{{Infobox EU legislation |type=Directive |number=96/82/EC |title=Directive on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances |EEA=yes |madeby=Council |madeunder= Art. 130s (EC) |OJrefurl= http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996L0082:EN:NOT |OJref= L10, 14.1.1997, p.13–33 |EEADec=No 709/1998 |made= 9 December 1996 |commenced= 3 February 1997 |implementation= 3 February 1999 |CommProp=[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:51994PC0004:EN:NOT COM 94/4 Final], C106, 14.4.1994, p.&nbsp;4<br/>COM 95/240 Final |ESCOpin= C295, 1994, p.&nbsp;83 |ParlOpin= C56, 1995, p.&nbsp;80<br/>C261, 1996, p.&nbsp;24 |Reports= |replaces= [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31982L0501:EN:NOT Dir. 82/501/EEC] |amends= |amendedby= [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003L0105:EN:NOT Dir. 2003/105/EC]<br/>Reg.&nbsp;(EC)&nbsp;No&nbsp;1882/2003<br/>Reg.&nbsp;(EC)&nbsp;No&nbsp;1137/2008 |replacedby= |status=Current }}

'''Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances''' (as amended) is a European Union law aimed at improving the safety of sites containing large quantities of dangerous substances. It is also known as the '''Seveso II Directive''', after the Seveso disaster. It replaced the Seveso Directive and was in turn modified by the Seveso III directive (2012/18/EU).

==See also== * Seveso Directive *Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999

==External links== * [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996L0082:EN:NOT Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances] * [http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/civil_protection/l21215_en.htm Summaries of EU legislation > Environment > Civil protection > Major accidents involving dangerous substances] * [http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seveso/index.htm European Commission page about the Seveso Directives] * [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:197:0001:0037:EN:PDF Seveso III Directive (2012/18/EU)]

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