directive The second rank of administrative acts (inferior to regulations, superior to decisions) made by the council or commission of the European Communities on order to carry out their tasks in accordance with the Treaties. They must be addressed to states, not individuals, but many create rights for individuals or allow the directive to be pleaded before municipal court [d(a)ɪ'rektɪv] adj.

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directive [d(a)ɪ'rektɪv] n

mil., abbr.

dir

mil., logist.

A military communication in which policy is established or a specific action is ordered. 2. A plan issued with a view to putting it into effect when so directed, or in the event that a stated contingency arises. 3. Broadly speaking, any communication which initiates or governs action, conduct, or procedure. (FRA)

Directive

: 738 phrases in 51 subjects

Accounting	1
Agriculture	1
Astronomy	5
Aviation	19
Banking	1
Business	3
Chemistry	5
Commerce	15
Communications	19
Computers	2
Construction	7
Criminal law	7
Ecology	3
Economics	9
Education	1
Electronics	10
Employment	5
Energy industry	10
Environment	76
European Union	1
Finances	59
Food industry	3
General	176
Health care	7
Hobbies and pastimes	7
Human rights activism	17
Immigration and citizenship	4
Industry	3
Information technology	9
Insurance	2
International trade	4
Labor law	9
Law	125
Materials science	1
Medical	1
Microsoft	3
Municipal planning	1
Name of organization	4
Natural resourses and wildlife conservation	2
Natural sciences	14
Nuclear physics	2
Obsolete / dated	18
Oil / petroleum	1
Patents	2
Pharmacy and pharmacology	1
Politics	14
Social science	9
Taxes	15
Technology	1
Transport	17
United Nations	7


directive abbr.
comp.	directionnel; directeur; ordre
IT gen.	ordre d'exploitation; ordre de translation
IT tech.	instruction de déclaration
ling.	directif
telecom.	directive
directives abbr.
gen.	lignes directrices
law	ordre de service


AND abbr.
comp.	ET
comp., MS	AND; ET
tech.	AND
AND- abbr.
automat.	-ET
and abbr.
gen.	ainsi que


identify abbr.
gen.	identifier
chem.	déceler
comp.	identifier
tech.	identifier


TARGET abbr.
gen.	TARGET
target abbr.
gen.	coup au but
agric.	image témoin
commun.	objectif
comp., MS	cible
el.	cible de mémoire
health.	cible d'un tube radiogène
med. phys.sc.	cible
phys.sc.	cible nucléaire
stat. tech.	critère de comparaison


The abbr.
fin.	La Banque nationale suisse a huit succursales.De plus,vingt agences sont gérées par des banques cantonales.


to intercept abbr.
chem.	intercepter