The key directives are the Habitats Directive and the Wild Birds Directive.

4.1 Habitats Directive 92 43 EEC 4.2 Wild Birds Directive 79 409 EEC 4.3 Related multilateral environmental agreements 4.4 Further relevant EU Nature Protection Policy

For EU Member States, Emerald Network26 sites are those of the Natura 2000 network, established through the Habitats Directive.

Box 4 Results from implementation the Habitats Directive in the Member States

The Habitats Directive similarly requires Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) to be designated for listed plant and animal species, and habitats.

The publication of some additional information is encouraged, for example, in the EU public procurement directive (the EU directive ).

The EU Public Procurement Directive, article 38 (6).

See, e.g., the EU Public Procurement Directive, annex VIII.

Article 54 (2) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

Article 35 (1) of the EU Public Procurement Directive.

See article 54(3) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

E.g., under article 43 of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

See article 54(8) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

The European Patent Convention and EU Directive 98 44 EC

See the EU Public Procurement Directive, annex VIII, 1 (a).

The EU public procurement directive (the EU directive ) and legislation in a number of EU countries reviewed refer in that context to the publication of a prior information or indicative notice (PIN) .

Comparable to the Annexes of the Habitats Directive, the Annexes of the Wild Birds Directive were amended to take into account the biodiversity of new Member States.

See, e.g., article 54(4) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

Article 54(4 and 5) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

Directive 92 75 EC was replaced by Directive 2010 30 EU which must be applied from 31 July 2011.

The EU Racial Equality Directive does not require this, and the Danish parliament has, thus, moved beyond the Directive.

See article 1, para. 13, of the EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

The EU Public Procurement Directive, annex VII A, under Prior information notice .

The implementation of the Habitats Directive has shown that environmental as well as socio eco nomic benets can be obtained.

There is also another EU legislation of particular importance to air quality improvement, e.g. IPPC Directive, Waste Incineration Directive, VOC Sol

Additionally, it is included in the Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive (92 43 EEC) on this basis, 15 areas of conservation (pSCI) are established in Slovenia which include the majority of known localities.

For basins shared by EU countries, the information would derive from reporting obligations under the EU Water Framework Directive.

The EU adopted its Council Directive 85 337 EEC10 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (i.e. the EU EIA Directive) in 1985.

The new EU directive on environmental noise provides a basis for further harmonization.

The European Patent Convention and EU Directive 98 44 EC 29 41 10

EU Directives that directly or indirectly abate the NEC Directive pollutants VOCs, NOX

The following box gives an overview of environmental and socio economic benefits that can be achieved by implementing the Habitats Directive.

See article 1(7) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC that defines reverse auction .

4.1 Drinking Water Directive 98 83 EC 4.2 Bathing Water Directive 76 160 EEC, 2006 7 EC 4.3 Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91 271 EEC 4.4 Nitrates Directive 91 676 EEC 4.5 Water Framework Directive 2000 60 EC 4.6 Groundwater Directive 2006 118 EC 4.7 Further recent developments in EU Water Policy

Reducing habitats

Impact based policy Nature Biodiversity Biodiversity Strategy Birds Habitats Directive Natura 2000 Network Environmental media policies Thematic Strategies (TS) Soil TS Marine TS international conventions Relationship between EU Nature Protection Policies (Modified on the basis of COM(2005) 466 final)

The majority of EU Member States have implemented Directive 2001 16 EC on Conventional Rail Interoperability.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union (EU) biofuels directive.

A standard form is annexed to the EU Public Contract Notices Directive (see above, endnote 28).

Council Directive 79 409 EEC on the conservation of wild birds Council Directive 92 43 EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and ora Council Directive 83 129 EEC concerning the importation into Member States of skins of certain seal pups and products derived therefrom

Why, then, was the European Commission s proposed services directive, which would ensure freedom to supply services across the Union to all EU companies, vilified as the Frankenstein directive ?

In addition, under the EU directive, it is necessary to indicate whether a framework agreement is involved.

This directive is called Data Retention Directive.

The EU Directive on Electronic Signatures facilitates the use of electronic signatures and contributes to their legal recognition.

All globally threatened bird species occurring in the EU 25 are now protected either under the Birds Directive.