In case anyone doubted it, whenever renegotiation of Britain's membership of the EU comes up, the limited employment protection offered by Brussels directives is the first item Tory ministers want to ditch.
Even though the Thirteenth Directive is the result of numerous compromises and has raised many questions whether the Directive will truly lead to convergence within Europe, the Takeovers Directive has now become a cornerstone of public M&A in Europe.
While the principle of returning asylum-seekers is in the EU's 2008 Return Directive, this is the first time any member state has announced such a large expulsion.
This study evaluates whether a transition of large ports facilities to biofuel production for mobility improves the environmental performance and satisfies the renewable energy directive (RED) and it is the first LCA study that considers biofuel production from torrefied wood.
That is the first directive in the wicked and erudite guide "The Art of Seduction," whose self-help virtues are rather oblique, as they lie in undoing the heartstrings of others.
The updated directive for Energy Performance of Buildings is the first of the eight legislative proposals of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package launched in November 2016, on which EP and the Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on 19 December, endorsed by Council in Coreper on 31 January.
The updated directive for Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) is the first of the eight legislative proposals of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package launched in November 2016 to be approved by the Parliament in first reading.
But he did not explain why his social media directive — which was the first of four items he described as "invitations" and as a "prophetic plea," including reading the Book of Mormon by the end of the year, going to a Mormon temple more often, and participating in the Relief Society, the church's arm for women's communal endeavors — was delivered only to women.
The directive will be the first instrument to harmonise 28 different law enforcement systems with respect to exchanging data - also within each member state.
But the regulation with the greatest impact on European fintech to date is the Second Directive on Payments Services (PSD2, Directive (EU) 2015/2366) compelling banks to open their systems to fintechs, allowing them to act as intermediaries between bank and customer.
