Definitions for "Directives"
All or some of the directives promulgated by the European Commission to Member States of the European Union which in the context of listing of securities comprise the Admission directive, the Interim Reports directive, the Listing Particulars directive, the Major Shareholding directive and the Public Offers directive
Directives bind Member States as to the objectives to be achieved within a certain time-limit while leaving the national authorities the choice of form and means to be used. Directives have to be implemented in national legislation in accordance with the procedures of the individual Member States.
Directives are one of the three kinds of binding legislation the Community uses. They are adopted by the European Parliament and Council (if the Codecision Procedure is used), or by the Council alone, or by the Commission in certain circumstances. They are addressed to the Member States and are binding on them as to their effect whilst leaving the choice of means of implementation to national administrations. This means that unlike most regulations and decisions, directives must be transposed into national law.
Directives are items that affect the contents of a page. They begin with a # sign and go at the top of pages, one per line. In tables, they also begin with a # sign, unless stored in the #prefs table, where the # sign is optional. See also the Frontier site, http://frontier.userland.com/, for a list of website framework directives.
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