Sorry John l think you are giving the wrong impression here . The Council of Minsters is made up of Minsters of each member country. It is not handed down by the civil servants in Brussels.
Regards Ian White Compliance and Reliability -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 10 January 2012 20:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EU Directives versus Regulations In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 10 Jan 2012, Peter Tarver <[email protected]> writes: >The Construction Product Regulation (305/2011/EU) is replacing the >Construction Product Directive (89/106/EEC). > >Is there a palpable difference between an EU Directive and a >Regulation? Some fewer whereases, but the look and feel is the same. Yes, profound. Directives have to be embodied into the national laws of each member state, which means, in most countries, going through a Parliamentary process, however desultory. But Regulations, prepared by the Council of Ministers, with or without the European Parliament, are binding on member states, without any national debate or democratic intercession. BRUSSELS HATH SPOKEN! -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK Some people who are peeling the finch of the financial crisis are thinking of biting a rook. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/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: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/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: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
