Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Common explanatory memorandum to the proposed amendments to the instruments to be adapted to Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Council Decision 2006/512/EC of 17 July 2006
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, capacity to exercise rights, institutional reform, power of implementation, powers of the institutions (EU)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 23.11.2007 
COM(2007)740 final 

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 

Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny 

Common explanatory memorandum to the proposed amendments to the instruments to 
be adapted to Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as 
amended by Council Decision 2006/512/EC of 17 July 2006 

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 

Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny 

Common explanatory memorandum to the proposed amendments to the instruments to be 
adapted to Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for 
the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Council 
Decision 2006/512/EC of 17 July 2006 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

The purpose of this Communication is to set out the common explanatory memorandum to all 
the proposed amendments to the instruments to be adapted to the regulatory procedure with 
scrutiny  as  provided  for  in  Council  Decision  2006/512/EC  of  17 July 2006  amending 
Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers 
conferred on the Commission. 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

COUNCIL  DECISION  2006/512/EC  AND  THE  NEW  REGULATORY  PROCEDURE  WITH 
SCRUTINY 

Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise 
of  implementing  powers  conferred  on  the  Commission1  was  amended  by  Council  Decision 
2006/512/EC of 17 July 20062. 

Article 5a  of  amended  Decision  1999/468/EC  introduces  a  new  regulatory  procedure  with 
scrutiny  for  measures  of  a  general  scope  which  seek  to  amend  non-essential  elements  of  a 
basic  instrument  adopted  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  in  Article  251  of  the 
Treaty, inter alia by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument by 
the addition of new non-essential elements. 

2. 

PRIORITY ALIGNMENT  

In  a  joint  statement3,  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the  Commission  issued  a  list  of  basic 
instruments urgently in need of adaptation to the amended decision by the introduction of the 
new  regulatory  procedure  with  scrutiny  (priority  alignment).  The  list  of  basic  instruments 
concerned by the priority alignment is set out in the Communication from the Commission to 
the European Parliament and the Council of 22 December 20064.  

The Commission has already presented all the proposals concerning priority alignment. These 
have  been  under  examination  by  Parliament  and  the  Council  since  December  2006.  The 
Commission underlines the need for these proposals to be adopted rapidly and for the criteria 
set  out  in  Decision  1999/468/EC  as  revised  in  July  2006  to  be  applied  rigorously  and 
consistently.  

3. 

GENERAL ALIGNMENT  

For the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to the other instruments adopted 
under the codecision procedure already in force at the time when Decision 2006/512/EC took 
effect, the joint statement also calls for the adaptation of these instruments in accordance with 
the  relevant  procedures  (general  alignment).  In  a  statement  not  published  in  the  Official 
Journal5, the Commission has undertaken to conduct an examination of all these instruments 
in  order  to  adapt  them,  if  necessary,  to  the  new  regulatory  procedure  with  scrutiny.  The 
Commission has undertaken to present legislative proposals to this effect by the end of 2007. 

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OJ C 203, 17.7.1999, p. 1. 
OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11. 
OJ C 255, 21.10.2006, p. 1. 
COM(2006) 900 final. 
PE 376.314v01-00 – A6-0236/2006 (statement annexed to parliamentary report).  

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In  the  third  paragraph  of  the  joint  statement,  the  three  institutions  have  also  acknowledged 
that good legislation requires that the implementing powers be conferred on the Commission 
without  any  time-limit.  This  is  why  the  Commission  has  taken  advantage  of  the  priority 
alignment  to  propose  the  repeal  of  any  provisions  of  these  instruments  that  impose  a  time-
limit on implementing powers delegated to the Commission. The Commission will adopt the 
same  approach  in  the  context  of  the  general  alignment  of  any  other  basic  instruments 
containing provisions imposing a time-limit on delegated implementing powers. 

4. 

ADAPTATION CONTENT  

The  purpose  of  the  adaptation  is  to  introduce  into  the  instruments  in  force  the  regulatory 
procedure with scrutiny as set out in Article 5a of amended Decision 1999/468/EC.  

In this context, the adaptation may contain, where warranted in the light of the nature of the 
measures envisaged, provisions relating to the lifting or reduction of the time-limits normally 
applicable in the context of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, in accordance with Article 
5a(5).  

Provision  may  also  be  made  for  the  urgent  procedure,  if  circumstances  so  warrant,  in 
accordance with Article 5a(6). 

5. 

ADAPTATION METHOD 

The Commission has carried out a careful examination of all the instruments adopted under 
the codecision procedure in order to identify those which empower the Commission to adopt 
measures of general scope seeking to amend non-essential elements of the basic instrument in 
question. The Commission has thus been able to identify more than 200 instruments meriting 
adaptation.  

With  the  exception  of  the  instruments  falling  under  the  codification  programme  or  forming 
the subject of a legislative amendment of a scope going beyond the comitology aspects alone, 
the  adaptation  will  be  performed  by  means  of  so-called  "omnibus"  amending  regulations. 
Each  regulation  will  simultaneously  encompass  and  amend  several  dozen  instruments.  The 
aim of this method is to ensure that alignment is managed in a rational and consistent manner. 
It encourages a more effective and speedier examination by the co-legislators and facilitates 
consistent and horizontal treatment. As the content of the basic instruments is not changed in 
any way, this method makes it possible to concentrate on the legal aspects of the texts. 

Since  the  application  of  the  new  regulatory  procedure  with  scrutiny  obeys  the  same  rules, 
regardless of the matter concerned, these regulations will cover different fields. They will all 
be adopted according to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the 
European Community. However, the basic instruments adopted in application of Title IV of 
Part  III  of  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community  will  be  grouped  together  in  a 
separate amending regulation, in  order to take account of the special provisions applying to 
Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ireland in this field in accordance with the protocols on 
the  position  of  these  countries  annexed  to  the  Treaty  on  European  Union  and  the  Treaty 
establishing the European Community. 

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6. 

LISTS OF BASIC INSTRUMENTS CONCERNED BY GENERAL ALIGNMENT 

6.1. 

General list 

The list of instruments that need to be adapted to the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny 
by means of “omnibus” regulations is set out below. Only the instruments appearing on this 
list are in fact concerned by the general alignment exercise. 

The Commission reserves the right to make changes to this list.  

6.2. 

List of instruments undergoing codification 

Some of the instruments requiring adaptation to the procedure with scrutiny are included in 
the Commission's codification programme. 

These  instruments  will  be  adapted  to  the  new  procedure  either  by  means  of  legislative 
amendment  or  by  conversion  of  the  codified  proposal  into  a  recast,  depending  on  the  stage 
reached in the codification procedure. A list of the instruments subject to one or other of these 
procedures is set out below. 

6.3. 

List of the other instruments needing adaptation 

In  final  position  below  is  the  list  of  basic  instruments  concerned  by  adaptation  to  the 
regulatory procedure with scrutiny but the adaptation of which will either be carried out in the 
context  of  a  substantial  amendment  of  the  basic  instrument  going  beyond  the  comitology 
aspects alone or will be rendered superfluous by its repeal. 

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ANNEX 

LIST 1 – GENERAL LIST 

INSTRUMENT 

Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and 
chicory extracts  

Date 

1999-02-22 

Directive 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  23 June 2000  relating  to  cocoa  and  chocolate 
products intended for human consumption 

2000-06-23 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  1257/96  of  20  June  1996 
concerning humanitarian aid  

1996-06-20 

Council  Directive  89/391/EEC  of  12  June  1989  on  the 
introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the 
safety and health of workers at work  

1989-06-12 

Council  Directive  92/29/EEC  of  31  March  1992  on  the 
minimum  safety  and  health  requirements  for  improved 
medical treatment on board vessels  

1992-03-31 

Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 25 June 2002 on the minimum health and safety 
requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks 
arising from physical agents (vibration)  

2002-06-25 

Directive 2003/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  6  February  2003  on  the  minimum  health  and 
safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the 
risks arising from physical agents (noise)  

2003-02-06 

Directive 2004/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 29 April 2004 on the minimum health and safety 
requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks 
arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields)  

2004-04-29 

Directive 2006/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  5 April  2006  on  the  minimum  health  and  safety 
requirements  regarding  the  exposure  of  workers  to  risks 
arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation)  

2006-04-05 

Council  Directive  75/324/EEC  of  20  May  1975  on  the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
aerosol dispensers  

1975-05-20 

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ENTR 

ENTR 

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ENTR 

ENTR 

ENTR 

ENTR 

Council  Directive  76/769/EEC  of  27  July  1976  on  the 
approximation  of  the  laws,  regulations  and  administrative 
provisions  of  the  Member  States  relating  to  restrictions  on 
the  marketing  and  use  of  certain  dangerous  substances  and 
preparations  

1976-07-27 

Council  Directive  76/767/EEC  of  27  July  1976  on  the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
common  provisions  for  pressure  vessels  and  methods  of 
inspecting them 

1976-07-27 

Council  Directive  93/15/EEC  of  5  April  1993  on  the 
harmonization  of  the  provisions  relating  to  the  placing  on 
the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses  

1993-04-05 

Directive  94/25/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, 
regulations  and  administrative  provisions  of  the  Member 
States relating to recreational craft 

1994-06-16 

Directive  96/73/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  16  December  1996  on  certain  methods  for  the 
quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures  

1996-12-16 

Directive  97/68/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  16  December  1997  on  the  approximation  of  the 
laws of  the Member States relating  to  measures  against  the 
emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal 
combustion  engines  to  be  installed  in  non-road  mobile 
machinery 

1997-12-16 

Directive  98/79/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  27  October  1998  on  in  vitro  diagnostic  medical 
devices 

1998-10-27 

Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  9  March  1999  on  radio  equipment  and 
telecommunications  terminal  equipment  and  the  mutual 
recognition  of  their  conformity  as  amended  by  Regulation 
(EC)  No  1882/2003  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council of 29 September 2003  

1999-03-09 

Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  31  May  1999  concerning  the  approximation  of 
the  laws,  regulations  and  administrative  provisions  of  the 
Member  States  relating  to  the  classification,  packaging  and 
labelling of dangerous preparations 

1999-05-31 

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Regulation  (EC)  No  141/2000  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  16  December  1999  on  orphan 
medicinal products  

1999-12-16 

Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of 
the  Member  States  relating  to  the  noise  emission  in  the 
environment by equipment for use outdoors  

2000-05-08 

Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  4  April  2001  on  the  approximation  of  the  laws, 
regulations  and  administrative  provisions  of  the  Member 
States  relating  to  the  implementation  of  good  clinical 
practice  in  the  conduct  of  clinical  trials  on  medicinal 
products for human use  

2001-04-04 

Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  6  November  2001  on  the  Community  code 
relating to veterinary medicinal products  

2001-11-06 

Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  18  March  2002  relating  to  the  type-approval  of 
two  or  three-wheel  motor  vehicles  and  repealing  Council 
Directive 92/61/EEC6  

2002-03-18 

Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or 
forestry  tractors,  their  trailers  and  interchangeable  towed 
machinery,  together  with  their  systems,  components  and 
separate 
repealing  Directive 
74/150/EEC7  

technical 

units 

and 

2003-05-26 

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Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers 

2003-10-13 

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The alignment of Directive 2002/24/EC affects the following legal acts: Council Directive 93/14/EEC, 
Council  Directive  93/29/EEC,  Council  Directive  93/30/EEC,  Council  Directive  93/31/EEC,  Council 
Directive  93/32/EEC,  Council  Directive  93/33/EEC,  Council  Directive  93/34/EEC,  Council  Directive 
93/92/EEC, Council Directive 93/93/EEC, Council Directive 93/94/EEC, Directive 95/1/EC, Directive 
97/24/EC, Directive 2000/7/EC. 
The alignment of Directive 2003/37/EC affects the following legal acts: Council Directive 74/151/EEC, 
Council Directive 74/152/EEC, Council Directive 74/346/EEC, Council Directive 74/347/EEC, Council 
Directive  75/321/EEC,  Council  Directive  75/322/EEC,  Council  Directive  76/432/EEC,  Council 
Directive  76/763/EEC,  Council  Directive  77/311/EEC,  Council  Directive  77/536/EEC,  Council 
Directive  77/537/EEC,  Council  Directive  78/764/EEC,  Council  Directive  78/933/EEC,  Council 
Directive  79/532/EEC,  Council  Directive  79/533/EEC,  Council  Directive  79/622/EEC,  Council 
Directive  80/720/EEC,  Council  Directive  86/297/EEC,  Council  Directive  86/298/EEC,  Council 
Directive  86/415/EEC,  Council  Directive,  87/402/EEC,  Council  Directive  89/173/EEC,  Council 
Directive 2000/25/EC. 

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Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  11  February  2004  on  the  inspection  and 
verification  of  good  laboratory  practice  (GLP)  (Codified 
version)  

2004-02-11 

Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 11 February 2004 on the harmonisation of laws, 
regulations  and  administrative  provisions  relating  to  the 
application of the principles of good laboratory practice and 
the  verification  of  their  applications  for  tests  on  chemical 
substances 

2004-02-11 

Regulation  (EC)  No  273/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on drug precursors  

2004-02-11 

Regulation  (EC)  No  648/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents 

2004-03-31  

Regulation  (EC)  No  726/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  31  March  2004  laying  down 
Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision 
of  medicinal  products  for  human  and  veterinary  use  and 
establishing a European Medicines Agency  

2004-03-31 

Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 31 March 2004 on measuring instruments 

2004-03-31 

Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  17  May  2006  on  machinery,  and  amending 
Directive 95/16/EC 

2006-05-17 

Council  Directive  76/160/EEC  of  8  December  1975 
concerning the quality of bathing water  

1975-12-08 

Council  Directive  82/883/EEC  of  3  December  1982  on 
procedures 
the  surveillance  and  monitoring  of 
environments concerned by waste from the titanium dioxide 
industry 

for 

1982-12-03 

Council  Directive  86/278/EEC  of  12  June  1986  on  the 
protection  of  the  environment,  and  in  particular  of  the  soil, 
when sewage sludge is used in agriculture  

1986-06-12 

Council  Directive  91/271/EEC  of  21  May  1991  concerning 
urban waste-water treatment 

1991-05-21 

Council  Directive  91/676/EEC  of  12  December  1991 
concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused 
by nitrates from agricultural sources 

1991-12-12 

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ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

Directive  94/63/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  20  December  1994  on  the  control  of  volatile 
organic  compound  (VOC)  emissions  resulting  from  the 
storage  of  petrol  and  its  distribution  from  terminals  to 
service stations  

1994-12-20 

Directive  94/62/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging 
waste 

1994-12-20 

Council  Directive  96/59/EC  of  16  September  1996  on  the 
disposal  of  polychlorinated  biphenyls  and  polychlorinated 
terphenyls (PCB/PCT),  

1996-09-16 

Council  Directive  96/82/EC  of  9  December  1996  on  the 
control  of  major-accident  hazards  involving  dangerous 
substances 

1996-12-09 

Council  Directive  98/83/EC  of  3  November  1998  on  the 
quality of water intended for human consumption  

1998-11-03 

Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a 
reduction  in  the  sulphur  content  of  certain  liquid  fuels  and 
amending Directive 93/12/EEC  

1999-04-26 

Council  Directive  1999/31/EC  of  26  April  1999  on  the 
landfill of waste 

1999-04-26 

Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the availability of 
consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions 
in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars  

1999-12-13 

Regulation (EC) 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and 
of  the  Council  of  29  June  2000  on  substances  that  deplete 
the ozone layer  

2000-06-29 

Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste 

2000-12-04 

Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  23  October  2001  on  national  emission  ceilings 
for certain atmospheric pollutants 

2001-10-23 

Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  25  June  2002  relating  to  the  assessment  and 
management of environmental noise 

2002-06-25 

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ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  22  September  2003  concerning  the 
traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms 
and the traceability of food and feed products produced from 
genetically  modified  organisms  and  amending  Directive 
2001/18/EC 

2003-09-22 

Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  13  October  2003  establishing  a  scheme  for 
greenhouse  gas  emission  allowance  trading  within  the 
Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC  

2003-10-13 

Directive 2004/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  21  April  2004  on  the  limitation  of  emissions  of 
volatile  organic  compounds  due  to  the  use  of  organic 
in  certain  paints  and  varnishes  and  vehicle 
solvents 
refinishing products and amending Directive 1999/13/EC  

2004-04-21 

Regulation  (EC)  No  850/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  29  April  2004  on  persistent  organic 
pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC 

2004-04-29 

Directive  2004/107/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the  Council  of  15  December  2004  relating  to  arsenic, 
cadmium,  mercury,  nickel  and  polycyclic  aromatic 
hydrocarbons in ambient air 

2004-12-15 

Regulation  (EC)  No  166/2006  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  18  January  2006  concerning  the 
establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer 
Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 
96/61/EC 

2006-01-18 

Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of 
bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC  

2006-02-15 

Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  15  March  2006  on  the  management  of  waste 
from  extractive 
industries  and  amending  Directive 
2004/35/EC 

2006-03-15 

Regulation  (EC)  No  842/2006  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  17  May  2006  on  certain  fluorinated 
greenhouse gases  

2006-05-17 

Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste 

2006-06-14 

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ESTAT 

ESTAT 

Directive 2006/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 6 September 2006 on the quality of fresh waters 
needing  protection  or  improvement  in  order  to  support  fish 
life  

2006-09-06 

Directive  2006/113/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the Council of 12 December 2006 on the quality required of 
shellfish waters  

2006-12-12 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3924/91  of  19  December 
1991  on  the  establishment  of  a  Community  survey  of 
industrial production  

1991-12-19 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 of 15 March 1993 on 
the  statistical  units  for  the  observation  and  analysis  of  the 
production system in the Community  

1993-03-15 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2494/95  of  23  October  1995 
concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices 

1995-10-23 

Council  Directive  95/57/EC  of  23  November  1995  on  the 
collection of statistical information in the field of tourism  

1995-11-23 

Council Directive 96/16/EC of 19 March 1996 on statistical 
surveys of milk and milk products  

1996-03-19 

Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the 
organisation  of  a  labour  force  sample  survey  in  the 
Community  

1998-03-09 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1165/98  of  19  May  1998 
concerning short-term statistics  

1998-05-19 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  530/1999  of  9  March  1999 
concerning  structural  statistics  on  earnings  and  on  labour 
costs  

1999-03-09 

Directive  2001/109/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the Council of 19 December 2001 concerning the statistical 
surveys  to  be  carried  out  by  the  Member  States  in  order  to 
determine  the  production  potential  of  plantations  of  certain 
species of fruit trees  

2001-12-19 

Regulation  (EC)  No  91/2003  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  16  December  2002  on  rail  transport 
statistics  

2002-12-16 

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ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

INFSO 

Regulation  (EC)  No  437/2003  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 27 February 2003 on statistical returns 
in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by 
air 

2003-02-27 

Regulation  (EC)  No  450/2003  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  27  February  2003  concerning  the 
labour cost index  

2003-02-27 

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a 
common  classification  of  territorial  units  for  statistics 
(NUTS) 

2003-05-26 

Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community 
statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 

2003-06-16 

Regulation  (EC)  No  48/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the production of 
annual  Community  statistics  on  the  steel  industry  for  the 
reference years 2003-2009  

2003-12-05 

Regulation  (EC)  No  808/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 21 April 2004 concerning Community 
statistics on the information society  

2004-04-21 

Regulation  (EC)  No  138/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  5  December  2003  on  the  economic 
accounts for agriculture in the Community 

2004-12-05 

Regulation  (EC)  No 184/2005  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  12 January  2005  on  Community 
statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade 
in services and foreign direct investment  

2005-01-12 

Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  6 July  2005  on  the  compilation  of 
quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector  

2005-07-06 

Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on statistics relating 
to vocational training in enterprises 

2005-09-07 

Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework 
for electronic signatures 

1999-12-13 

EN 

13 

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Regulation  (EC)  No  733/2002  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 22 April 2002 on the implementation 
of the .eu Top Level Domain  

2002-04-22 

JLS 

JLS 

JLS 

JLS 

MARKT 

MARKT 

MARKT 

MARKT 

MARKT 

SANCO 

SANCO 

Council Regulation (EC) N° 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 
on  jurisdiction  and  the  recognition  and  enforcement  of 
judgements in civil and commercial matters 

2000-12-22 

Council Regulation (EC) n° 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on 
cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the 
taking the evidence in civil or commercial matters 

2001-05-28 

Council Regulation (EC) N° 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 
establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the 
Member  State 
asylum 
applications  lodged  in  on  of  the  Member  States  by  a  third-
country national  

responsible 

examining 

for 

2003-02-18 

Regulation  (EC)  N°  805/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  21  April  2004  creating  a  European 
Enforcement Order for uncontested claims  

2004-04-21 

Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  5  November  2002  on  the  Common 
Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)  

2002-11-05 

Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  31  March  2004  coordinating  the  procurement 
procedures  of  entities  operating  in  the  water,  energy, 
transport and postal services sectors 

2004-03-31 

Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures 
for  the  award  of  public  works  contracts,  public  supply 
contracts and public service contracts 

2004-03-31 

Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 21 April 2004 on takeover bids  

2004-04-21 

Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  7  September  2005  on  the  recognition  of 
professional qualifications  

2005-09-07 

Council  Directive  79/373/EEC  of  2  April  1979  on  the 
marketing of compound feedingstuffs.  

1979-04-02 

Council  Directive  82/471/EEC  of  30  June  1982  concerning 
certain products used in animal nutrition.  

1982-06-30 

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SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption 

1988-12-21 

Council  Directive  90/496/EEC  of  24  September  1990  on 
nutrition labelling for foodstuffs 

1990-09-24 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  315/93  of  8  February  1993 
laying  down  Community  procedures  for  contaminants  in 
food  

1993-02-08 

Council  Directive  93/74/EEC  of  13  September  1993  on 
feedingstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes.  

1993-09-13 

Council  Directive  96/25/EC  of  29  April  1996  on  the 
feed  materials,  amending  Directives 
circulation  of 
70/524/EEC,  74/63/EEC,  82/471/EEC  and  93/74/EEC  and 
repealing Directive 77/101/EEC.  

1996-04-29 

Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to 
monitor  certain  substances  and  residues  thereof  in  live 
animals  and  products  and  repealing  Directives  85/358/EEC 
and 
and  Decisions 
and 
91/664/EEC  

89/187/EEC 

86/469/EEC 

1996-04-29 

Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and 
of  the  Council  of  27  January  1997  concerning  novel  foods 
and novel food ingredients  

1997-01-27 

Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 24 September 1998 setting up a network for 
the 
of 
communicable diseases in the Community 

epidemiological 

surveillance 

control 

and 

1998-09-24 

Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  22  February  1999  on  the  approximation  of  the 
laws  of  the  Member  states  concerning  foods  and  food 
ingredients treated with ionising radiation  

1999-02-22 

Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws 
of  the  Member  States  relating  to  the  labelling,  presentation 
and advertising of foodstuffs 

2000-03-20 

Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  5  June  2001  on  the  approximation  of  the  laws, 
regulations  and  administrative  provisions  of  the  Member 
States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of 
tobacco products 

2001-06-05 

EN 

15 

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SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety 

2001-12-03 

Regulation  (EC)  No  178/2002  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  28  January  2002  laying  down  the 
general  principles  and 
law, 
establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying 
down procedures in matters of food safety  

requirements  of 

food 

2002-01-28 

Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal 
feed.  

2002-05-07 

Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of 
the Member States relating to food supplements  

2002-06-10 

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament 
and the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules 
concerning  animal  by-products  not  intended  for  human 
consumption  

2002-10-03 

Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 27 January 2003 setting standards of quality and 
safety  for  the  collection,  testing,  processing,  storage  and 
distribution  of  human  blood  and  blood  components  and 
amending Directive 2001/83/EC 

2003-01-27 

Regulation  (EC)  No  998/2003  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  26  May  2003  on  the  animal  health 
requirements  applicable  to  the  non-commercial  movements 
of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC.  

2003-05-26 

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  22  September  2003  on  additives  for 
use in animal nutrition.  

2003-09-22 

Regulation  2065/2003/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and 
of the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings 
used or intended for use in or on foods  

2003-11-10 

Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  17  November  2003  on  the  monitoring  of 
zoonoses  and  zoonotic  agents,  amending  Council  Decision 
90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC  

2003-11-17 

Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on  the control  of 
salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents 

2003-11-17 

EN 

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SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  31  March  2004  on  setting  standards  of  quality 
and 
testing, 
processing,  preservation,  storage  and  distribution  of  human 
tissues and cells. 

the  donation,  procurement, 

safety 

for 

2004-03-31 

Regulation  (EC)  No  882/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  29  April  2004  on  official  controls 
performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed 
and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules  

2004-04-29 

Regulation  (EC)  No  852/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  29  April  2004  on  the  hygiene  of 
foodstuffs  

2004-04-29 

Regulation  (EC)  No  853/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  29  April  2004  laying  down  specific 
hygiene rules for food of animal origin 

2004-04-29 

Regulation  (EC)  No  854/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  29  April  2004  laying  down  specific 
rules for the organisation of official controls on products of 
animal origin intended for human consumption 

2004-04-29 

Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  27  October  2004  on  materials  and 
articles  intended  to  come  into  contact  with  food  and 
repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC  

2004-10-27 

Regulation  (EC)  No  183/2005  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  12  January  2005  laying  down 
requirements for feed hygiene  

2005-01-12 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3821/85  of  20  December 
1985 on recording equipment in road transport  

1985-12-20 

Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the 
reciprocal  recognition  of  national  boatmasters'  certificates 
for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway 

1991-12-16 

Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the 
indication  by  labelling  and  standard  product  information  of 
the consumption of energy and other resources by household 
appliances  

1992-09-22 

Council  Directive  96/50/EC  of  23  July  1996  on  the 
harmonization  of  the  conditions  for  obtaining  national 
boatmasters'  certificates  for  the  carriage  of  goods  and 
passengers by inland waterway in the Community 

1996-07-23 

EN 

17 

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TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

Council  Directive  96/98/EC  of  20  December  1996  on 
marine equipment  

1996-12-20 

Council Directive 97/70/EC of 11 December 1997 setting up 
a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres 
in length and over 

1997-12-11 

Council  Directive  98/41/EC  of  18  June  1998  on  the 
registration  of  persons  sailing  on  board  passenger  ships 
operating  to  or  from  ports  of  the  Member  States  of  the 
Community 

1998-06-18 

Council Directive 1999/35/EC of 29 April 1999 on a system 
of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro 
ferry and high-speed passenger craft services 

1999-04-29 

Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for 
ship-generated waste and cargo residues 

2000-11-27 

Directive 2001/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  4  December  2001  establishing  harmonised 
requirements  and  procedures  for  the  safe  loading  and 
unloading of bulk carriers 

2001-12-04 

Directive 2002/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  18  February  2002  on  reporting  formalities  for 
ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member 
States of the Community  

2002-02-18 

Regulation  (EC)  No  417/2002  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  18  February  2002  on  the  accelerated 
phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements 
for single hull oil tankers and repealing Council Regulation 
(EC) No 2978/94 

2002-02-18 

Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 26 March 2002 on the establishment of rules and 
procedures  with  regard  to  the  introduction  of  noise-related 
operating restrictions at Community airports  

2002-03-26 

Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  5  November  2002  establishing  a 
Committee  on  Safe  Seas  and  the  Prevention  of  Pollution 
from  Ships  (COSS)  and  amending  the  Regulations  on 
maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships  

2002-11-05 

Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of 
buildings 

2002-12-16 

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TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 14 April 2003 on specific stability requirements 
for ro-ro passenger ships 

2003-04-14 

Regulation  (EC)  No  782/2003  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  14  April  2003  on  the  prohibition  of 
organotin compounds on ships 

2003-04-14 

Directive 2003/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  13  June  2003  on  occurrence  reporting  in  civil 
aviation  

2003-06-13 

Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  15  July  2003  on  the  initial  qualification  and 
periodic  training  of  drivers  of  certain  road  vehicles  for  the 
carriage  of  goods  or  passengers,  amending  Council 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3820/85  and  Council  Directive 
91/439/EEC and repealing Council Directive 76/914/EEC 

2003-07-15 

Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  11  February  2004  on 
the  promotion  of 
cogeneration  based  on  a  useful  heat  demand  in  the  internal 
energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC 

2004-02-11 

Regulation  (EC)  No  725/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on enhancing ship and 
port facility security 

2004-03-31 

Directive 2004/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  21  April  2004  on  the  safety  of  third-country 
aircraft using Community airports  

2004-04-21 

Regulation  (EC)  No  785/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  21  April  2004  on  insurance 
requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators 

2004-04-21 

Regulation  (EC)  No  789/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on the transfer of cargo 
and  passenger 
the 
Community  and  repealing  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
613/91 

registers  within 

ships  between 

2004-04-21 

Regulation  (EC)  No  868/2004  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  21  April  2004  concerning  protection 
against  subsidisation  and  unfair  pricing  practices  causing 
injury to Community air carriers in the supply of air services 
from countries not members of the European Community  

2004-04-21 

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TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  29  April  2004  on  minimum  safety  requirements 
for tunnels in the trans-European road network  

2004-04-29 

Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  29  April  2004  on  the  interoperability  of 
electronic road toll systems in the Community  

2004-04-29 

Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  7  September  2005  on  harmonised  river 
information  services  (RIS)  on  inland  waterways  in  the 
Community 

2005-09-07 

Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 26 October 2005 on enhancing port security 

2005-10-26 

the  Council  of  14  December  2005  on 

Regulation (EC) No 2111/2005 of the European Parliament 
and  of 
the 
establishment  of a  Community  list  of air  carriers  subject  to 
an  operating  ban  within  the  Community  and  on  informing 
air  transport  passengers  of  the  identity  of  the  operating  air 
carrier, and repealing Article 9 of Directive 2004/36/EC  

2005-12-14 

the  Council  of  15  February  2006  on 

Regulation  (EC)  No  336/2006  of  the  European  Parliament 
and  of 
the 
implementation  of  the  International  Safety  Management 
the  Community  and  repealing  Council 
Code  within 
Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 

2006-02-15 

Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  5  April  2006  on  energy  end-use  efficiency  and 
energy services and repealing Council Directive 93/76/EEC 

2006-04-05 

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Instruments undergoing codification to be adapted by recasting 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member  States  relating  to  common  provisions  for  both  measuring  instruments  and 
methods of metrological control  

Council Directive 78/25/EEC of 12 December 1977 on the approximation of the laws 
of  the  Member  States  relating  to  the  colouring  matters  which  may  be  added  to 
medicinal products  

Council Directive 80/777/EEC of 15 July 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters  

Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses  

Council Directive 90/377/EEC of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to 
improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users  

Council  Directive  90/219/EEC  of  23  April  1990  on  the  contained  use  of  genetically 
modified micro-organisms  

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3880/91  of  17  December  1991  on  the  submission  of 
nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic  

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on 
the  definition,  description  and  presentation  of  aromatized  wines,  aromatized  wine- 
based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails  

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2018/93  of  30  June  1993  on  the  submission  of  catch 
and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic  

(10)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2597/95  of  23  October  1995  on  the  submission  of 
nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of 
the North Atlantic  

(11)  Council  Directive  95/64/EC  of  8  December  1995  on  statistical  returns  in  respect  of 

carriage of goods and passengers by sea  

(12)  Directive  96/74/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  16  December 

1996 on textile names  

(13)  Council Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of 
the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers  

(14)  Council  Directive  98/18/EC  of  17  March  1998  on  safety  rules  and  standards  for 

passenger ships  

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(15)  Directive 2001/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 

on the minimum level of training of seafarers  

(16)  Council Directive 88/344/EEC of 13 June 1988 on  the approximation of the laws of 
the  Member  States  on  extraction  solvents  used  in  the  production  of  foodstuffs  and 
food ingredients  

Instruments undergoing codification to be adapted by legislative amendment 

(17)  Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds  

(18)  Council Directive 95/50/EC of 6 October 1995 on uniform procedures for checks on 

the transport of dangerous goods by road  

(19)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2223/96  of  25  June  1996  on  the  European  system  of 

national and regional accounts in the Community  

(20)  Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species 

of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein  

(21)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect 

of the carriage of goods by road  

(22)  Regulation  (EC)  No  999/2001  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  22 
May  2001  laying  down  rules  for  the  prevention,  control  and  eradication  of  certain 
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies 

(23)  Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 

November 2002 on waste statistics 

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ENTR 

ENTR 

ENTR 

ENTR 

ENTR 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

Council  Directive  76/768/EEC  of  27  July  1976  on  the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
cosmetic products 

1976-07-27 

Council  Directive  84/539/EEC  of  17  September  1984  on 
the  approximation  of  the  laws  of  the  Member  States 
relating  to  electro-medical  equipment  used  in  human  or 
veterinary medicine 

1984-09-17  

Directive  89/106/EEC  on  the  approximation  of  laws, 
regulations  and  administrative  provisions  of  the  Member 
States relating to construction products 

1989-02-11  

Council  Directive  90/385/EEC  of  20  June  1990  on  the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
active implantable medical devices 

1990-06-20  

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2377/90  of  26  June  1990 
laying down a Community procedure for the establishment 
of  maximum  residue  limits  for  veterinary  medicinal 
products in foodstuffs of animal origin 

1990-06-26  

Council  Directive  67/548/EEC  of  27  June  1967  on  the 
approximation  of  laws,  regulations  and  administrative 
provisions  relating  to  the  classification,  packaging  and 
labelling of dangerous substances 

1967-06-27 

Council  Directive  75/439/EEC  of  16  June  1975  on  the 
disposal of waste oils  

1975-06-16 

Council  Directive  86/609/EEC  of  24  November  1986  on 
the  approximation  of  laws,  regulation  and  administrative 
provisions  of  the  Member  States  regarding  the  protection 
of  animals  used  for  experimental  and  other  scientific 
purpose 

1986-11-24 

Council  Directive  91/157/EEC  of  18  March  1991  on 
batteries  and  accumulators  containing  certain  dangerous 
substances 

1991-03-18 

Council  Directive  91/689/EEC  of  12  December  1991  on 
hazardous waste  

1991-12-12 

Council Regulation 793/93/EEC of 23 March 1993 on the 
evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances 

1993-03-23 

EN 

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ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ENV 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

ESTAT 

Council  Directive  96/62/EC  of  27  September  1996  on 
ambient air quality assessment and management  

1996-09-27 

Council  Decision  97/101/EC  of  27  January  1997 
establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data 
from  networks  and  individual  stations  measuring  ambient 
air pollution within the Member States 

1997-01-27 

Council Directive 1999/30/EC of 22 April 1999 relating to 
limit  values  for  sulphur  dioxide,  nitrogen  dioxide  and 
oxides  of  nitrogen,  particulate  matter  and  lead  in  ambient 
air  

1999-04-22 

Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  17  July  2000  on  a  revised 
Community eco-label award scheme 

2000-07-17 

Directive  2000/69/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the Council of 16 November 2000 relating to limit values 
for benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air 

2000-11-16 

Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  19  March  2001  allowing  voluntary 
participation  by  organisations  in  a  Community  eco-
management and audit scheme (EMAS) 

2001-03-19 

Directive 2002/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 12 February 2002 relating to ozone in ambient 
air  

2002-02-12 

Directive  2006/12/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste 

2006-04-05 

Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  357/79  of  5  February  1979 
on statistical surveys of areas under vines 

1979-02-05 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  837/90  of  26  March  1990 
concerning  statistical  information  to  be  supplied  by  the 
Member States on cereals production  

1990-03-26 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  959/93  of  5  April  1993 
concerning  statistical  information  to  be  supplied  by 
Member States on crop products other than cereals 

1993-04-05 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1172/95  of  22  May  1995  on 
the  statistics  relating  to  the  trading  of  goods  by  the 
Community  and  its  Member  States  with  non-member 
countries  

1995-05-22 

EN 

24 

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ESTAT 

INFSO 

INFSO 

INFSO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  322/97  of  17  February  1997 
on Community statistics 

1997-02-17 

Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  31  March  2004  on  Community 
statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member 
States  and  repealing  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
3330/91 

2004-03-31 

Directive  2002/21/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the  Council  of  7  March  2002  on  a  common  regulatory 
framework  for  electronic  communications  networks  and 
services (Framework Directive) 

2002-03-07 

Directive  2002/19/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
to,  and 
the  Council  of  7  March  2002  on  access 
interconnection  of,  electronic  communications  networks 
and associated facilities (Access Directive) 

2002-03-07 

Directive  2002/22/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the  Council  of  7  March  2002  on  universal  service  and 
users' 
to  electronic  communications 
networks and services (Universal Service Directive) 

relating 

rights 

2002-03-07 

Council  Directive  76/895/EEC  of  23  November  1976 
relating  to  the  fixing  of  maximum  levels  for  pesticide 
residues in and on fruit and vegetables 

1976-11-23  

Council Directive 79/117 of 21 December 1978 prohibiting 
the  placing  on  the  market  and  use  of  plant  protection 
products containing certain active substances 

1978-12-21 

Council  Directive  86/362/EEC  of  24  July  1986  on  the 
fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on 
cereals 

1986-07-24 

Council  Directive  86/363/EEC  of  24  July  1986  on  the 
fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on 
foodstuffs of animal origin 

1986-07-24 

Council  Directive  88/388/EEC  of  22  June  1988  on  the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for 
their production  

1988-06-22 

Council  Directive  89/107/EEC  of  21  December  1988  on 
the  approximation  of  the  laws  of  the  Member  States 
concerning  food  additives  authorised  for  use  in  foodstuffs 
intended for human consumption  

1988-12-21 

EN 

25 

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SANCO 

SANCO 

SANCO 

Council  Directive  90/642/EEC  of  27  November  1990  on 
the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and 
on  certain  products  of  plant  origin,  including  fruit  and 
vegetables 

Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning 
the placing of plant protection products on the market 

Directive 94/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  30  June  1994  on  sweeteners  for  use  in 
foodstuffs  

1990-11-27 

1991-07-15 

1994-06-30 

SANCO 

European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  94/36/EC  of 
30 June 1994 on colours for use in foodstuffs 

1994-06-30 

SANCO 

SANCO 

European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 
February  1995  on  food  additives  other  than  colours  and 
sweeteners  

1995-02-20 

Regulation No 2232/96/EC of the European Parliament and 
of  the  Council  of  28  October  1996  laying  down  a 
Community  procedure  for  flavouring  substances  used  or 
intended for use in or on foodstuffs  

1996-10-28 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

TREN 

Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  26  June  2003  on  conditions  for 
access  to  the  network  for  cross-border  exchanges  in 
electricity 

2003-06-26 

Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  10 March  2004  laying  down  the 
framework for the creation of the single European sky 

2004-03-10 

Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  10 March  2004  on  the  provision  of 
air navigation services in the single European sky  

2004-03-10 

Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  of  10 March  2004  on  the  organisation 
and use of the airspace in the single European sky  

2004-03-10 

Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament 
the 
and  of 
interoperability  of  the  European  Air  Traffic  Management 
network 

the  Council  of  10 March  2004  on 

2004-03-10 

Regulation  1775/2005  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the Council of 28 September 2005 on conditions for access 
to the natural gas transmission networks  

2005-09-28 

EN 

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