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Legislation currently being implemented

There are 271 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by undefined, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
09.02.2004  Granting of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia certain temporary derogations from Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical ...
Decision com(2004)81
 
24.11.2003  Batteries and accumulators and spent batteries and accumulators [SEC(2003)1343].
Directive com(2003)723
 
29.10.2003  Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC and Regulation ...
Regulation com(2003)644
 
24.10.2003  Conclusion of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice regarding environmental matters.
Decision com(2003)625
 
24.10.2003  Application of the provisions of the Århus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to ...
Regulation com(2003)622
 
09.10.2003  Conclusion of the Protocol to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, concerning cooperation to prevent pollution by ...
Decision com(2003)588
 
19.09.2003  Protection of groundwater against pollution.
Directive com(2003)550
 
23.07.2003  Amendment of the Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the EC, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms ...
Directive com(2003)403
 
16.07.2003  Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air.
Directive com(2003)423
 
12.06.2003  Conclusion of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Decision com(2003)332
 
12.06.2003  Conclusion of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Decision com(2003)331
 
02.06.2003  Management of waste from the extractive industries.
Directive com(2003)319
 
24.10.2002  Quality of bathing water.
Directive com(2002)581
 
04.07.2002  Guidance notes supplementing Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms.
Decision com(2002)359
 
04.07.2002  Pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC the summary information format relating to the placing on the market of genetically modified organisms as or in products.
Decision com(2002)362
 
04.07.2002  Proposal for a Council Decision establishing, pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC, the summary notification information format for notifications concerning the deliberate ...
Decision com(2002)361
 
13.03.2002  Conclusion of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Decision com(2002)127
 
18.02.2002  Transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms.
Regulation com(2002)85
 
30.01.2002  Accession, on behalf of the EC to the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level ...
Decision com(2002)44
 
24.01.2002  Proposal for a Council Decision approving, on behalf of the EC, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and ...
Decision com(2001)802
 
23.01.2002  Environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage.
Directive com(2002)17
 
07.12.2001  Amendment of Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
Directive com(2001)729
 
28.11.2001  Conclusion of the Protocol of Amendment to the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes.
Decision com(2001)704
 
23.10.2001  Approval of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder.
Decision com(2001)579
 
23.10.2001  Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the EC.
Directive com(2001)581
 
26.07.2001  Traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms.
Regulation com(2001)182
 
11.05.2001  Quality of petrol and diesel fuels.
Directive com(2001)241
 
08.05.2001  Conclusion of the fourth amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
Decision com(2001)249
 
20.04.2001  Amendment of Commission Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of waste.
Decision com(2001)216
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with the Czech Republic concerning the Czech Republic's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment ...
Decision com(2000)867
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Poland concerning Poland's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)869
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Romania concerning Romania's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)871
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Slovenia concerning Slovenia's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)872
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Hungary concerning Hungary's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)874
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Latvia concerning Latvia's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)876
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Lithuania concerning Lithuania's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and ...
Decision com(2000)878
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Bulgaria concerning Bulgaria's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)866
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Slovakia concerning Slovakia's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)870
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Estonia concerning the Estonia's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and ...
Decision com(2000)877
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Cyprus concerning Cyprus’s participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)879
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Malta concerning Malta's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)875
 
22.12.2000  Conclusion of the agreement with Turkey concerning Turkey's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation ...
Decision com(2000)873
 
08.09.2000  Implementation of integrated coastal zone management in Europe.
Recommendation com(2000)545
 
26.07.2000  Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise.
Directive com(2000)468
 
29.06.2000  Public access to environmental information.
Directive com(2000)402
 
12.04.2000  Conclusion of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long range transboundary air pollution on heavy metals.
Decision com(2000)177
 
07.02.2000  Conclusion of the new Convention for the protection of the Rhine.
Decision com(2000)61
 
07.02.2000  List of priority substances in the field of water policy.
Decision com(2000)47
 
23.04.1999  Approval of the new Annex to the Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic on the protection and conservation of the ecosystems ...
Decision com(1999)190
 
29.03.1999  Concluding the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, and on accepting the annexes to that Protocol - (Barcelona ...
Decision com(1999)30