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Reduction of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry EU legislation on pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry is now governed by Directive 2010/75(EU) on industrial ...
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Climate Change
United Nations (UN) climate change negotiations — an overview Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as it applies to EU participation in UN climate change negotiations THE TREATY ON THE ...
Ozone Depletion Coventions
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer Decision 88/540/EEC on the conclusion of the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer and ...
Greenhouse Gases
Reducing man-made greenhouse gases (fluorinated gases) The regulation is designed to mitigate climate change and protect the environment by reducing emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). It aims to cut ...
Monitoring Emissions
Mechanism for monitoring greenhouse gases Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 — mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change This regulation, the Monitoring ...
Emissions Trading
Emissions Trading System — Innovation Fund rules Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/856 with regard to the operation of the Innovation Fund The Innovation Fund introduced in Directive 2003/87/EC is designed to support ...
Sustainable Energy
Moving toward competitive sustainable and secure energy for Europe The European Union (EU) is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 80-95 % below 1990 levels by 2050. It has a clear agenda up ...
Dangerous Substances
Major accidents involving dangerous chemicals Directive 2012/18/EU on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances It aims to control major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, ...
Marine Pollution
Marine pollution from ships and gas and oil installations In July 2014, the EU adopted a law which guarantees funding for the work of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to fight pollution at sea for the ...
Fishing Conservation
OSPAR Convention Decision 98/249/EC — concluding a convention protecting the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic The ...
Anti-Plastics
Single-use plastics ban Directive (EU) 2019/904 — on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment It aims to prevent and reduce the impact on the environment of certain plastic products ...
Recycling
Making the most of waste electrical and electronic equipment Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) It aims to protect the environment and human health by encouraging sustainable ...
Wildlife and Nature
Conservation of wild birds Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds It seeks to conserve all wild birds in the EU by setting out rules for their protection, conservation, management and control. It ...
Flood Risk Management
Flood-risk management in the EU Floods are a threat to human health, cultural heritage, the economy and the environment. Here, the EU establishes a framework for assessing, mapping and planning for the reduction of ...
Wildlife Controls
Bern Convention Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats Decision 88/72/EEC — conclusion of the Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats The convention, ...
Environmental Institutions
The EU’s environment agency – environmental information and monitoring Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 – the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network ...
Eco Design and Labelling
Ecodesign and energy labelling requirements — household refrigerators Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 supplementing ...
Eco Design and Audit
Ecodesign requirements — welding equipment It sets out ecodesign* requirements for the placing on the market or the putting into service of electrical mains-operated welding equipment. KEY POINTS It lists the welding ...
Environmental Information
Public access to environmental information Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information It fully adapts European Union (EU) countries’ national laws to the 1998 Aarhus Convention on access to ...
Environmental Assessment
Assessment of the certain effects of plans and programmes on the environment (SEA) Directive 2001/42/EC — Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (SEA) It aims to ensure a high level of environmental protection ...
Environmental Enforcement
The polluter-pays principle and environmental liability Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage It lays down rules based on the ...
Noise
Assessment and management of environmental noise Directive 2002/49/EC on the assessment and management of environmental noise The Environmental Noise Directive (END) aims to: provide a common basis for combating the ...
Gender Equality
Gender equality in the labour market The objective of this Directive is to consolidate several directives on gender equality by simplifying, modernising and improving EU legislation in the area of equal treatment for ...
Disability
Protection at international level of the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities SUMMARY OF: Decision 2010/48/EC on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights ...
Vulnerable Persons
Protocol against the trafficking of people Decision 2006/618/EC on the EU’s conclusion of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women And Children, supplementing the United ...
Racism
Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law The purpose of this Framework Decision is to ensure that certain serious manifestations of racism and ...
Children
The European Union and Children’s Rights EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child – COM(2011) 60 final It presents an agenda to strengthen and protect children’s rights as set out in the principles of ...
EU Justice and Security
Area of freedom, security and justice The Treaty of Lisbon intends to reinforce the establishment of a European common area within which persons move freely and benefit from effective legal protection. The creation ...
Criminal Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction in criminal proceedings: prevention and settlement of conflicts This framework decision aims to improve judicial cooperation between European Union (EU) countries, so as to prevent unnecessary parallel ...
Arrest Warrant
More effective extradition procedures: European arrest warrant A person who has committed a serious crime in an EU country but who lives in another can be returned to the first country to face justice quickly and ...