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Cross-border portability of online content services from 1 January 2021 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes. For ...
Sui generis database rights from 1 January 2021 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes. For current information, ...
Changes to unregistered designs from 1 January 2021 Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs. Published 30 January 2020 From: Intellectual Property Office and Government Digital Service The UK ...
EU trade mark protection and comparable UK trade marks from 1 January 20 You can apply to: IPO to register a UK trade mark EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register an EU trade mark (EUTM) From the 1 ...
International accounting standards adopted within the European Union Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 ...
Tackling threats posed by chemicals (Stockholm Convention) Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) harm human health and the environment. The Stockholm Convention is based on the precautionary principle and seeks to ...
EU waste management law Directive 2008/98/EC on waste It establishes a legal framework for treating waste in the EU. This is designed to protect the environment and human health by emphasising the importance of ...
Packaging and packaging waste Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste Directive (EU) 2018/852 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste Directive 94/62/EC sets out the EU’s rules on ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Ecodesign and energy labelling requirements — household refrigerators Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 supplementing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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