These Regulations implement EU Directive 2002/95 which bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, Mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.
In short & sweet to reduce the harmful substance in devices
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.
It is now called the European Union, but it was called the European Community and prior to that the European Economic Community.
They are called the European Union. But not all countries that are in the European Union use Euros. And there are some countries who are not in the European Union who use Euros.
Romania was forced by the Western European countries.
European Union
Yes. Portugal joined what is now called the European Union in 1986.
The European Economic Community and the European Community are names previously used for what is now known as the European Union.
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.
1951 - 1967
Ireland did not reject the European Union. It joined what was called the EEC in 1973, and is now known as the European Union. It has been a committed member throughout that period.
What was then called the European Economic Community was founded in 1957. It later became known as the European Community and then on the 1st of November 1993 it became known as the European Union.