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A directive is a legal act of the European Union [1] that requires member states to achieve particular goals without dictating how the member states achieve those goals. A directive's goals have to be made the goals of one or more new or changed national laws by the member states before this legislation applies to individuals residing in the ...
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]
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 European Commission is the main executive body of the European Union. [38] Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union states the commission should "promote the general interest of the Union" while Article 17(3) adds that Commissioners should be "completely independent" and not "take instructions from any Government". Under Article 17(2 ...
Directives occur when a decision at an EU level is used to direct member state governments on what to do. Directives specify the results to be achieved and the deadline within which to achieve them, but form and methods of implementation are left at the discretion of member states.
The European Union adopts legislation through a variety of legislative procedures. The procedure used for a given legislative proposal depends on the policy area in question. Most legislation needs to be proposed by the European Commission and approved by the Council of the European Union and European Parliament to become law.
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 ...
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 .