[Warning, offtopic ahead]
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Not sure how binding it was, hence my use of the word guideline  If I recall correctly, a directive has the force of a law, while a guideline is just that, a guideline (correct me if I'm wrong!) |
Almost
EU legislation is usually one of two things (we're neglecting
Decisions here):
Directives or
Regulations . Only the latter are immediately enforceable as law in all member states while directives only require member states to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result; meaning there's usually some wiggle room.
In this case it was
directive 97/7/EC on the
protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts.
You're probably all bored to tears by now, so I'll leave it at that ...