Definition: Binding Instrument ABB is a Business Object involving an obligation, which is available to the European institutions to carry out their tasks. Source: Eur-Lex Source reference: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/community_legal_instruments.html Additional information: Additional Information: The European binding instruments listed in Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are: The European binding instruments listed in Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are: - regulations: these are binding in their entirety and directly applicable in all EU countries; - directives: these bind the EU countries as to the results to be achieved; they have to be transposed into the national legal framework and thus leave margin for manoeuvre as to the form and means of implementation; - decisions: these are fully binding on those to whom they are addressed; - recommendations and opinions: these are non-binding, declaratory instruments. Example: The following implementation is an example of how this specific Architecture Building Block (ABB) can be instantiated as a Solution Building Block (SBB): Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Text with EEA relevance.). http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/790/oj eira:iopDimension: Structural IoP LOST view: Legal view eira:iopSaliency: The Binding Instrument ABB is relevant for legal and governance interoperability as, by being a specialisation of the Legal Act, it makes mandatory the implementation of the policy (and therefore the underlying interoperability implications). Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/BindingInstrumentRequirement ABB name: eira:BindingInstrumentRequirement EIRA concept: eira:ArchitectureBuildingBlock Last modification: 2023-10-1 dct:identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/BindingInstrumentRequirement