Guidelines on implementation and evaluation of restrictive measures (sanctions) in the framework of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy | Sanctions Guidelines

Alcohol, Drugs and Personal Choice Program: An Alcohol and Drug Education Program for Federal Offenders - Implementation Guidelines and Operational Instructions

code of conduct | Specifications on the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact and Guidelines on the format and content of Stability and Convergence Programmes

Guidelines on criteria and modalities of implementation of structural funds in support of electronic communications | Guidelines on the use of structural funds in electronic communications

The Commission published guidelines in 2011 on implementing the Birds and Habitats Directives in estuaries and coastal zones, with a particular focus on striking the right balance between environmental protection and port development.[28] Although it is for the European Court of Justice to interpret EU law, the application of the Commission’s guidelines can provide a coherent framework for project developers and minimise the risk of litigation.

Regrets that only a few Member States systematically apply an SME test in their national decision making process; calls on the Commission to submit, and on the Council to support, a proposal for minimum requirements, including guidelines for the implementation of SME tests at national level, based on best practices obtained from the SME test applied by the Commission as well as at national level;

54. Regrets that only a few Member States systematically apply an SME test in their national decision making process; calls on the Commission to submit, and on the Council to support, a proposal for minimum requirements, including guidelines for the implementation of SME tests at national level, based on best practices obtained from the SME test applied by the Commission as well as at national level;

20. Welcomes the Commission's intention to solve possible conflicts between the provisions of UCITS III and MiFID on distribution, inducements and conduct of business rules in its vade-mecum; regrets, however, that the Commission has not published that guidance before the implementation of MiFID by the Member States; calls on the Commission to take account of Member States' implementing laws and regulations and clarify the legal status of the vade-mecum and its relation to CESR Level 3 measures as well as to the Commission's Questions and Answers on MiFID;