The phrase "adopt a directive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of accepting or implementing a specific guideline or instruction.
Example: "The committee decided to adopt a directive aimed at improving workplace safety standards."
Alternatives: "embrace a guideline" or "implement a policy".
In 1989, the Community adopted a directive harmonizing national trademark laws: Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, 89/104/EEC, 1989 OJ (L 40).
Laws in foreign countries vary, but credit issuers and consumer groups say Europeans are far more protective of personal data than we are in the U.S. The European Community last year adopted a directive on the use of personal data by information companies aimed at ensuring that the rules don't change from nation to nation.
In 2004, the European Union adopted a directive restricting occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields, including those used in MR. Some of the exposure limits threatened to impact on the current use and future development of MR technology.
The EU adopted a directive establishing minimum basic rights across the EU for victims of crime, including those of terrorist attacks, in October 2012, with a three-year period for transposing it into domestic law in the member states.
The government is, for example, presently being forced to adopt a EU directive for additional parental leave – its preferred option is to increase leave to up to 18 weeks a year, which is the minimum implementation of EU requirements.
Complete and adopt a policy directive that provides for changes in how the Air Force makes budgetary and nonbudgetary decisions with respect to its science and technology development programs and how it carries out those programs.
Moreover, the nature of the reproductive options makes it imperative to adopt a non-directive approach with potential users.
In November 2000, the European Union adopted a new directive that mandates all member nations to provide equal treatment to lesbians and gay men in employment.
Fed leaves rates steady The Federal Reserve voted to leave its federal funds rate target unchanged at 5.25%, but announced it had adopted a policy directive that is biased toward the possibility of raising interest rates in the future.
For instance, the directive may adopt a proposal – popular in France – to limit the size of positions that traders can take when buying and selling futures contracts on commodities in an attempt to restrict the impact on prices of items as diverse as wheat, coffee or gold.
