The phrase "above directives" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to instructions or guidelines that have been mentioned earlier in a document or conversation.
Example: "Please ensure that you follow the above directives to complete the project successfully."
Alternatives: "previous instructions" or "earlier guidelines".
It is laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 3(3) of the above Directive that, in the event of an undertaking being transferred, the transferee is to abide by the terms of the collective agreements which were binding on the transferor, until those agreements expire or until a new collective agreement has been concluded.
We need to stop looking "above" for directives that we can impose on others and instead look and listen to each other for answers.
In addition, article 58 of the above mentioned directive [4] requires that patients are informed about the risk associated with ionising radiation and that detailed information on the exposure of the patient is included in the report of the radiological procedure.
2. On or about September 13, 2010 you failed to obey the above-stated directive in that you did not include a disclaimer when you allegedly signed a letter in support of a political issue in California while identifying yourself as a Deputy Probation Officer with Mohave County Probation.
The four above mentioned directives provide that the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, determines the third countries to be granted equivalence.
Companies recruiting workers often frown on Japanese with a foreign high-school or college education as insufficiently adjusted to the ways of Japan, which emphasize outright acceptance of directives from above and group harmony.
That is to say that the intellectual, serving in government, must play by the rules and follow directives from above, but he or she is ultimately not a tool to be used by powerful interests, but rather the intellectual has his or her ethical stance and contributes through his or her support of good policy and or his or her resistance to unethical activities.
"I find it hard to believe this would come without a directive from above, and I think it is more foreign policy than law enforcement," he said.
But Ian Hunt, MD of Gabbitas Education says: "I think what you'll find is that the pressure comes from the individual [school] department wanting to pick the best students to do their subjects, not an overarching directive from above".
Russell Leigh Moses, a political analyst based in Beijing who is writing a book on the changing nature of power in China, said a female politician here has to be "three times as tough as her male counterparts in order to be politically effective". Promotions usually are granted as a result of a directive from above to elevate more women in the party.
