the Union" and require "undertakings subject to this Directive" to give "a fair and comprehensive view of their policies, outcomes, and risks". Undertakings subject to the Directive are those with an average of over 500 employees during the reporting year. The directive is supported by non-binding guidelines on reporting methodology published by the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

on 26 June 2017. There are about 2000 companies (excluding exempted subsidiaries) affected by the requirements of the directive. On 21 April 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new directive to amend the existing reporting requirements. The proposal: **extends the duty to all large companies and all companies listed on a regulated market (except listed

micro-enterprise A micro-enterprise (or microenterprise) is generally defined as a small business employing nine people or fewer, and having a balance sheet or turnover less than a certain amount (e.g. €2 million or PhP 3 million). The terms microenterprise and ...

s) **requires the reported information to be audited **introduces more detailed reporting requirements and a requirement to use mandatory EU sustainability reporting standards (to be developed) **requires businesses to digitally ' tag' the reported information so that it is machine readable.European Commission
Corporate sustainability reporting
retrieved 13 July 2021. :The proposed standards were to be developed by October 2022. :Another proposed amendment to the 2013 directive was put forward by the Commission in April 2016 concerning disclosure of corporate tax information on a country-by-country basis.

Anti-discrimination measures

*Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin : also called the "Race Directive" (

Directive 2000/43/EC on Anti-discrimination The Race Equality Directive 2000/43/EC is a legal act of the European Union, concerning European labour law. It implements the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic group. Since the Treaty of Amsterdam cam ...

) *Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation *Council

Directive 2004/113/EC Directive may refer to: * Directive (European Union), a legislative act of the European Union * Directive (programming), a computer language construct that specifies how a compiler should process input * "Directive" (poem), a poem by Robert Frost ...

of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services *

Directive 2006/54/EC Equal Treatment Directive 20062006/54/EC is a legal act of European Union law, which implements the principle of equal treatment between men and women in EU labour law. Background Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force in 1999, new EU laws, ...

of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast) *Proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence of 8 March 2022

Consumer protection

*Directive 98/27/EC on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests, repealed by *Directive 2009/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests.

Culture

* Television Without Frontiers Directive (Council Directive 97/36/EC)

Employment law

*Council Directive 91/533/EEC on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship

Energy

Energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting directive In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: wikt:ἐνέργεια#Ancient_Greek, ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is #Energy transfer, transferred to a phy ...

Energy efficiency requirements for household electric refrigerators, freezers and combinations thereof directive In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat ...

* Directive on electricity production from renewable energy sources 2001/77/EC (superseded) *

Promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market The Directive on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC,

(2004/8/EC CHP directive) *

Promotion of the use of biofuels and other renewable fuels for transport Directive 2003/30/EC was a European Union directive for promoting the use of biofuels for EU transport. The directive entered into force in May 2003, and stipulated that national measures must be taken by countries across the EU aiming at replac ...

* Renewable energy directive 2009/28/EC * Internal market in electricity directive 2009/72/EC * Energy efficiency directive 2012/27/EU

Environment

Environmental assessment

* Strategic environmental assessment (Directive 2001/42/EC) *

Environmental impact assessment Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental imp ...

(Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of 16 April 2014)

Pollution and Waste

* The Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community *

Urban Waste Water Directive The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 199191/271/EEC European Union directive concerning urban waste water "collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water and the treatment and discharge of waste water from certain industrial sec ...

(Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water collection and treatment) * Packaging and packaging waste directive, 94/62/EC deals with the problems of

packaging Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a co ...

waste and the currently permitted heavy metal content in packaging * Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; replaced by Directive 2008/1/EC (see below) *

Landfill Directive The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 is a European Union directive that regulates waste management of landfills in the European Union. It was implemented by its Member States by 16 July 2001. The D ...

, Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 * RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC *

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) which, together with the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, became European Law ...

("WEEE directive"), Directive 2002/96, revised in 2006, 2009 and 2012, currently Directive 2012/19/EU on

waste electrical and electronic equipment Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics which are destined for refurbishment, reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal are also considered e-waste. Informa ...

Battery directive The ''Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC'', commonly known as the Battery Directive, regula ...

(2006/66/EC in force from 6 September 2006), Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC. Directive 2006/66/EC was amended by Directive 2013/56/EU of 20 November 2013. * Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control) * Waste framework directive (Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste) *Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (the " Single-Use Plastics Directive"), effective from 3 July 2021

Wildlife and nature conservation

Birds Directive The Birds Directive (formally known as Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) is the oldest piece of EU legislation on the environment and one of its cornerstones which was unanimously adopted in April 1979 as the Dire ...

(Council Directive 79/409/EEC) *

(Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) *

Habitats Directive The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a directive adopted by the European Community in 1992 as a response to the Berne Convention. The E ...

(Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) *

Marine Strategy Framework Directive The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD; full title: ''Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy'') is a Europea ...

(Council Directive 2008/56/EC)

Environment – Other

Industrial Emissions Directive The Industrial Emissions Directive (Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)) is a European Union directive which commits Europea ...

Water Framework Directive The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC is an EU directive which commits European Union member states to achieve good qualitative and quantitative status of all water bodies (including marine waters up to one nautical mile from shore) by 2015. ...

(Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy) *

Floods directive The Floods Directive (Directive 2007/60/EC) is legislation in the European Parliament on the assessment and management of flood risks. The floods directive basically prescribes a three-step procedure: First step: Preliminary Flood Risk Assessme ...

Large Combustion Plant Directive The Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD, 2001/80/EC) was a European Union directive which required member states of the European Union to legislatively limit flue gas emissions from combustion plant having thermal capacity of 50 MW or grea ...

(Directive 2001/80/EC of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants) * Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors (2000/14/EC − ″OND″) * Implementation of a Scheme for Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowance Trading Directive, amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (Directive 2003/87/EC of 13 October 2003) *

Freedom of access to information Directive The Freedom of access to information (2003/4/EC) is a European Union directive with the formal title "Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealin ...

, Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC *Air quality ( Directive 2008/50/EC)

Finance

Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Directive 2011/61/EU is a legal act of the European Union on the financial regulation of hedge funds, private equity, real estate funds, and other "Alternative Investment Fund Managers" (AIFMs) in the European Union. The Directive requires all c ...

(AIFM) for investment funds *

Capital Requirements Directive The Capital Requirements Directives (CRD) for the financial services industry have introduced a supervisory framework in the European Union which reflects the Basel II and Basel III rules on capital measurement and capital standards. Member St ...

(CRD) for bank capital *

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2004 Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 20142014/65/EU commonly known as MiFID 2 (Markets in financial instruments directive 2), is a legal act of the European Union. Together with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 it provides a legal framework fo ...

(MIFIR, MiFID-I, MiFID-II ) * Transparency Directive *Financial Collateral Directive 2002/47/EC * Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning Life Assurance *

Payment Services Directive The Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2, Directive (EU) 2015/2366, which replaced the Payment Services Directive (PSD), Directive 2007/64/EC) is an EU Directive, administered by the European Commission (Directorate General Internal Market) t ...

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive 2009 The Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS2009/65/ECis a consolidated EU directive that allows collective investment schemes to operate freely throughout the EU on the basis of a single authorisation fro ...

(UCITS)

Free movement of goods

*Commission Directive 66/683/EEC of 7 November 1966 eliminating all differences between the treatment of national products and that of products which, under Articles 9 and 10 of the Treaty, must be admitted for free movement, as regards laws, regulations or administrative provisions prohibiting the use of the said products and prescribing the use of national products or making such use subject to profitability

Intellectual property

* Patentability of computer-implemented inventions ''(proposed, then rejected)'' * Directive on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (87/54/EEC 16 December 1986) * Trademark Directive (89/104/EEC 21 December 1988) * Rental and lending rights (92/100/EEC) *

Satellite and Cable Directive Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission is a European Union directive which governs ...

(93/83/EEC 27 September 1993) * Harmonising the term of copyright protection (Copyright Duration Directive) (93/98/EEC 29 October 1993) (replaced by Copyright Term Directive 2006) *

Database Directive The Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases is a directive of the European Union in the field of copyright law, made under the internal market provisions of the T ...

(96/9/EC 11 March 1996) * Patentability of biotechnological inventions (98/44/EC 6 July 1998) * Legal protection of designs (98/71/EC) * The

Information Society Directive The Information Society Directive (familiarly when first proposed, the Copyright Directive) is a directive of the European Union that was enacted to implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty and to harmonise aspects of copyright law across Europe, ...

(2001/29/EC 22 May 2001) *

Directive on the re-use of public sector information Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information, known as the PSI Directive,
...

(2003/98/EC 17 November 2003) * Enforcement of intellectual property rights (Civil) (2004/48/EC 29 April 2004), also known as the Enforcement Directive * Enforcement of intellectual property rights (Criminal) ''(withdrawn)'' *

Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, formally the Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96 ...

(2019) *

Computer Programs Directive The European Union Computer Programs Directive controls the legal protection of computer programs under the copyright law of the European Union. It was issued under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome. The most recent versio ...

(1991) *

Conditional Access Directive Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access is a European Union directive in the field of intellectual property law, made ...

(1998) *

Copyright Term Directive Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version) is a consolidated version of the former EU Directive harmonising the te ...

(2006) *

Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 The e-Commerce Directive, adopted in 2000, sets up an Internal Market framework for online services. Its aim is to remove obstacles to cross-border online services in the EU internal market and provide legal certainty for businesses and consumer ...

(2000) *

Resale Rights Directive Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art is a European Union directive in the field of copyright law, made under the int ...

(2001)

Pharmaceuticals

* Directive 65/65/EEC1 * Directive 75/318/EEC * Directive 75/319/EEC * Directive 93/41/EEC *

Directive 2001/20/EC The Clinical Trials Directive (Officially Directive 2001/20/EC of 4 April 2001, of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to implementati ...

Directive 2001/83/EC Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relates to medicinal products for human use in mainly countries that are part of the European Union. The Directive dealt with the disparitie ...

* Directive 2005/28/EC

Privacy and data protection and retention

General Data Protection Regulation The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation on data protection and privacy in the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and of human rights law, in partic ...

(Regulation 2016/679), superseded the

Data Protection Directive The Data Protection Directive, officially Directive 95/46/EC, enacted in October 1995, is a European Union directive which regulates the processing of personal data within the European Union (EU) and the free movement of such data. The Data Pr ...

(95/46/EC 24 October 1995) * Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties..
on EUR-Lex
* Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures (1999/93/EC 13 December 1999
on EUR-Lex
*

Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as ePrivacy Directive (ePD), is an EU directive on data protection and privacy in the digital age. It presents a continuation o ...

(2002/58/EC 12 July 2002
on EUR-Lex
*

Data Retention Directive The Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC), a directive, later declared invalid by the European Court of Justice, was at first passed on 15 March 2006 and regulated data retention, where data has been generated or processed in connect ...

(2006/24/EC 15 March 2006) * Directive 2009/136/EC (25 November 2009
on EUR-Lex
was COD/2007/0248 in the

Telecoms Package The Telecoms Package was the review of the European Union Telecommunications Framework from 2007 – 2009. The objective of the review was to update the EU Telecoms Framework of 2002 and to create a common set of regulations for the telecoms indus ...

, amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws. * Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive (2016/681 of 27 April 2016
on EUR-Lex

Procurement

* Coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors directive �
2004/17/EC 31 March 2004
replaced by **Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC. * Coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts directive �
2004/18/EC 31 March 2004
replaced by **Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC *Remedies Directives: Directive 89/665/EEC (for the public sector) and Directive 92/13/EEC (for the utilities sector). These directives provide for a ten-day standstill period between the award decision and signature of a public contract, and require public authorities and utilities to inform all tenderers about the outcome of the tender process. Both were amended by **Directive 2007/66/EC – Remedies Directive.

Technology and safety

Medical devices

* Directive 93/42/EEC (Medical devices directive) * Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive * In vitro diagnostic medical devices directive

Electronic communication

* Radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity directive (1999/5/EC "R&TTE Directive") *

Radio Equipment Directive The Radio Equipment Directive (RED, EU directive 2014/53/EU) established a regulatory framework for placing radio equipment on the market in the EU. All radio equipment within the scope of this directive that are placed on the EU market must ha ...

(2014/53/EU "RED Directive") * Access and interconnection Directive 2002/19/EC * "Authorisation" Directive 2002/20/EC * "Framework" Directive 2002/21/EC * Universal service and user's rights Directive 2002/22/EC * Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2002/58/EC

Information technology

* Certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market directive �
2000/31/EC "Directive on electronic commerce", 8 June 2000
*

Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community The following is a thematic list of European Union directives: For a date based list, see the :European Union directives by number Numbering From 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2014, numbers assigned by the General Secretariat of the Council ...

(INSPIRE) �
2007/2/EC INSPIRE directive 14 March 2007

Weights and measures

* Metric Directive 80/181/EEC *

Measuring instruments directive The Measuring Instruments Directive 2014/32/EU (the information is not updated and below this article refers to the old one 2004/22/EC), is a directive by the European Union, which seeks to harmonise many aspects of legal metrology across all me ...

* Non-automatic weighing instruments directive * e-marking directive

Food and drink

* Colours for use in foodstuffs (1994/36/EC 30 June 1994) *

Drinking Water Directive 1998 The Drinking Water Directive 20202020/2184 is an EU law that protects the quality of drinking water and forms part of the regulation of water supply and sanitation in the European Union. Contents The Directive is intended to protect human hea ...

of 3 November 1998 *

Food supplements directive A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in orde ...

(2002/46/EC 10 June 2002)

Safety at work

Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres Equipment most commonly refers to a set of tools or other objects commonly used to achieve a particular objective. Different job Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and ...

(2014/34/EU "

ATEX directive The ATEX directives are two EU directives describing the minimum safety requirements for workplaces and equipment used in explosive atmospheres. The name is an initialization of the French term ''Appareils destinés à être utilisés en ATmos ...

") *

Machinery Directive The Machinery Directive, Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 is a European Union directive concerning machinery and certain parts of machinery. Its main intent is to ensure a common safety level in ...

* Minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (99/92/EC "

") * Personal protective equipment directive ("PPE directive") *

Pressure Equipment Directive The Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 2014/68/EU (formerly 97/23/EC) of the EU sets out the standards for the design and fabrication of pressure equipment ("pressure equipment" means steam boilers, pressure vessels, piping, safety valves an ...

("PED") 2014/68/EU (formerly 97/23/EC)

Noise

Airborne noise emitted by household appliances directive Airborne or Airborn may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Airborne (1962 film), ''Airborne'' (1962 film), a 1962 American film directed by James Landis * Airborne (1993 film), ''Airborne'' (1993 film), a comedy–drama film * '' ...

* Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors directive

Other safety measures

* Appliances burning gaseous fuels directive * Artificial optical radiation directive (2006/25/EC in force from 5 April 2006) *

Cableway installations designed to carry persons directive Cable transport is a broad class of transport modes that have Wire rope, cables. They transport passengers and goods, often in vehicles called Aerial lift, cable cars. The cable may be driven or passive, and items may be moved by pulling, slidin ...

Construction Products Directive Construction Products Directive (Council Directive 89/106/EEC) (CPD) is a now repealed European Union Directive which aimed to remove technical barriers to trade in construction products between Member States in the European Union. The direct ...

Dangerous Preparations Directive The Dangerous Preparations Directive is a European Union directive in the field of occupational safety and health and consumer protection. It complements the Dangerous Substances Directive (67/548/EEC) and replaces a previous Dangerous Prepar ...

(1999/45/EC in force from 30 July 2002) * Efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels directive ("Boilers directive") * Electromagnetic compatibility directive ("EMC directive") * Explosives for civil uses directive *

General product safety directive A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED On ...

Low voltage Directive The Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC is one of the oldest Single Market Directives adopted by the European Union before the "New" or "Global" Approach. The Directive provides common broad objectives for safety regulations, so that electri ...

* Marine equipment directive *

Product liability directive The Product Liability Directive''85/374/EECis a directive of the Council of the European Communities (now the European Union) which created a regime of strict liability for defective products applicable in all member states of the European Union, ...

Recreational Craft Directive The Recreational Craft Directive, Directive 2013/53/EU, originally Directive 94/25/EC on recreational craft amended by Directive 2003/44/EC, is a European Union directive which sets out minimum technical, safety and environmental standards for b ...

Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human h ...

("REACH directive") *

Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS 1), short for Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Unio ...

(

RoHS The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS 1), short for Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Unio ...

) ("RoHS directive") * Restrictions on marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations directive ("Azocolourants directive") * Safety of toys directive * Simple pressure vessel directive * Tobacco Advertising Directive (IP/02/1788) * Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive (2010/35/EU in force from 16 June 2010)

Transport

Rail transport

EU Directive 91/440 The Single European Railway Directive 2012''2012/34/EUis an EU Directive that regulates railway networks in European Union law. This recast the "First Railway Directive" or "Package" from 1991, and allows open access operations on railway lines ...

creation of open access railways ("de-monopolisation of railways"), with modifications forms part of the First Railway Package *

Second Railway Package The Second Railway Package is a group of European Union legislation which promote common standards and open access, working towards an integrated European railway area. History For much of the 20th century, rail transport in Europe was dominate ...

(2004), a collection of directives concerning open access railway operations, specifically with respect to interoperability and safety * EU Directive 2008/57/EC, an updated directive that covers the interoperability of both the Trans-European high-speed rail network and the Trans-European conventional rail network *

Interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system directive Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system to work with other products or systems. While the term was initially defined for information technology or systems engineering services to allow for information exchange, a broader defi ...

* Interoperability of trans-European high-speed rail system directive

Road transport

Directive 80/1269/EEC Council Directive 80/1269/EEC of 16 December 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the engine power of motor vehicles is a European Union law concerning measurement of engine power in motor vehicles intended fo ...

– relating to the engine power of motor vehicles *Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network *Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management *Directive 2009/33/EC – the "Clean Vehicles Directive" *Directive (EU) 2019/1161, the revised Clean Vehicles Directive, adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in June 2019, and to be

transposed In linear algebra, the transpose of a matrix is an operator which flips a matrix over its diagonal; that is, it switches the row and column indices of the matrix by producing another matrix, often denoted by (among other notations). The tr ...

into national law by 2 August 2021.

Transport – Other

* Lifts Directive * Transportable pressure equipment directive

Other

* Community postal services Directive *

Commission Directive 91/71/EEC Directive 91/71/EEC is an EU directive passed by the European Commission in 1991 regarding the level of sweeteners, flavourings and additives used in foods by states within the European Union and banning foods that did not comply. The directive w ...

*Council

Directive 96/82/EC Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (as amended) is a European Union law aimed at improving the safety of sites containing large quantities of dangerous substances. ...

of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, also known as the Seveso II Directive. * Directive on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments *

Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely The Citizens’ Rights Directive 2004/38/EC (also sometimes called the "Free Movement Directive") defines the right of free movement for citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes the member states of the European Union (EU) a ...

* 96/71/EC Posted Workers Directive on the free movement of workers * Shareholders Rights Directive, originally adopted in 2007, and amended in June 2017 as the Shareholder Rights Directive II or SRD II.Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
SRD II - The Shareholder Rights Directive II
accessed 19 December 2022 * Temporary Protection Directive on handling a mass influx of refugees

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External links

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