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Reference |
Title |
Outline |
Implementation Date |
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2005/32/EC |
Setting of eco-design requirements for energy-using products (amend. Direct. 92/42/EEC) |
Framework directive creating rules for applying eco-design criteria to a wide range of product groups. As a framework directive legal obligations for manufacturers will only flow from this legislation when followed by implementing measures laying down precise eco-design rules.
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Eco-design for Energy–Using Products Regulations 2007
See DEFRA Guidance
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2006/482/EC |
Fluorinated greenhouse gases, |
Regulation to reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases
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The Regulation will entered into force on the 4 July 2006 and applied from 4 July 2007. |
EU Legislation currently being debated by the EU Institutions
In July 2006 the European Commission published a proposal for a new Water Framework Directive Daughter Directive on Priority Substances. The proposed Directive, which is required to support the Water Framework Directive, will set limits on concentrations in surface waters of 41 dangerous chemical substances (including 33 priority substances and 8 other pollutants (see appendix 10) that pose a particular risk to animal and plant life in the aquatic environment and to human health
EU Thematic Strategies
The Sixth Environment Action Programme (6th EAP), which was adopted by the European Parliament and Council in 2002 and runs until 2012, requires the European Commission to prepare Thematic Strategies covering seven areas listed in the table below.
The Thematic Strategies will form the basis of the next generation of environment policy. They set out properties and identify the most appropriate instruments to deliver European policy goals in the future.
COM(2006)231)
The Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection consists of a Communication from the Commission to the other European Institutions, a proposal for a framework Directive (a European law), and an Impact Assessment
It explains why further action is needed to ensure a high level of soil protection, sets the overall objective of the Strategy and explains what kind of measures must be taken. It establishes a ten-year work program for the European Commission.
COM(2006)232
The proposal for a framework directive sets out common principles for protecting soils across the EU.
The latest information about the strategies can be found here.
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Reference |
Title |
Status |
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COM (2005) 446 |
Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution |
Adopted 21/9/05 |
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COM (2005) 666 |
Thematic Strategy on Prevention and Recycling of Waste |
Adopted 21/12/05 |
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COM (2005) 504 |
Thematic Strategy on Protection and Conservation of the Marine Environment |
Adopted 24/10/05 |
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COM (2006) 231 |
Thematic Strategy on Soil |
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Com (2006) 372 |
Thematic Strategy on Sustainable Use of Pesticides |
Adopted 12/7/06 |
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COM (2005) 670 |
Thematic strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
Adopted 21/12/05 |
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COM (2005) 718 |
Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment |
Adopted 11/1/06 |