European Union

An EU Directive is essentially a law that has been passed by the European Union Parliment and must be applied by all member states.

The WEEE Directive is a European program for the recycling of various electronic goods. The WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and it became European law in 2003.

It is a European Union Law. Purpose is harmonised regulation of investments in all the 31 euro countries. The MiFID stands for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.

The Working Time Directive is a labor directive of the European Union. The directive guarantees workers a certain number of days off per year, guarantees a minimum number of rest hours in a 24-hour period and limits working hours to no more than 48 per week. These protections are designed to protect the health and safety of workers by lessening fatigue and illness, stressful conditions and mental effects such as depression.