Despite the clarity that data protection law applies, there are a number of uncertainties as to the precise application of the current piece of overarching legislation – Directive 95/46 (European Parliament & European Council 1995).
MSS derived from the treatment plant of the city of Karditsa, central Greece with pH 6.45, organic matter 40%, and heavy metal concentration below the limits imposed by the European legislation (Directive 86/278).
The European legislation (Directive 2010/31/EU on energy performance of building, EPBD) has established ambitious targets for achieving high energy performances, with the aim for new buildings to reach nearly zero-energy use (NZEBs) by the end of 2020 [2, 3].
In 1994 this was strengthened through legislation (Directive 94/62/EC) which placed a responsibility on the producer of the waste to bear the costs of collection, sorting or treatment and recycling or recovery.
The animal handling and procedures were in accordance with the current European legislation (directive 86/609/EEC) supervised by the Animal Welfare Committee of the institution (protocol number R102/2007).
All animal use was performed under European Union and French legislation (directive 201063UE, décret 2013-118).
Recent changes in European Union legislation (Directive 86/609/EEC, revision 2010/63/EU) place restrictions on the use of wild animals in scientific procedures (Council of the EU 2010).
The animal handling and procedures were in accordance with current European legislation (directive 86/609/EEC) [ 23] and supervised by the Animal Welfare Committee of the institution (protocol number 2009-01_MJT).
All methods used in this study were in concordance with the ethical conditions for animal experimentation as mentioned in the Belgian (KB 14 August 1986) and European legislation (Directive 86/609/EEC).
