[email protected] wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'WEEE Directive', on Tue, 5 Apr 2005: >As interesting one this: > >- it is the Commission that propose (and in reality largely draft) EC Directives in the first place.
Yes, but the two groups of politicians both arranged for their posteriors to be protected. The Commission drafts Directives but the Council of Ministers approves them, so shares the responsibility for any that prove unworkable. And the third group, the Parliament, amends drafts, so it, too, shares any blame. > >- it is the Commission that take Member States to task when they fail to impliment Directives by the due date. > >When one Member State fails to implement a Directive then that MS looks to be acting in a tardy way. But when multiple MSs fail to implement >the same Directive then that draws into question as to whether the Directive was really thought through before it was published in the OJEC. >So who drafted the legislation in the first place and who decides whether to prosecute Is it surprising that some people think the whole thing is a nonsense? -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. There are two sides to every question, except 'What is a Moebius strip?' http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
