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
  Directive 2000/43/EC on Anti-discrimination
  The EU Racial Equality Directive implements the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin...
  
  )
• 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 2004/113/EC
  Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force in 1999, new EU laws, or Directives, have been enacted in the area of anti-discrimination.The Council Directive 2004/113/EC Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force in 1999, new EU laws, or Directives, have been enacted in the area of...
  
   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
  Directive 2006/54/EC
  Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force in 1999, new EU laws, or Directives, have been enacted in the area of anti-discrimination.The Council Directive 2006/54/EC Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force in 1999, new EU laws, or Directives, have been enacted in the area of...
  
   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)

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
• Environmental impact assessment
  Environmental impact assessment
  An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the natural, social and economic aspects....
  
   (Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 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)
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
  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 is a directive of the European Union. It replaces the Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 on the same subject matter; both are commonly...
  
   (Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control)
• Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora)
• Birds Directive
  Birds Directive
  The Birds Directive is a European Union directive adopted in 2009. It replaces Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds which was modified several times and had become very unclear...
  
   (Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds)
• Water Framework Directive
  Water framework directive
  The Water Framework Directive is a European Union directive which commits European Union member states to achieve good qualitative and quantitative status of all water bodies The Water Framework Directive (more formally the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23...
  
   (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
  Urban Waste Water Directive
  The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, full title Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment is a European Union directive concerning the "collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water and the treatment and discharge of waste water from certain...
  
   (Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water collection and treatment)
• Waste framework directive
  Waste framework directive
  The Waste Framework Directive is an European Union Directive of 17 June 2008 . The first Waste Framework Directive dates back to 1975 and was substantially amended in 1991.The aim of the WFD was to lay the basis to turn the EU into a recycling society....
  
   (Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste)
• Strategic environmental assessment
  Strategic Environmental Assessment
  Strategic environmental assessment is a system of incorporating environmental considerations into policies, plans, and programmes. It is sometimes referred to as strategic environmental impact assessment. The specific term strategic environmental assessment relates to European Union policy...
  
   (Directive 2001/42/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)
  Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights
  The European Union directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights was a proposal from the European Commission for a directive aimed "to supplement Directive 2004/48/EC of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights " The...
  
   (proposed)
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights (Civil)
  Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
  Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights is a European Union directive in the field of intellectual property law, made under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome...
  
   (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
  Directive on the legal protection of designs
  Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designsis a European Union directive in the field of industrial design rights, made under the internal marketprovisions of the Treaty of Rome...
  
   (98/71/EC)
• Database Directive (11 March 1996)
• Patentability of biotechnological inventions
  Directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions
  Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventionsis a European Union directive in the field of patent law, made under the internal marketprovisions of the Treaty of Rome...
  
   (98/44/EC 6 July 1998)
• Patentability of computer-implemented inventions
  Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions
  The Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions , procedure number 2002/0047 was a proposal for a European Union directive aimed to harmonise national patent laws and practices concerning the granting of patents...
  
   (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
  Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks
  Council Directive No. 89/104/EEC, to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, was introduced into European Union law on 21 December 1988. Its provisions were required to be introduced into national law by 29 December 1991...
  
   (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
  Directive on the re-use of public sector information
  Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information, otherwise known as the PSI Directive is a EU directive that encourages EU member states to make as much public sector information available for re-use as possible. Previous to the creation of this directive this area was left to...
  
   (2003/98/EC November 17, 2003)

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
  Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data
  The Data Protection Directive is a European Union directive which regulates the processing of personal data within the European Union...
  
   (95/46/EC October 24, 1995)
• Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures (1999/93/EC December 13, 1999) on EUR-Lex
• Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
  Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
  Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as E-Privacy Directive, is an EU directive on data protection and privacy in the digital age. It presents a continuation of earlier efforts, most directly the Data Protection Directive...
  
   (2002/58/EC July 12, 2002) on EUR-Lex
• Data Retention Directive
  Data Retention Directive
  The Data Retention Directive, more formally "Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications...
  
   (2006/24/EC March 15, 2006)
• Directive 2009/136/EC (November 25, 2009) on EUR-Lex, was COD/2007/0248 in the Telecoms Package
  Telecoms Package
  The Telecoms Reform Package is a law of the European Union, aimed at updating the EU Telecoms Rules of 2002 and unifying Europe's tele-communications market for all 27 EU member states...
  
  , 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.

Information technology related

• Certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market directive (2000/31/EC "Directive on electronic commerce", June 8, 2000 on EUR-Lex)
• Coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors directive (2004/17/EC March 31, 2004 on EUR-Lex)
• Coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts directive (2004/18/EC March 31, 2004 on EUR-Lex)
• Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community
  Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community
  INSPIRE is "an EU initiative to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe that will help to make spatial or geographical information more accessible and interoperable for a wide range of purposes supporting sustainable development"....
  
   directive (2007/2/EC INSPIRE directive March 14, 2007 on EUR-Lex)

Electronic communication related

• 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

Other

• Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive
• Airborne noise emitted by household appliances directive
• Appliances burning gaseous fuels directive
• Battery directive
  Battery Directive
  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, regulates the manufacture and disposal of batteries in the European...
  
   (2006/66/EC in force from 6 September 2006)
• Cableway installations designed to carry persons directive
• Colours for use in foodstuffs (1994/36/EC June 30, 1994)
• Construction products directive
  Construction Products Directive
  Construction Products Directive ' is a now repealed European Union Directive with the aim to remove technical barriers to trade in construction products between Member States in the European Union....
  
  
• Dangerous Preparations Directive
  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 and replaces a previous 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
  ATEX directive
  The ATEX directive consists of two EU directives describing what equipment and work environment is allowed in an environment with an explosive atmosphere...
  
  ")
• Explosives for civil uses directive
• Food supplements directive (2002/46/EC 10 June 2002)
• General product safety directive
• In vitro diagnostic medical devices directive
• Interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system directive
• Interoperability of trans-European high-speed rail system directive
• Landfill Directive
  Landfill Directive
  The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, is a European Union directive issued by the European Union to be implemented by its member states....
  
  
• Lifts Directive
• Low voltage Directive
• Machinery directive
• Marine equipment directive
• Measuring instruments directive
  Measuring instruments directive
  The Measuring Instruments Directive is a directive by the European Union, which intends to create a common market for measuring instruments across the 27 countries of the EU...
  
  
• Medical devices directive
  Medical Devices Directive
  The Medical Device Directive is intended to harmonise the laws relating to medical devices within the European Union...
  
  
• Minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (99/92/EC "ATEX directive
  ATEX directive
  The ATEX directive consists of two EU directives describing what equipment and work environment is allowed in an environment with an explosive atmosphere...
  
  ")
• 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
  Pressure Equipment Directive
  The Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC of the EU sets out the standards for the design and fabrication of pressure equipment generally over one litre in volume and having a maximum pressure more than 0.5 bar gauge...
  
  
• Product liability directive
  Directive 85/374/EEC
  The Product Liability Directive, formally Council Directive 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products is a directive of the Council of the European Union that created a...
  
  
• Promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources
  Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources
  The Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources is a European Union directive for promoting renewable energy use in electricity generation. It is officially named 2001/77/EC and popularly known as the RES Directive....
  
   ("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
  Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals
  Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals is a European Union Regulation of 18 December 2006. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment...
  
   ("REACH directive")
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive
  Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive
  The Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2002/95/EC was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union. The RoHS directive took effect on 1 July 2006, and is required to be enforced and become law in each member state...
  
   (RoHS
  Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive
  The Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2002/95/EC was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union. The RoHS directive took effect on 1 July 2006, and is required to be enforced and become law in each member state...
  
  ) ("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
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
  Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
  The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is the European Community directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment which, together with the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, became European Law in February 2003, setting collection, recycling and recovery targets for all...
  
   ("WEEE directive")
• Water Framework Directive
  Water framework directive
  The Water Framework Directive is a European Union directive which commits European Union member states to achieve good qualitative and quantitative status of all water bodies The Water Framework Directive (more formally the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23...
  
  

Rail transport

• EU Directive 91/440
  EU Directive 91/440
  The EU Directive 91/440 is European Union legislation that sets out a framework and requirements for railways in the EU to allow open access operations on railway lines by companies other than those that own the rail infrastructure...
  
   creation of open access railways ("de-monopolisation of railways"), with modifications forms part of the First Railway Package
• Second 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:...
  
  , a collection of directives concerning open access railway operations, specifically with respect to interoperability and safety
• Directive 2001/16/EC interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system
• Directive 96/48/EC interoperability of trans-European high speed rail system

Pharmaceuticals

• Directive 65/65/EEC1
  Directive 65/65/EEC1
  Directive 65/65/EEC1 was the first European pharmaceutical directive. -Intention:The directive was a reaction to the Thalidomide tragedy in the early 1960s, when thousands of babies were born with deformities as a result of their mothers taking the drug during pregnancy...
  
  
• Directive 75/318/EEC
  Directive 75/318/EEC
  Directive 75/318/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to analytical, pharmaco-toxicological and clinical standards and protocols in respect of the testing of proprietary medicinal products...
  
  
• Directive 75/319/EEC
  Directive 75/319/EEC
  Directive 75/319/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to analytical, pharmaco-toxicological and clinical standards and protocols in respect of the testing of proprietary medicinal products...
  
  
• Directive 93/41/EEC
  Directive 93/41/EEC
  Council of the European Communities Directive 93/41/EEC of 14 June 1993 repealed Directive 87/22/EEC on the approximation of national measures relating to the marketing of high-technology medicinal products, as this directive had been superseded by Council Regulation No 2309/93 of 22 July 1993...
  
  
• Directive 93/42/EEC
  Medical Devices Directive
  The Medical Device Directive is intended to harmonise the laws relating to medical devices within the European Union...
  
  
• Directive 2001/20/EC
  Directive 2001/20/EC
  The Clinical Trials Directive is a European Union directive that aimed at...
  
  
• Directive 2001/83/EC
  Directive 2001/83/EC
  Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use...
  
  
• Directive 2005/28/EC
  Directive 2005/28/EC
  The Good Clinical Practice Directive lays down principles and detailed guidelines for good clinical practice as regards conducting clinical trials of medicinal products for human use, as well as the requirements for authorisation of the manufacturing or importation of such products.The directive...
  
  

Wildlife and nature conservation

• Birds Directive
  Birds Directive
  The Birds Directive is a European Union directive adopted in 2009. It replaces Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds which was modified several times and had become very unclear...
  
   (Council Directive 79/409/EEC)
• Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC)

Accounting, Auditing and Management Control

Control (management)

Controlling is one of the managerial functions like planning, organizing, staffing and directing. It is an important function because it helps to check the errors and to take the corrective action so that deviation from standards are minimized and stated goals of the organization are achieved in...

 

• Seventh Directive: Consolidated accounts of companies with limited liability
  Limited liability
  Limited liability is a concept where by a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a company or partnership with limited liability. If a company with limited liability is sued, then the plaintiffs are suing the company, not its...
  
   (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
  Official Journal
  Official Journal may refer to the public journal of several nations and other political organizations:* Belgian Official Journal* Journal Officiel de la République Française* Official Journal of the European Patent Office...
  
   L126 of 12.5.1984, on EUR-Lex)
  • Communication COM(2003)286 related to the Eighth Directive, of the Commission of 21 May 2003: Reinforcing the statutory audit in the European Union
    European Union
    The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
    
     - Not published in the Official Journal
    Official Journal
    Official Journal may refer to the public journal of several nations and other political organizations:* Belgian Official Journal* Journal Officiel de la République Française* Official Journal of the European Patent Office...
    
    . Objective: reinforcing public oversight of the audit
    Audit
    The general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product. The term most commonly refers to audits in accounting, but similar concepts also exist in project management, quality management, and energy conservation.- Accounting...
    
     profession; imposing the International Standards on Auditing
    International Standards on Auditing
    International Standards on Auditing are professional standards for the performance of financial audit of financial information. These standards are issued by International Federation of Accountants through the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board .-Respective responsibilities:*ISA...
    
     (ISAs) for statutory audits in the European Union
    European Union
    The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
    
     as of 2005; systems of disciplinary sanctions; establishing the transparency
    Radical transparency
    Radical transparency is a management approach in which all decision making is carried out publicly. The term was used by Daniel Goleman in his book...
    
     of audit firms; as regards corporate governance
    Corporate governance
    Corporate governance is a number of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions which have impact on the way a company is controlled...
    
    , reinforcing audit committee
    Audit committee
    In a U.S. publicly-traded company, an audit committee is an operating committee of the Board of Directors charged with oversight of financial reporting and disclosure. Committee members are drawn from members of the company's board of directors, with a Chairperson selected from among the committee...
    
    s and internal control
    Internal control
    In accounting and auditing, internal control is defined as a process effected by an organization's structure, work and authority flows, people and management information systems, designed to help the organization accomplish specific goals or objectives. It is a means by which an organization's...
    
    .

Other

• Capital Requirements Directive
  Capital Requirements Directive
  The Capital Requirements Directive for the financial services industry will introduce a supervisory framework in the EU which reflects the Basel II rules on capital measurement and capital standards....
  
   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
  Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely
  The Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States...
  
  
• 96/71/EC Posted Workers Directive
  Posted Workers Directive
  The EU Posted Workers Directive is an EU directive concerned with the free movement of workers within the European Union. It makes an exception to the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980, which ordinarily requires that workers are protected by the law of the member...
  
   on the free movement of workers
• Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
  Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
  The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is a proposed European Union law which will put hedge funds and private equity funds under the supervision of an EU regulatory body. These kinds of business vehicle have not been subject to the same rules to protect the investing public as mutual...
  
   (AIFM) for hedge funds

1998

• Drinking Water Directive (98/83/EC) of 3 November 1998
• Legal protection of designs
  Directive on the legal protection of designs
  Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designsis a European Union directive in the field of industrial design rights, made under the internal marketprovisions of the Treaty of Rome...
  
   (98/71/EC)
• Patentability of biotechnological inventions
  Directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions
  Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventionsis a European Union directive in the field of patent law, made under the internal marketprovisions of the Treaty of Rome...
  
  (98/44/EC 6 July 1998)

External links

• EUR-Lex Directory of Community legislation in force