List of European Union directives

The following is a thematic list of European Union directives:

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Accounting, auditing, and management control

• Seventh Directive: Consolidated accounts of companies with limited liability (Directive 83/349/EEC of 29/6/83)^[1]
• Eighth Directive: Qualifications of persons responsible for carrying out the statutory audits of accounting documents (Official Journal L126 of 12.5.1984, on EUR-Lex)^[2]
  • Communication COM(2003)286 related to the Eighth Directive, of the Commission of 21 May 2003: Reinforcing the statutory audit in the European Union – Not published in the Official Journal. Objective: reinforcing public oversight of the auditprofession; imposing the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) for statutory audits in the European Union as of 2005; systems of disciplinary sanctions; establishing the transparency of audit firms; as regardscorporate governance, reinforcing audit committees and internal control.^[3]

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)
• 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 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 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)

Culture

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

Environment

• The Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community
• Birds Directive (Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds)
• Environmental impact assessment (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)
• Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; replaced by Directive 2008/1/EC (see below)
• Freedom of access to information Directive
• 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)
• Industrial Emissions Directive
• Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora)
• Water Framework Directive (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)
• Urban Waste Water Directive (Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water collection and treatment)
• Waste framework directive (Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste)
• Floods directive
• Landfill Directive
• Strategic environmental assessment (Directive 2001/42/EC)
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ("WEEE directive")
• Large Combustion Plant Directive (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″)

Wildlife and nature conservation

• Birds Directive (Council Directive 79/409/EEC)
• Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC)
• Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Council Directive 2008/56/EC)

Intellectual property

• The Information Society Directive (2001/29/EC 22 May 2001) – also known as the "EU Copyright Directive" (EUCD).
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights (Criminal) (proposed)
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights (Civil) (2004/48/EC 29 April 2004).
• Harmonising the term of copyright protection (Copyright Term Directive) (93/98/EEC 29 October 1993)
• Legal protection of designs (98/71/EC)
• Database Directive (96/9/EC 11 March 1996)
• Patentability of biotechnological inventions (98/44/EC 6 July 1998)
• Patentability of computer-implemented inventions (proposed, then rejected)
• Rental and lending rights (92/100/EEC)
• Directive on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (87/54/EEC 16 December 1986)
• Trademark Directive (89/104/EEC 21 December 1988)
• Directive on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (93/83/EEC 27 September 1993)
• Directive on the re-use of public sector information (2003/98/EC 17 November 2003)

Pharmaceuticals

• Directive 65/65/EEC1
• Directive 75/318/EEC
• Directive 75/319/EEC
• Directive 93/41/EEC
• Directive 2001/20/EC
• Directive 2001/83/EC
• Directive 2005/28/EC

Privacy and data protection

• Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (95/46/EC 24 October 1995)
• Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures (1999/93/EC 13 December 1999) on EUR-Lex
• Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC 12 July 2002) on EUR-Lex
• Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC 15 March 2006)
• Directive 2009/136/EC (25 November 2009) on EUR-Lex, was COD/2007/0248 in the Telecoms Package, 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.

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

• 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
• Coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors directive - 2004/17/EC 31 March 2004
• Coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts directive - 2004/18/EC 31 March 2004
• Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community Directive - 2007/2/EC INSPIRE directive 14 March 2007

Weights and measures

• Metric Directive 80/181/EEC

Other

• Airborne noise emitted by household appliances directive
• Appliances burning gaseous fuels directive
• Artificial optical radiation directive (2006/25/EC in force from 5 April 2006)
• Battery directive (2006/66/EC in force from 6 September 2006)
• Cableway installations designed to carry persons directive
• Colours for use in foodstuffs (1994/36/EC 30 June 1994)
• Construction Products Directive
• Dangerous Preparations Directive (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")
• Energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting directive
• Energy efficiency requirements for household electric refrigerators, freezers and combinations thereof directive
• Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (94/9/EC "ATEX directive")
• Explosives for civil uses directive
• Food supplements directive (2002/46/EC 10 June 2002)
• General product safety directive
• Interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system directive
• Interoperability of trans-European high-speed rail system directive
• Landfill Directive
• Lifts Directive
• Low voltage Directive
• Machinery directive
• Marine equipment directive
• Measuring instruments directive
• Minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (99/92/EC "ATEX directive")
• Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors directive
• Non-automatic weighing instruments directive
• Packaging and packaging waste directive
• Personal protective equipment directive ("PPE directive")
• Pressure Equipment Directive
• Product liability directive
• Promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources ("Renewables Directive")
• Promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market (2004/8/EC "CHP Directive")
• Promotion of the use of biofuels and other renewable fuels for transport
• Radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity directive (1999/5/EC "R&TTE Directive")
• Recreational Craft Directive
• Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals ("REACH directive")
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) ("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

Transport

Rail transport

• EU Directive 91/440 creation of open access railways ("de-monopolisation of railways"), with modifications forms part of the First Railway Package
• Second Railway Package, 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^[4]

Road transport

• Directive 80/1269/EEC – relating to the engine power of motor vehicles

Other

• Capital Requirements Directive for bank capital
• Community postal services Directive
• Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
• Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely
• 96/71/EC Posted Workers Directive on the free movement of workers
• Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFM) for hedge funds

1998

• Drinking Water Directive (98/83/EC) of 3 November 1998
• Legal protection of designs (98/71/EC)
• Patentability of biotechnological inventions (98/44/EC 6 July 1998)

2005

• Directive 2005/28/EC (Pharmaceuticals)

See also

• European Union law
• European Union regulation
• EUR-Lex
• EudraLex

References

External links

• EUR-Lex Directory of Community legislation in force

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