The defence ministry said it had introduced the directive as a security measure.
As a result, time is running out to introduce the directive before January when the presidency passes from Lithuania, which is pro-regulation, to Greece, which is opposed to tobacco control.
The European commission introduced the working time directive in 1993 to work alongside member states' employment laws.
In 2009 the European Union (EU) introduced the Renewable Energy Directive [10] with the overall objectives of increasing the security of energy supplies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and with practical goals of 20% renewable energy by 2020 accompanied by sustainability schemes (EU Sustainable Development Strategy).
But in 2005, the EU introduced the Unfair Consumer Practices Directive, which was incorporated in British law in 2008.
The European Commission will try to lower bureaucratic hurdles for students and researchers visiting from outside the European Union by introducing a new directive, the commission announced in Brussels last week.
This is because intangible assets do not count towards a bank's core capital.But the BOI has postponed introducing a directive that would require banks to take account of these prospective commitments in the calculation of their core ratios.
In France, the law has introduced the possibility to write advance directives since 2005.
The EU directive on human trafficking introduces the concept of independent "guardians" for trafficked children to help and protect them.
No ban on the horizonIn 1998, the Council of the EU introduced a directive stating, "No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner which may cause unnecessary suffering or injury".
