HORIZONTAL LEGISLATION

Directive 85/337/EEC on Environmental Impact Assessment, amended by 97/11/EEC

Directive 90/313/EEC on freedom of access to information about the environment

Directive 91/692/EEC on standardising and rationalising reports on the implementation of certain directives relating to the environment

Directive 96/61/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Directive 74/442/EEC on waste (Framework directive), amended by 91/156/EEC and 91/692/EEC

Directive 89/429/EEC on the reduction of air pollution from existing municipal waste-incineration plants and directive 89/369/EEC on the reduction of air pollution from new municipal waste-incineration plants

Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste

Directive 94/62/EEC on packaging and packaging waste

Regulations EEC/229/93 on the supervision of the shipment of waste within, into, and out of the European Community with amendments EEC/120/97, amended by EEC/120/97

THE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste

Directive 78/176/EEC on waste from the titanium dioxide industry, amended by 87/101/EEC and 91/692/EEC

Directive 75/439/EEC on the disposal of waste oils

Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT)

Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances, amended by 93/86/EEC

Directive 86/278/EEC on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture, amended by 91/692/EEC

Directive 94/67/EEC on the incineration of hazardous waste

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

Directive 92/112/EEC on procedures for harmonising the programmes for the reduction and eventual elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry

Directive 87/217/EEC on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos

Directive 90/667/EEC laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste