The phrase "a directive proposal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a proposal that provides specific instructions or guidelines for action.
Example: "The committee submitted a directive proposal outlining the necessary steps for implementing the new policy."
Alternatives: "an instructional proposal" or "a prescriptive proposal".
Recently, the European Community (EC) issued a proposal for a new Directive on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law (2007 Directive Proposal, Directive Proposal), which follows the example of both the Council of the European Union and the Council of Europe Councill).
Mehdi: Speaking of fair use, we recently faced a serious threat to fair use in Europe with article 13 of the new copyright directive proposal.
Part I of this Legislative Development presents both the historical background that led to the adoption of the 2007 Directive Proposal and the relevant case that acknowledges the Commission's competence to issue the Directive.
The main industrial stakeholders all had the opportunity to comment on the Green Paper and from their positions we will analyse how far they are winners or losers compared to the final directive proposal.
However, the most important step forward is the current directive proposals by the Commission, firstly for procurement in the area of security and defence, and secondly in the area of the internal shipment of defence goods.
In order to eliminate the existing legal obstacles to cross-border e-commerce – a sector whose potential is largely untapped –, the European Commission released on 9 December 2015 its proposal for a Directive on certain aspects concerning contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods (hereafter the Goods Proposal).
They include a proposal for a Regulation setting out a general EU framework for data protection and a proposal for a Directive on protecting personal data processed for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences and related judicial activities (IP/12/46).
This approximation of laws does not in itself ensure that corporations can make cross- border movements, and therefore a number of proposals have been directed at this particular aspect of corporate law-for example the proposal for a Directive on cross-border merger, a Regulation on a European Company, etc.
Thus, in March 1998, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive to combat the problem of late payment.
The absence of any time frame or penalties for not accomplishing that makes this aspect of the proposal merely a directive rather than enforceable.
