List of European Union directives
The following is an incomplete thematic list of European Union directives:
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)
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 (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 (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)
- Birds Directive (Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds)
- 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)
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 (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 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 (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 (2002/58/EC July 12, 2002) on EUR-Lex
- Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC March 15, 2006)
- Directive 2009/136/EC (November 25, 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
Weights and measures
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 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 (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
- 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
- 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
- Lifts Directive
- Low voltage Directive
- Machinery directive
- Marine equipment directive
- Measuring instruments directive
- Medical devices 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
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ("WEEE directive")
- Water Framework 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
- Directive 2001/16/EC interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system
- Directive 96/48/EC interoperability of trans-European high speed rail system
Road transport
- Directive 80/1269/EEC - relating to the engine power of motor vehicles
Pharmaceuticals
- Directive 65/65/EEC1
- Directive 75/318/EEC
- Directive 75/319/EEC
- Directive 93/41/EEC
- Directive 93/42/EEC
- Directive 2001/20/EC
- Directive 2001/83/EC
- Directive 2005/28/EC
Culture
- Television Without Frontiers Directive (Council Directive 97/36/EC)
Wildlife and nature conservation
- Birds Directive (Council Directive 79/409/EEC)
- Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC)
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 audit profession; 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 regards corporate governance, reinforcing audit committees and internal control.[3]
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
2005
- Directive 2005/28/EC (Pharmaceuticals)
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)
