Last April, however, it did release a general directive called "Guidelines for Collaboration among Competitors".
The general directive on the protection of personal data came into force between the first and second readings, which makes this directive a sectoral directive, geared more to the management of these data in the specific field of communications than to actual protection, in relation to which constant reference is made - it could not be otherwise - to the general directive.
Under the Reception Conditions Directive, as a general rule, if asylum seekers are detained, then they must be placed in specialised detention facilities.
As a general rule, keep paragraphs short.
22 As regards the scope of those exceptions and limitations, it must be pointed out that, according to the settled case-law of the Court, the provisions of a directive which derogate from a general principle established by that directive must be interpreted strictly (Case C‑5/08Infopaq International EU C 2009 465, paragraph 56 and the case-law cited).
At present, there is EU legislation in force that lays down minimum standards for the protection of pigs, calves, laying hens, broiler chickens, as well as the general Council Directive for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, but there is not yet any specific EU legislation on minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits.
The directive offers no more than a general legal framework.
"I view one as a verbal directive and that didn't exist.
