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This list of European Union Directives is ordered by theme to follow EU law. For a date based list, see the Category:European Union directives by number . 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. [ 1 ]
Council Regulation 1638/98 made changes to the organisation of the olive oil market in the EU. [5] See Unión de Pequeños Agricultores; Council Regulation (EC) 2679/98 of 7 December 1998, on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among the Member States, was aimed at preventing obstacles to the free movement of goods attributable to "action or ...
For example, while EU Directive 2009/20/EC (which simply requires all vessels visiting EU ports to have P&I cover) could have been a regulation (without requiring member states to implement the directive), the desire for subsidiarity was paramount, so a directive was the chosen vehicle.
A regulation is a legal act of the European Union [1] which becomes immediately enforceable as law in all member states simultaneously. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into national law .
Employment discrimination law in the European Union; Employment Information Directive 1991; End of Life Vehicles Directive; CHP Directive; EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012; Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2024; Energy Taxation Directive; Citizens' Rights Directive; Enforcement Directive; Environmental Liability Directive 2004
Legal Acts of the European Union are laws which are adopted by the Institutions of the European Union in order to exercise the powers given to them by the EU Treaties. They come in five forms: regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions.
The directive fell within the ordinary legislative procedure, and thus was to be approved by both the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. While the European Parliament had to pass the Directive with a simple majority, in the council a qualified majority was needed: at least 55% of the countries, representing over 65% of ...
The directive has undergone a number of minor revisions since its inception in 2002 (Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003). These include updates in 2006 and 2009. After nine years the Directive was seen as failing to achieve some of its goals, hence the legislation had been amended again.