Special areas of conservation, under the European habitats directive, are supposed to "ensure the restoration or maintenance of natural habitats and species... at a favourable conservation status".
In its original form, the so-called "Bolkestein directive" was supposed to do the same for services, that is, for economic activities you cannot put on a train (like finance, hairdressing, or retailing).
But immigrants and their advocates say that some people have been unfairly swept up in the dragnet because of overzealous enforcement or confusion over how Ms. Milgram's directive was supposed to be implemented, creating a chilling effect on some immigrants' relationships with the police.
Six leading ASEAN countries, including Singapore and Malaysia, agreed to drop tariffs on electronics and ten other areas by 2007.See articleAfter 20 years of delay, the EU's Council of Ministers approved a directive that is supposed to make it easier for European companies to merge across borders.
Most scientists are warily watching how institutes interpret the directive, which is supposed to be implemented this month, and how aggressively it's enforced.
United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 (USSID 18) encompasses rules by which the NSA is supposed to abide in order to protect the privacy of the communications of people in the United States.
Under a directive from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, pressured by groups like Rainforest Relief, the city is supposed to stop using tropical hardwood from endangered supplies, specifically "ipe," also known as Brazilian walnut, on its decking and benches.
She called it a "directive" but retracted the description later when presumably somebody reminded her that she is supposed to be an independent member of the judiciary.
The real spur behind the coalition's attack on the working time directive is to be seen by business to be cutting the much hated but vastly over-hyped "red tape" that is supposed to stifle entrepreneurship.
