Existing Laws
We demand the EU abide by existing EU and international laws and values including
Treaty on European Union (TEU)
Article 3 about protection of environment, child and security
Article 21 (f) "help develop international measures to preserve and improve the quality of the environment and the sustainable management of global natural resources, in order to ensure sustainable development"
and other articles
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Article 4 about common safety concerns in public health matters
Article 6, 9 about human health protection
Article 13 about animal protection
Article 16 about personal data protection and other articles
Article 114 concerning health, safety, environmental protection and consumer protection
Article 168 about human health protection
Article 169 about consumer protection
Article 189 about space matters
Article 191 about precautionary principle and environment protection
Article 192
Article 193
Article 194 about energy efficiency
and other articles
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU 2012/C 326/02 (CFR)
Article 2 about right to live
Article 3 about right to the integrity of the person
Article 4 about prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
Article 6 about right to liberty and security
Article 8 about protection of personal data
Article 21 about the right to non-discrimination
Article 24 about the rights of the child
Article 31 about fair and just working conditions
Article 35 about high level of human health protection
Article 37 about environmental protection
Article 38 about consumer protection
and other articles
Aarhus convention where EU citizens have a right to ensure that the updated environmental information (article 5) is taken into account when the EU adopts policies for the protection of the environment.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Article 5 about data minimisation
Article 9 about processing of special categories of personal data
Article 21 about right to object
Article 22 about automated individual decision-making and other articles
Article 35 about data protection impact assessment
Directive 92/85/EEC Article 6 about prohibited exposure of pregnant workers, Annex I (e) non-ionizing radiation
UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 24(f) about preventive health care, guidance for parents
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 3 "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."
Directive 92/43/EC (Habitat Directive)
Directive 2009/147/EC (Bird Directive)
(Updated in November 2022:
UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 6 "States Parties shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child."
Article 19 about protection of the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse
Article 32 about protection of the child from economic exploitation (our note: an inappropriate profit from advertising and selling products to children)
1.21 prohibits any experiment without consent
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