The European Union is a contracting party of the Alpine Convention. The European Union ratified the following Protocols: Mountain farming, Tourism, Energy, Soil protection, Transport and the Additional Protocol for Monaco. In this way, these protocols are now part of European Law.
Legally binding acts
Regulations: the most direct form of EU law - as soon as they are passed, they have binding legal force throughout every Member State, on a par with national laws. National governments do not have to take action themselves to implement EU regulations.[1]
Directives: EU directives lay down certain end results that must be achieved in every Member State. National authorities have to adapt their laws to meet these goals, but are free to decide how to do so. Directives may concern one or more Member States, or all of them.[2]
Decisions: Decisions are EU laws relating to specific cases. They can come from the EU Council (sometimes jointly with the European Parliament) or the Commission. They can require authorities and individuals in Member States either do something or stop doing something, and can also confer rights on them.[3]
Non legally binding acts
Resolutions
Opinions
Other instruments
[1] http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/introduction/what_regulation_en.htm
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/introduction/what_directive_en.htm
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/introduction/what_decision_en.htm
The Strategy complements the activities of the EU member states, it aims at promoting coordination and information sharing between member states and ensuring that adaptation considerations are addressed in all relevant EU policies.
- Nordic Centre for Spatial Development Studies
▪ Analysis of mountain areas in EU member States, acceding and other European countries
Nordic Centre for Spatial Development Study of January 2004
- Advocate General opinions
▪ Use of the word "mountains" as references in meat products and use of geographical indications and designations of origin
Opinion of Advocate General Jacobs of 24 October 1996
- Commission staff working documents
▪ New insights into mountain farming in the EU
Commission staff working document of 16 December 200
- Court of Auditors reports
▪ Application of 31 December 1980 of Council Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas
Court of Auditors special report of 31 December 1980 (page 1 to 30)
▪ New strategy for mountain regions
Report of 16 October 1998, by Giacomo Santini (A4-0368/98)
▪ Community action for mountain areas
Committee of the Regions Report of 12 February 2003 (2003/C 128/05)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014 of 7 March 2014 laying down rules for implementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund with regard to methodologies for climate change support, the determination of milestones and targets in the performance framework and the nomenclature of categories of intervention for the European Structural and Investment Funds
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2008/90 of 29 June 1990 concerning the promotion of energy technology in Europe (thermie programme)
Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing the second Marco Polo programme for the granting of Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system (Marco Polo II) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 of 6 February 2006 adapting Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 and amending Commission Decision 2000/115/EC with a view to the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2007
Council Regulation (EC) No 543/97 of 17 March 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 on the granting of aids for transport by rail, road and inland waterway
Regulation (EC) No 67/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks
Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks
Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)
Regulation (EC) No 923/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 establishing the second Marco Polo programme for the granting of Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system (Marco Polo II) (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 of 17 December 1996 on the entry of certain names in the 'Register of protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications' provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/56 of 15 January 2015 amending, as regards the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007
Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU Text with EEA relevance
Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 Text with EEA relevance
Regulation (EU) No 670/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2012 amending Decision No 1639/2006/EC establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks
Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight Text with EEA relevance
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1158/2012 of 27 November 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 Text with EEA relevance
Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 Text with EEA relevance
Commission Regulation (EU) No 750/2013 of 29 July 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
Council Regulation (EEC) No 218/84 of 18 January 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2618/80 instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to improving security of energy supply in certain Community regions by way of improved use of new techniques for hydro-electrical power and alternative energy sources
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to conditions of use of the optional quality term ‘mountain product’
Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations
Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism Text with EEA relevance
2001/672/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 2001 laying down special rules applicable to movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in mountain areas (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2551)
2010/300/EU: Commission Decision of 25 May 2010 amending Decision 2001/672/EC as regards time periods for the movements of bovine animals to summer grazing areas (notified under document C(2010) 3188) (Text with EEA relevance)
2009/404/ЕC: Council Decision of 25 May 2009 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
2004/69/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 2003 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, the list of sites of Community importance for the Alpine biogeographical region (notified under document number C(2003) 4957)
2014/203/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 19 March 2014 on the adoption of the LIFE multiannual work programme for 2014-17 Text with EEA relevance
Decision No 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (Text with EEA relevance)
EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 301/14/COL of 16 July 2014 amending for the ninety-eighth time the procedural and substantive rules in the field of State aid by adopting new Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 [2015/790]
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/71 of 3 December 2014 adopting an eighth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Alpine biogeographical region (notified under document C(2014) 9082)
Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities
Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ Text with EEA relevance
Corrigendum to Decision No 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (OJ L 167, 30.4.2004)
2013/738/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 7 November 2013 adopting a seventh updated list of sites of Community importance for the Alpine biogeographical region (notified under document C(2013) 7355)
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy
Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market
Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC - Statements made with regard to decommissioning and waste management activities
Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)
Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC Text with EEA relevance
Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure Text with EEA relevance
Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less- favoured areas
Council Directive 76/400/EEC of 6 April 1976 amending Article 15 of Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas
Council Directive 80/666/EEC of 24 June 1980 amending Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas
Council Directive 82/786/EEC of 15 November 1982 amending Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas
Commission Directive 91/244/EEC of 6 March 1991 amending Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (Text with EEA relevance)
Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment Text with EEA relevance
Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage
▪ Alpine Arc - an apportunity for development and integration
European Economic and Social Committee Opinion of 25 April 1996 (96/C 204/24)
▪ Future of upland areas in the EU
European Economic and Social Committee Opinion of 18 September 2002 (2003/C 61/19)
▪ Future outlook for agriculture in areas with special handicaps (upland, island and outlying areas)
European Economic and Social Committee Opinion of 12 December 2007 (2008/C 120/11)
▪ European Charter on mountain areas
Committee of the Regions Opinion of 21 April 1995 (96/C 100/05)
▪ Policy for upland agriculture in Europe
Committee of the Regions Opinion of 18 September 1997 (97/C 379/12)
▪ Future of pheripheral areas in the EU
Committee of the Regions Opinion of 13 October 1998 (98/C 315/04)
▪ For a Green Paper - Towards a EU policy for upland regions: a European vision for upland regions
Committee of the Regions own-initiative opinion of 19 June 2008 (2008/C 257/07)
▪ European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparcely populated areas
European Parliament resolution of 22 September 2010 (P7_TA(2010)0341)
▪ Situation and outlook for hill and mountain farming
European Parliament Resolution of 23 September 2008
▪ Structurally disadvantaged regions (islands, mountain regions, regions with low population density) in the context of cohesion policy and their instiutional prospects
European Parliament Resolution of 16 February 2006 (P5_TA(2003)0360)
▪ 25 years' application of Community legislation for hill and mountain farming
European Parliament Resolution of 6 September 2001 (2000/2222 (INI))
▪ Avalanche disasters in the Alps
European Parliament Resolution of 11 March 1999
▪ New strategy for mountain, less-favoured and environmentally sensitive regions
European Parliament Resolution of 23 October 1998
▪ Poor snow conditions in winter sports resorts in Europe
European Parliament Resolution of 17 May 1990
▪ Mountain regions
European Parliament Resolution of 13 December 1987
▪ Special community measures to revive agriculture and forestry in the mountain and Dolomite
area of the region of Veneto, through the recovery of land subject to hydrogeological
degeneration
European Parliament Resolution of 15 December 1983
▪ Application on Council directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in
certain less-favoured areas
European Parliament Resolution of 12 September 1983
