The following EU Directives have critical AA/DCFTA importance for SMEs in Georgia. The list is indicative and not exhaustive. Further EU Directives will be added here in the future. Also, other or additional EU Directives may be more applicable for specific businesses, depending on the sector of operations. Please contact us for more information on relevant EU Directives for your specific business.
2001/95/EC – Directive on general product safety
1993/465/EEC Council Decision – Modules for the various phases of the conformity assessment procedures and the rules for the affixing and use of the CE conformity marking, which are intended to be used in the technical harmonisation Directives – encouragement for implementing ISO9000 Quality Management System
852/2004 Regulation on the hygiene of foodstuffs
853/2004 Regulation laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin
854/2004 Regulation laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption,
2004/41/EC Directive repealing certain Directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC, 21 April 2004
178/2002 Regulation laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety
882/2004 Regulation on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules
2002/99/EC Directive laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption
1989/0391/EEC – Introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work – encouragement for implementing ISO18000 Health and Safety Management System
1989/654/EEC – Minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace
2009/104/EC – Use of work equipment concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
1989/656/EEC – Minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace
1992/58/EEC – Minimum requirements for the provision of health and/or safety signs at work
1990/269/EEC – Minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers
2003/10/EC – Minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise)
2002/44/EC – Minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (vibration)
2009/161/EU – Indicative occupational exposure limit values – establishing a third list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive
98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC
1999/13/EC – Limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations
1999/92/EC – Minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres
1992/85/EEC – Introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
761/2001/EC Regulation – Voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) – encouragement for implementing ISO14000 Environmental Management System
2008/1/EC – Integrated pollution prevention and control
91/271/EEC Concerning urban waste water treatment
2006/11/EC – Pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community
1994/62/EC – Packaging and packaging waste
1991/689/EC – Hazardous waste
1999/31/EC – Landfill of waste
2000/76/EC – Incineration of waste
2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment
2002/96/EC – Waste electrical and electronic equipment
References of Health and Hygiene Regulations – Part 1
