1. What is a difference between a regulation, directive, decision and recommendation?
Regulation has following features:
• no transposition
• minimum time to absorb
• no transformation
• can be in implementation up till 2 years
• "for and against everyone"
Directive's most important features:
• has to transform existing law up to a minimum level
• option for manoeuvres and interpretation
• there might be an exception for members of EU
• 2 steps mechanism:
- transformation in a given time
- if the country fails to apply the directive too long, application enters in life by force
Typical for a decision is that:
• is issued only when problem arises (several similar cases)
• decision is binding for all announced cases
Recommendation's characteristics are:
• is issued to recommend best practices
• can become a regulation
• is issued if regulations are not sufficient
• can become also a decision (in cases concerning competition in internal market)