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The commission has written the British government to ascertain Gibraltar's compliance with Union directives aimed at detecting dangerous vessels.
Since the first outbreaks in Britain in the late 1980s, the European Commission in Brussels has issued almost 50 directives, aimed at beating off the disease.
Since taking over in June as commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has issued several directives aimed at winning over the Afghan population, sometimes at the cost of forgoing attacks on Taliban fighters.
Despite EU directives aimed at liberalising postal services in Europe, it was always open to interpretation what form this took – and while most European governments protected their state run postal services for a period to allow for adjustment, only the British government adopted this particular option, choosing to subsidise the private mail companies at the Royal Mail's expense.
It will take several more months for Thailand's many tech factories to recover capacity.Authorities in China issued new directives aimed at controlling the news media, in line with a broader effort to curtail the influence of radically popular Twitter-like microblogs.
Meanwhile, aviation regulators in America and Europe issued further directives aimed at preventing oil leaks in engines made by Rolls-Royce.Housing dipsThe number of previously owned homes sold in America was 2.2% lower in October than in September, and 25.9% lower than in October 2009, when first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
The recent European Community waste EEE directives aim to promote the recycling, reuse and reduction (3R) of such waste.
In August, the Obama administration issued a directive aimed at overhauling the way federal agencies manage and preserve records.
Today David Cameron and Nick Clegg are opting out of a directive aimed at protecting teenagers and young women from being trafficked into the UK's burgeoning brothel and massage parlour industry.
The industry is now also facing heavier regulation from the European Union, which is in the process of finalising the alternative investment management directive, aimed at imposing tougher controls on private equity firms and hedge funds.
I am horrified about the EU directive aimed at controlling what we may be able to grow in the future - can you imagine not being able to legally exchange seeds without a licence?
