# 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Directive establishes a procedure for the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures (‘ECIs’), and a common approach to the assessment of the need to improve the protection of such infrastructures in order to contribute to the protection of people.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/114/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-114/article-1
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