Passenger Transport Issues
Access to the international market for coach & bus services The freedom to provide services is a basic principle of the common transport policy and requires that carriers from all EU countries have access to ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Victims’ Rights
Strengthening victims’ rights in the EU The aim of this EU law is to ensure the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters in order to strengthen victims’ rights in the EU. Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 ...
Anti-Money Laundering
Combating money laundering by criminal law SUMMARY OF: Directive (EU) 2018/1673 on combating money laundering by criminal law It defines criminal offences and sanctions in the area of money laundering with a view to: ...
Anti-Terrorism
Fight against terrorism – definitions of terrorist crimes and support to victims Directive (EU) 2017/541 on combating terrorism.It aims to adapt EU law to fight terrorism in light of evolving terrorist threats and ...
Anti-Weapon
Controls on firearms purchases and possession Directive 91/477/EEC — the control of the acquisition and possession of weapons The ‘Firearms Directive’ sets out certain minimum conditions for the circulation of civil ...
Anti-Trafikking
Residence permit for victims of human trafficking Residence permits of temporary duration may be issued to non-EU nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or (optionally) the subject of an illegal ...
Asylum
Refugees and stateless persons — common standards for qualification Directive 2011/95/EU — common standards for the qualification and international protection of refugees and stateless persons It aims to: lay down ...
Schengen System
The Schengen area and cooperation The Schengen area and cooperation are founded on the Schengen Agreement of 1985. The Schengen area represents a territory where the free movement of persons is guaranteed. The ...
Visas
Visa Code This regulation establishes the procedures and conditions for issuing visas for short stays in and transit through the territories of EU countries. It also lists the non-EU countries whose nationals are ...
EU Opinions
European Union opinions Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 288 of the TFEU lists the 5 different types of legal acts EU institutions can adopt. These are: regulations, ...
EU Official Publications
Publications Office Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom — the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the European Union It sets out the role, responsibilities, tasks and organisational structure of the ...
Access to EU Law
Accessibility of public sector websites and mobile apps Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies It aims to make public sector websites and mobile ...