Directive 96/82/EC

{{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. 4
COM 95/240 Final

|ESCOpin= C295, 1994, p. 83

|ParlOpin= C56, 1995, p. 80
C261, 1996, p. 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]
Reg. (EC) No 1882/2003
Reg. (EC) No 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).