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Road Safety
Road infrastructure safety management Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management It aims to reduce road deaths and serious injuries on EU road networks by making road infrastructure safer. KEY ...
Aviation Crew
Aircrew regulation Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 It sets out detailed rules for civil ...
Seafarers’ Working Conditions
Ensuring EU countries comply with and enforce the Maritime Labour Convention This European Union directive defines the responsibilities of flag states (countries where ships are registered) for enforcing the Maritime ...
Seafarers’ Training
Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers It incorporates, into EU law, minimum standards of training, certification and ...
Alternative Fuels
Electric and gas-powered vehicles — recharging/refuelling stations Directive 2014/94/EU — deploying the EU’s alternative fuels infrastructure — It establishes standard rules on rolling out the EU’s alternative fuels* ...
Energy Efficiency Buildings
Energy performance of buildings Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings It aims to improve the energy performance of buildings in the EU, taking into account various climatic and local conditions. ...
Energy Labelling
Energy consumption: Framework for labelling rules Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 on energy labelling It sets out the basis for labelling energy-related products, providing standard information about energy efficiency — as ...
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency Directive (EU) 2018/2002 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU, together with its amendment, aims to adapt EU energy law ...
Nuclear Safety
Convention on Nuclear Safety Convention on nuclear safety — Declaration by the European Atomic Energy Community according to the provisions of Article 30(4)(iii) of the Nuclear Safety Convention Decision 1999/819/ ...
EURATOM
Revised Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency SUMMARY OF: Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency Article 52 of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Treaty WHAT IS ...
Euratom Supply Agency
Euratom establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency Article 52 of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Treaty Decision 2008/114/EC establishes Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA), which was ...
Gas Market
Natural gas transmission networks Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks It lays down rules for access to: natural gas transmission* networks; gas storage; and ...
Inter-transmission of Electricity
Cross-border exchanges in electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943 on the internal market for electricity It revises the rules and principles of the internal EU electricity market to ensure it is well-functioning, ...
Energy Regulation
Governance of the Energy Union Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union It aims to ensure that the EU’s Energy Union Strategy is implemented in a coordinated and coherent manner across its 5 ...
Energy Policy
European Energy Charter The Energy Charter Treaty establishes a framework for international cooperation between European countries and other industrialised counties with the aim of developing the energy potential of ...
Energy Market
Internal market in electricity (from 2021) Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the internal market for electricity It outlines rules for the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and storage of ...
Animal By-Products
Animal by-products not intended for human consumption Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption It seeks to lay down ...
Info Food Chain
Information management system for official controls to ensure compliance with agri-food chain rules Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 — rules for the functioning of the information management system for official ...
Traceability Pre-Packaged Products
Traceability of pre-packaged foods Directive 2011/91/EU on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs.It has applied since 5 January 2012. —It makes sure that consumers can trace the origin ...
Genetically Modified Organisms
Contained use of genetically modified microorganisms Directive 2009/41/EC on the contained use of genetically modified microorganisms.It applies from 10 June 2009. It lays down rules for the contained use* of ...
Fertilisers and Pesticides
Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 relating to fertilisers brings into one piece of legislation all the European Union rules that apply to fertilisers — chemical compounds ...
Animal Welfare Transport
Animal welfare during transport — rules on staging points Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 on EU criteria for control posts and amending the route plan for the transport of animals It establishes rules for control ...
Animal Welfare
European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes The purpose of this Convention, signed under the auspices of the Council of Europe, is to lay down minimum common standards for the ...
Animal Health
The EU’s Animal Health Law Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases. It aims to prevent and control animal diseases that can be transmitted to other animals or humans. The animal health law is ...
Medicated Animal Feed
Medicated animal feed — manufacture, marketing and use Regulation (EU) 2019/4 on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed.It aims to ensure a high level of public health protection, high ...
Consumer Rights Re Transport
Bus and coach passengers’ rights Passengers, including those with a disability or reduced mobility, travelling by bus and coach enjoy the same rights wherever they travel in the European Union (EU). These rights, ...
Vocational Training
Cooperation in vocational education and training (VET) Conclusions on the future priorities for enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training (VET).Addressed to the European Commission and ...
Student Mobility
Erasmus+ — EU transnational partnerships in education, training, youth and sport Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport. Erasmus+ aims to: ...
Sports
Sport’s role in promoting growth, jobs, social inclusion and health Council Resolution on the European Union Work Plan for Sport 2014-2017. Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the ...