DIRECTIVE


Meaning of DIRECTIVE in English

I. noun

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■ ADJECTIVE

authoritative

When this happens the authoritative directive does make a difference.

Where there is a co-ordination problem the issuing of an authoritative directive can supply the missing link in the argument.

Such authoritative directives provide the subjects with reasons which they did not have before.

Since it gives one an additional reason to respect authoritative directives it affects all one's encounters with authority.

Reasons which authoritative directives should, but fail to, reflect are none the less among the reasons which justify holding the directives binding.

The last concerns the way the existence of a binding authoritative directive affects the reasoning of the subjects of the authority.

It speaks of authoritative directives being based on or reflecting reasons which apply to their subjects in any case.

But since not every authority is legitimate not every authoritative directive is a reason for action.

new

The new directive covers classification, packaging and labelling and seeks to introduce Community-wide rules on notification of production or importation.

Britain also objected to the new directive on maternity leave.

A Bios conference, Development and implementation of the new device directives , will be held in London on 12 May 1992.

Three convictions-including the latest-came after the new directive was made law.

Unanimity is still required for a new commission tax directive to be approved within two years.

The new directive reflects President Mohammad Khatami's liberalisation programme.

■ NOUN

draft

Next month the commission plans to publish two draft directives on this topic.

The draft directive is likely to be adopted by Council in the autumn and would not come into force before 1993.

The original draft directive proposed that advertising should be limited to the sort of details a business card carries.

But the Commission is at work on a draft directive that would require up-to-date pollution controls in new factories.

Though a draft directive has been circulating since 1984 it passed its final stages rapidly.

■ VERB

adopt

The council is unlikely to adopt the directive formally much before the end of this year.

follow

Burton had once again followed the directive of an older man.

implement

The government originally promised to publish a consultation document on how it proposed to implement the directive by autumn 1992.

issue

The Commission and/or the Council of Ministers could formally issue regulations, directives , decisions, recommendations and opinions.

Already a number of police forces have issued directives against discrimination making it inevitable that Darlington police will have a homosexual policeman.

It is often the proper job of authorities to issue directives for this purpose.

Similarly, social workers were issued with handbooks and directives about the correct procedure to follow when investigating cases of suspected abuse.

It does not issue directives on how records should be kept or maintained.

require

Most communications are later backed up by directives , which require member states to ensure that their legal systems comply.

But the Commission is at work on a draft directive that would require up-to-date pollution controls in new factories.

The directive requires , interalia, that compilers of personal data require the consent of the data subject for inclusion.

The directive will require mutual recognition of the various regulatory systems, and lay down general principles for national supervisors.

The directive requires more stringent risk assessments before GMOs are released and close monitoring afterwards.

The directive requires member states to establish systems for the national regulation of releases.

The Commission claims that the government has breached the directive which requires an assessment of the environmental impact of major projects.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

All government agencies received a directive to reduce their staffs and cut costs by 20%.

Article 10 of the directive requires all food to be clearly labelled.

Under an EC directive unleaded petrol must be made available throughout Britain.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As an aspect of culture, roles provide an important part of the guidelines and directives necessary for an ordered society.

If no accord is reached by Friday, the directive will die anyway, under a time limit rule.

The directive requires member states to establish systems for the national regulation of releases.

The confused evidence suggests they are acting on their own initiative, not on directives from East Berlin to play for time.

The council is unlikely to adopt the directive formally much before the end of this year.

Values provide general guidelines for behaviour and they are translated into more specific directives in terms of roles and norms.

What point has an ethical directive to pursue the general happiness addressed to beings who will necessarily seek only their own?

II. adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

It is important in these cases that doctors take a less directive approach.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Because she wants to take a directive study.

In some instances, our recommendations are highly directive .

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