n. ~ Orders, regulations, bulletins, and similar materials issued as a written order.

Document of the European Economic Community that provides guidelines for legislation. A directive is aimed at harmonising the legislation in the EEC countries. Jim Hacker is confronted with a draft di [..]

mid-15c., from Medieval Latin directivus, from past participle stem of Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). From 1640s as a noun.

An instruction pursuant to a project objective. [D02665]

a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives" directing: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; & [..]

A configuration command that controls one or more aspects of Apache's behavior. Directives are placed in the Configuration File See: Directive Index

A command that suggests an action should ne done.

An order, regulation, bulletin, or similar communication of instructions issued in writing, usually by a central office, military command, or other authority, with the expectation of compliance (see t [..]

In contrast to a regulation, a directive only obliges the member states only concerning the goal which they have to implement in a given period of time. An example is the deliberate release directive. [..]

(n) a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity(adj) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

A legal act of the European Union which demands certain results from the Member States but does not give precise guidelines as to how to achieve the given result. These may differ from the EU Regulati [..]

Declarations by Patients, made in advance of a situation in which they may be incompetent to decide about their own care, stating their treatment preferences or authorizing a third party to make decis [..]

EU legislation that is binding but leaves individual member states to decide how it should meet its obligations (Anon, 2001).

A pod directive. See Chapter 26.

A pod

a directive made by the Registrar to one of more Licensees or gaming suppliers directing the Licensee or supplier to act or to cease acting in the manner specified in the Directive.

An EU legislative act which requires Member States to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result. Although obligatory to implement, Directives normally leave Memb [..]

Perhaps the largest category of European Union legislation is the …

A written instruction communicating policy directives and - or required procedures. These instructions may be in the form of orders, regulations, bulletins, circulars, handbooks, manuals, notices, num [..]

A document issued by the European Union requiring all Member States to adapt their national law to be consistent with the Directive. director(s)