List of European Union directives

The following is a thematic list of European Union directives:

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

Accounting, auditing, and management control

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)

Energy

Environment

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 (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 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, Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999
  • RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC
  • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ("WEEE directive"), Directive 2002/96, revised in 2006, 2009 and 2012, currently Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment
  • Battery directive (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)

Wildlife and nature conservation

Environment - Other

Finance

Intellectual property
Further information: Copyright law of the European Union and Patent law of the European Union

See also

Pharmaceuticals

Privacy and data protection and retention
  • General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679), superseded the Data Protection Directive (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 (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.
  • Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive (2016/681 of 27 April 2016) on EUR-Lex

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 (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

Weights and measures
  • Metric Directive 80/181/EEC
  • Measuring instruments directive
  • 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 of 3 November 1998
  • Food supplements directive (2002/46/EC 10 June 2002)

Safety at work
  • Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (2014/34/EU "ATEX directive")
  • Minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (99/92/EC "ATEX directive")
  • Personal protective equipment directive ("PPE directive")
  • Machinery Directive

Noise
  • Airborne noise emitted by household appliances directive
  • Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors directive

Other
  • 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
  • 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")
  • Explosives for civil uses directive
  • General product safety directive
  • Low voltage Directive
  • Marine equipment directive
  • Pressure Equipment Directive
  • Product liability 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 (2010/35/EU in force from 16 June 2010)

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 (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[6]
  • Interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system directive
  • Interoperability of trans-European high-speed rail system directive

Road transport

Transport - Other
  • Lifts Directive
  • Transportable pressure equipment directive

Other
  • Community postal services Directive
  • Commission Directive 91/71/EEC
  • 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
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See also

References
  1. Directive: consolidated accounts
  2. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament – Reinforcing the statutory audit in the EU
  3. Link to the COM(2003)286
  4. Directive 2014/52/EU amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, 16 April 2014
  5. "EUR-Lex - 32002L0083 - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. "DIRECTIVE 2008/57/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL". Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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