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Still, trying to make sense of the directive, which has been passed down only by word of mouth so far, is a bit like reading a cloud.

The free movement directive, which has been in force since 2004, allows EU states to require new migrants who want to stay longer than six months to "be in employment or have sufficient resources and sickness benefit not to be a burden on public funds".

But politicians may want to take a closer look at the EU's privacy directive, which has been in effect for more than decade.

Many citizens will find it unfathomable, for instance, why a directive which has been patently obviously drawn up with a view to promoting public health should take Article 175 (environment) as its legal basis.

(The first was the rejection of the Data Retention directive, which had been favoured particularly by the UK government).

The recording industry lobbied heavily for the new copyright directive, which had been blocked in the past by a coalition of smaller European countries that see the extension as harmful to innovation.

That month, the European Court of Justice ruled that the directive, which had been held up by legal challenges ever since it was adopted in 2014, was lawful.

Andrea Leadsom, in one of her first speeches as environment secretary at the same event, made no reference to nature protection after Britain leaves the EU, or the birds, habitats and other directives which have been the backbone of British conservation for 40 years.

187 Second, in accordance with recital 20 in its preamble, the Copyright Directive is based on principles and rules already laid down in the directives in force in the area of intellectual property, such as Directive 92/100 which has been codified by the Related Rights Directive (seeInfopaq International, paragraph 36).

Then there is the unpopular European Union with its water framework directive (WFD), which has been embedded in UK law since December 2003.

Europe relies on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which has been converted by Flanders into the 'Energy Performance and Interior Climate' (EPB).