Hi Victor You are correct although I believe the wording is something like "member states shall adopt into law" this places an emphasis of non-deviation from the wording of the directive. In the past, (under the treaty of Rome) member states would implement the scope into national law.
The new approach is better at preventing countries creating their own versions. Best regards: Bill Ellingford ---------- From: Victor L. Boersma[SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: 30 June 1999 05:04 To: INTERNET:[email protected] Subject: RE: BOUNCE [email protected]: Non-member submission from[Cynthia Pleach <[email protected]>] (fwd) Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >Following on from the treaty of Maastricht, we became the European Union. This means that published directives appearing in the Official Journal (OJEC) will become law< Bill, You got Maastricht right this time. Question. My understanding was that all along, Member States were instructed to transpose the Directives into National Law. I thought that still was the case and that the difference after Maastricht was that if a Member State failed to transpose a Directive, or did so incorrectly, the Directive governed ? Would appreciate your view. Regards, Vic
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