It also has been considered an attitude of moral cowardice by critics of the Federation — that the Prime Directive gives the Federation an excuse not to act.

Admiral Matthew Dougherty's reasons for violation of the Prime Directive in Star Trek: Insurrection in Picard's time echoes the reasons Kirk gives McCoy in " Private Little War " but Picard considers them invalid.

) and derivatives other than absolute are prohibited when used as a fragrance ingredient ( Commission Directive 2009 / 164 / EU of 22 December 2009 ).

Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union ( EU ) have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.

Council Directive 69 / 335 / EEC of 17 July 1969 concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital stated that transactions subject to capital duty shall only be taxable in the Member State in whose territory the effective centre of management of a capital company is situated at the time when such transactions take place.

The spirit of the Council Directive 2008 / 7 / EC of 12 February 2008 concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital is that capital duty interferes with the free movement of capital.

This Directive 2008 / 7 / EC acknowledges that the best solution would be to abolish the duty, but allows those Member States that charged the duty as at 1 January 2006 may continue to do so under strict conditions.

With this stamp duty Directive, Member States may not levy indirect tax on the raising of capital to capital companies in:

The European Union requires all member states to legislate to ensure that citizens have a right to privacy, through directives such as the 1995 Directive 95 / 46 / EC on the protection of personal data.

The Secretary of Defense, by DOD Directive 5025. 12, 22 August 1989, Standardization of Military and Associated Terminology, has directed its use throughout the Department of Defense to ensure standardization of military and associated terminology to those who need to know.

Since October 2007 telecommunication companies have been required to keep records of phone calls and text messages for twelve months under the Data Retention Directive Though all telecoms firms already keep data for a period, the regulations are designed to ensure a uniform approach across the industry.

This was followed by Directive 97 / 67 / EC on Postal services, which required Member States to " ensure that users enjoy the right to a universal service involving the permanent provision of a postal service ... at all points in their territory.

: In the present case, the Parliament and the Council stated in the second recital in the preamble to the Directive that ‘ consideration should be given to the situation which might arise if deposits in a credit institution that has branches in other Member States became unavailable ’ and that it was ‘ indispensable to ensure a harmonized minimum level of deposit protection wherever deposits are located in the Community ’.

When all of the requirements have been established, you need to ensure that the product meets the essential requirements of the Directive ( s ).

The Directive requires Member States to ensure that communications providers retain, for a period of between 6 months and 2 years, necessary data as specified in the Directive

The purpose of Directive 1999 / 94 / EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars is to ensure that information relating to the fuel economy and CO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions of new passenger cars offered for sale or lease in the Community is made available to consumers in order to enable consumers to make an informed choice.

The EU industrial safety regulations are known as the Seveso II Directive.

Industrial safety regulations were passed in the European Community in 1982 called the Seveso Directive which imposed much harsher industrial regulations.

Spelling out the general duties found in HSWA 1974, are a set of health and safety regulations, which must also stay in line with the European-wide harmonised requirements of the Health and Safety Directive.

* Dangerous Substances Directive ( 67 / 548 / EEC ), One of the main European Union laws concerning chemical safety.

Other policies include ; the Natura 2000 a widespread and successful network of nature conservation sites, the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals ( REACH ) directive requiring safety testing on widely used chemicals and the Water Framework Directive ensuring water quality reaches higher standards.

He has done legislative work on such issues as the Tobacco Directive, the introduction of the euro currency, water quality, AIDS, completion of the EU's internal market in alcohol products, international banking fees, the European Central Bank, safety of children's toys, car exhaust emissions, food safety, and genetically modified organisms and human genetics, homeopathic and pharmaceutical products, Dutch prisoners in Thailand.

The Dangerous Substances Directive ( as amended ) is one of the main European Union laws concerning chemical safety.

Directive 2001 / 58 / EC provides detailed guidance for the preparation of material safety data sheets.

In the European Union, incidents such as the Flixborough disaster and the Seveso disaster led to legislation such as the Seveso Directive and Seveso planning and provide for safety reports to local authorities.

* Tiss. EU-European Union funded project to determine the effect of Directive 2004 / 23 / EC on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing,

The Pressure Equipment Directive 97 / 23 / EC ( PED ) of the EU sets out the standards for the design and fabrication of pressure equipment (" pressure equipment " means steam boilers, pressure vessels, piping, safety valves and other components and assemblies subject to pressure loading ) generally over one litre in volume and having a maximum pressure more than 0. 5 bar gauge.

Writing in The Guardian of 20 January, David Rowland argued that the Directive posed a threat to the British health care system:

The Directive permits Member States to not implement these default worker involvement provisions in their national law, but then an SE cannot be created in that member state if the provisions in the Directive would apply and negotiations between workers and management are unsuccessful.

Named after Frits Bolkestein, the Directive on services in the internal market aims at enabling a company from a given member-state to recruit workers in other European Union countries using the law of its home country.

They mean that any form of work other than those covered by the Transitional Measures Directive ( Directive 99 / 42 / EC, covering crafts and trades people such as hairdressers and construction workers ) or the Sectoral Directives ( dental practice, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary practice, Engineering, and architecture-this was the original method of achieving mutual recognition but proved too slow ) that would normally be restricted in a member state to people who had gained a professional qualification in that member state are also open to nationals of the EU ( and the other three states ) that have gained a similar professional qualification in another member state.

The Fixed-Term Employees ( Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment ) Regulations 2002 formulate the test for a comparator in a similar way, except that they purport ( unlike the Directive appears to suggest ) to cover " employees " and not the broader group of " workers ".

After the officially-commissioned 1941 Butt Report revealed shocking inaccuracies in targeting ( Churchill recognised " this is a very serious paper and seems to require urgent attention "), The Area Bombing Directive of 14 February 1942 ordered Bomber Command to target German industrial areas and the " morale of ... the industrial workers ".

The Bolkestein Directive was harshly criticised by left-wing European politicians, who stated that it would lead to competition between workers in different parts of Europe — hence the expression " Polish plumber " — resulting in social dumping.

In these social fields the Posting-of-Workers Directive takes over and determines that short-term social protection such as minimum wages and HSW, are governed by the rules of the country where the services are provided ( the host country ), while long-term benefits, such as pension and unemployment contributions remain with the country of origin ( to which the posted workers returns after the service ).

Critics argued that the so-devised Directive would erode many of the Member State regulations governing industry and the environment, and would lead to competition between workers in different parts of Europe, resulting in a downward spiral in income levels.

The EU Working Time Directive regulates that workers cannot be forced to work for more than 48 hours per week on average ( although the UK allows individuals to opt out if they so choose ).

They refer to the " ka-tet of 19 ", " Directive Nineteen ," many names add up to 19, 19 seems to permeate every aspect of Roland and his traveler's lives.

From November 2007, he has represented the European Parliament in the Transatlantic Economic Council ( TEC ) meetings, held every six months between the USA and the EU on reducing non-tariff barriers. He has also worked on the Reinsurance Directive and the Transparency Obligations Directive, which covers reporting standards in securities.

Assuming every piece of regulation to be burdensome by default, the Directive required member states to justify all existing legislation on the grounds that it was non-discriminatory, necessary and proportional.

One aspect of the debate has focused on the proposed European Union directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, also known as the " CII Directive " or the " Software Patent Directive ," which was ultimately rejected by the EU Parliament in July 2005.