You'll notice substantial differences between the EC document and the UK version.
The EU says:
Article 4
Access to data
Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that data retained in accordance with this Directive are provided only to the competent national authorities in specific cases and in accordance with national law. The procedures to be followed and the conditions to be fulfilled in order to gain access to retained data in accordance with necessity and proportionality requirements shall be defined by each Member State in its national law, subject to the relevant provisions of European Union law or public international law, and in particular the ECHR as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights.
That would leave the UK quite within its rights to require a court order or warrant before access was granted. But Oh no.
The EU Directive makes no mention of logging Web URLs either.
The EU says:
Article 4 Access to data Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that data retained in accordance with this Directive are provided only to the competent national authorities in specific cases and in accordance with national law. The procedures to be followed and the conditions to be fulfilled in order to gain access to retained data in accordance with necessity and proportionality requirements shall be defined by each Member State in its national law, subject to the relevant provisions of European Union law or public international law, and in particular the ECHR as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights.
That would leave the UK quite within its rights to require a court order or warrant before access was granted. But Oh no.
The EU Directive makes no mention of logging Web URLs either.