Directive on Critical Infrastructure Protection

Citation: European Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (OJ L345, 23 Dec. 2008).

Overview
On 8 December 2008 the Council adopted a Directive on Critical Infrastructure Protection, the purpose of which was to identify and designate European critical infrastructures (ECI) which would benefit from a common approach to the improvement of their protection.