Sentence examples for directive the first from inspiring English sources

Parliament and Council Presidency negotiators reached a political agreement Wednesday on the draft bank recovery and resolution directive, the first step towards setting up an EU system to deal with struggling banks.

Ms Vestager underlined the importance of a functioning market place and of ongoing legislation, like the proposed country-by-country reporting on employee numbers, profits made and taxes paid (in the Accounting standards Directive), the first steps towards a European list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, and the recently adopted anti-tax avoidance directive.

Terminally ill patients were randomly assigned to complete one of three advance directives: The first group received a form with the comfort-oriented approach preselected; the second had the aggressive care box checked; the third had both options left blank.

President Banda also weighed in by issuing two separate directives, the first ordering MEC to undertake a recount and a second calling for the annulment of the elections, with fresh polls within 90 days.

The officials described the directive for the first time, building on what has become a fierce battle between the Pentagon and the C.I.A. over responsibility for the abuses at Abu Ghraib.

"It's clear as can be that they intend to reduce the level of regulation," said James Gattuso, a senior fellow in regulatory policy at the conservative Heritage Foundation, who said the directive marks the first explicit attempt to contain the costs of federal mandates.

36 It should be recalled that under Article 4(2) of Directive 2009/24 the first sale in the European Union of a copy of a computer program by the rightholder or with his consent exhausts the distribution right within the European Union of that copy.

Senators Lindsey Graham and Dick Durbin said this week they are crafting legislation to send a message to the president-elect, who made a hardline approach to immigration a centerpiece of his campaign and vowed to repeal Obama's 2012 directive on the first day of his presidency.

On December 29 , 1943 FEPC issued a second directive, reinforcing the first one.

When he began recipe development for Ma'am Sir, his new restaurant in the Sunset Junction area of Silver Lake, he understood her directive for the first time.

In accordance with the European Union rules (directive 2001/82/EEC) the first treatment option should be a veterinary product approved for the particular animal species to be treated.