Wagner and his staff went on to add that even members of the administration are not subject to directives from that administration, but rather will follow the direction of Congress as they interpret it.
A number of models for the possible status of these researchers were discussed, from an employee subject to directives to a freelance entrepreneur.
For example the applicability threshold, now 50 000 ECU, so all transfers of less than 50 000 ECU are subject to the directive; the mandatory refund amount: 12 500 ECU, and the date of the directive's entry into force.
It says that many people will be subject to the directive's five-year re-entry ban, which does not take account of changes in their home countries that could force them to leave again.
The stakes are high, because if gene-edited products are deemed to be subject to the directive, the required checks and controls would make it too expensive for European academics and small companies to develop such products for the market, say scientists and entrepreneurs.
The interest on bonds is subject to the directive, for instance, but dividends on shares, bond-like insurance products or income from derivatives are not.Compared with the glacial progress on initiatives to counter tax avoidance, international projects on financial crime and bank regulation have done rather well.
Norway is not subject to this Directive.
Even regal rulers are subject to the directive force of the laws, though there is no-one who has the legal authority to coerce them.
Spotify, Rdio and Google Music are among the international services that have not yet launched in China, but they would also be subject to the directive should they land on Chinese soil.
Health care services in the framework of clinical studies are not subject to the directive.
