Sentence examples for before the directive from inspiring English sources

The British government promised companies it would pass legislation two years before the directive came into force, so that they would know where they stood.

One profession lobbied so successfully before the directive was published that it managed to be exempted from Ms Diamantopoulou's drive for gender-neutral prices.

The change means Freddie Mac, the second-biggest mortgage buyer behind Fannie Mae, must have at least $32.6 billion on reserve, compared with $25.1 billion before the directive by its regulator, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.

Speaking before the directive's specific proposals were known, Mr Roberts said that the Post Office would vigorously oppose a 50 gram reform on the grounds that it would plunge the operation into loss and put the USO in danger.

The Finnish government has decided to subsidise scrubber installations for Finnish ships up to 50%% if investments are made before the directive is effectuated [22].

EU Member State representatives in the EU Council will also need to vote on the reforms before the directive can become law.

Before the directives, 10-15% of sites of special scientific interest were damaged every year but this fell to 2-32-3%

In a speech earlier on Monday, before he released the directive, Sessions said that "asylum was never meant to alleviate all problems — even all serious problems — that people face every day all over the world".

The sub-committee, which will take evidence from City minister Lord Myners on Tuesday, plans to publish some recommendations before 2 December, the last day that Sweden can present its amendments to the directive before its presidency expires.

Pat McCrory, the Republican governor, said he would review the directive before deciding on the state's next steps and that North Carolina would meet the Monday deadline to respond.

German officials finally relented early this morning, though a spokesman for Chancellor Gerhard Schröder insisted that Germany still wanted to examine the directive before translating it into national law.