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Old 08-02-2010, 04:13 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
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 ...

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