Directive

The legislative acts of the European Union (EU) can have different forms: regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions.

«A directive shall be binding, as to the result to be achieved, upon each Member State to which it is addressed, but shall leave to the national authorities the choice of form and methods.» (art. 249 ex.189). In other words, the directive fixes the objectives to be pursued by the Member States, but leaves freedom of choice for the ways of obtaining them (maintaining an obligation of result).

In practice, with the exception of directives related to the common agricultural policy, the Union 'addresses' directives to all member states, and specifies a date by which the states must have put the directive into effect. Individual states frequently miss these deadlines, and when the deadlines slip badly, the European Commission can and does commence proceedings in the European Court of Justice against the countries involved.

Through its case law, the European Court of Justice has provided guidelines for member state judges on how to deal with cases where directives have not been transposed into national law, or have been transposed incorrectly.

When national law has multiple possible interpretations, the judge must choose the interpretation that conforms with EU law. This rule also applies to directives not yet transposed into national law.
In cases against the state or any state body, directives have 'direct effect'. A state that hasn't transposed a directive on time may not invoke this to its own benefit. 'Direct effect' only applies to rules that are sufficiently clear.
Citizens can sue the state for damages caused because of tardy transposition.

How each country puts the directive into effect depends on their legal structure, and may vary. For example, in the UK most directives are brought in via statutory instruments but some directives create such major changes to the law that Parliament passes a separate Act to incorporate the changes.

External link

AEL wiki on the codecision procedure - it rules on how most directives are negotiated

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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You can do this by preparing something called an advance directive. (references)
		If you have an advance directive, tell your family and make sure they know where it's located. (references)
		Also, tell your doctor and make sure that the advance directive is part of your medical records. (references)
Business		The annex reflects the corresponding annex to the EU Waste Directive. (references)
		In 1999, the EU passed a directive for a pharmaceutical protection certificate. (references)
		The CE mark denotes that the product conforms with the requirements of the directive. (references)
Children	Japan	A 1998 cabinet directive ordered private companies to raise the proportion of persons with physical disabilities in their work force from 1.6 to 1.8 percent and raised the percentage of persons with disabilities among civil servants from 2 to 2.1 percent. (references)
Civil Liberties	Iran	The Government claims that the directive is a forgery. (references)
	Belarus	A 1997 Council of Ministers directive prohibits teaching religion at youth camps. (references)
Economic History	Norway	On January 1, 1993, Norway implemented this directive through the Agency Act. (references)
	France	This EU directive is expected to stimulate a growing market for the next 10 years. (references)
	Uk	The EU Distance Selling Directive (97/7/EC) applies to most direct marketing activities. (references)
Human Rights	India	Magistrates appear to be complying with this directive, although states vary in their adherence to NHRC directives on custodial deaths. (references)
	China	There is no national law governing organ donations, but a Ministry of Health directive explicitly states that buying and selling human organs and tissues is not allowed. (references)
	Sierra Leone	Many others have escaped, but the U.N. believes that some of those abducted remain prisoners despite the Lome Accord's directive that all captives and prisoners of war be released. (references)
Political Economy	NETHERLANDS	Broadcasting and Media Legislation: The Dutch fully comply with the EU Broadcast Directive. (references)
	FRANCE	France's implementation of the EU broadcast directive limits U.S. and other non-EU audiovisual exports. (references)
	COLOMBIA	A Presidential Directive was issued in early 1999, requiring all Colombian public entities to respect international copyrights. (references)
Political Rights	Oman	A royal directive issued in April 2000 prohibited members of the Council of Oman from serving more than two 3-year terms. (references)
	Indonesia	The military and police refused to implement the directive, and on July 23, the MPR cancelled Wahid's mandate and Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri replaced Wahid as President provided by law. (references)
	Peru	In November 2000, President Paniagua issued a directive to state institutions, government officials, and the armed forces telling them to help foster neutrality by refraining from political involvement. (references)
Trade	Saudi Arabia	In addition, a directive mandating labeling of GMO food will go into effect in December 2001. (references)
	Luxembourg	Originally planned to be implemented in 2000, this Directive has tentatively been pushed back to 2010. (references)
	Luxembourg	Most of the Directives above are amended by Directive 93/68/EEC entitled Rules for the Affixing and Use of the CE Conformity Marking. (references)
Women	Nepal	However, according to a police official, this type of directive is difficult to enforce because of entrenched discriminatory attitudes. (references)
	Malawi	In 2000 women joined the army for the first time in noncombat positions as a result of a 1994 revision in the government directive that previously had prohibited women from military service. (references)
Worker Rights	United Kingdom	A working time directive brought domestic legislation into compliance with the European Union's 48-hour workweek. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Directive

Language		Translations for "directive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		direktivë (guideline), udhëzim (direction, edification, instruction, lecture, manual), udhëheqës (chief, chieftain, conductor, director, directory, fugleman, guide, headman, heuristic, instructor, leader, manager, managing, mentor, organizer, supervisor), tregues (denotative, denotement, evidence, exponential, hand, index, indicative, indicator, indicatory, indices, Mark, narrative, pointer, symptomatic). (various references)

Arabic		‏توجيهي (didactic, directory, instructive, rectorial), ‏توجيهات (charge, instruction, instructions), ‏تعليمات (charge, instruction, instructions, order, prescript). (various references)

Bulgarian		ръководещ (hegemonic, managing, ruling, supervising), направляващ (guided, regulative), директива. (various references)

Chinese		方向性. (various references)

Czech		direktiva, ukazovací (demonstrative), smìrnice (direction, guideline), pokyn (hint, instruction, sign, tip off, wink, wrinkle). (various references)

Danish		direktiv, erklæring (declaration, declarative, declarative statement, pseudo-instruction, statement). (various references)

Dutch		declaratie (declaration, proclamation, statement), verklaring (account, declaration, explanation, proclamation, statement), Richtlijn (direction), pseudo-opdracht, benoeming (appointment, appointment to office, nomad, nomination), aanwijzing (directions, instruction). (various references)

Finnish		ohje (direction, instruction, precept, recipe, rule). (various references)

French		directive (direction), directif (directional), déclaration, pseudo-instruction, ordre d'exploitation, ordre de translation, instruction de déclaration, instruction (direction, directions), assignation, acte de parole direct. (various references)

German		direktive, Anweisung (allocation, assignation, briefing, command, direction, directions, instructing, instruction, instructions, money order, payment, payment slip, postal order, statement, transfer). (various references)

Greek		οδηγία (conduct, guidance, guideline, instruction, leading, prescription). (various references)

Hebrew		�"ורא�" (direction, instruction, lore, order, pedagogy, precept, prescript, prescription, schoolteaching, teaching, tutorage), �"� חי�" (guidance). (various references)

Hungarian		direktíva (general directions), utasítás (command, cue, dictation, direction, instructions, mandate, manual, ordainment, order, orders, ordinance, regulations, ukase), irányelv (governing principle, guidance, guideline, policy), irányító (directory, governing, governor, head, leader, leading question, mentor, operator). (various references)

Indonesian		direktif, petunjuk (advice, direction, directory, guidance, guideline, hint, indication, instruction), arahan. (various references)

Italian		direttiva (direction, instruction). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"令 (instructions), 指令 (instructions, orders), 命令書 (decree), 命令　 (command, decree, order, software), 命令 (command, decree, instruction, order). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しれい (command, commander, control, departed soul, ghost, instructions, orders, spirit of a dead person), く�"れい (instructions), めいれいしょ (decree), めいれい (command, decree, instruction, order). (various references)

Korean		직� �� . (various references)

Manx		sarey (command, commandment, decree, dictate, enjoin, injunction, instruct, mandate, order, precept, prescribe), oardagh (arrangement, array, behest, canon, commission, decree, decretory, direction, dispensation, fiat, order, ordinance, rite, ritual, sequence), leeideilagh (conductive, conductor, directional, leader, principle, ringleader), anney (command, injunction, mandate, regulation). (various references)

Pig Latin		irectiveday.(various references)

Portuguese		diretivo (directory, managerial), directiva (declaration, declarative, declarative statement, pseudo-instruction), declaração (affidavit, assertion, declaration, outgiving, proclamation, pronouncement, protest, saying), governado. (various references)

Romanian		directivã (cue, dictate, direction, directions, directives, leading), instrucţiune (charge, commission, direction, leading, line, precept), indicaţie (cue, denotation, direction, indication, intimation), conducãtor (captain, chief, commander, commanding, conductor, fugleman, governor, guide, head, leader, leading, man at the wheel, manager, master, principal, ruler, ruling, superintendent, superior, transmitting), îndrumãtor (guide, guiding). (various references)

Russian		указывающий (denotative, indicative, indicatory, significative), направляющий (directional, guide, leader), директива;указатель, директива (direction, guideline, instruction). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		direktiva (guideline), smernica. (various references)

Spanish		directriz (guideline), directiva (guidelines). (various references)

Swedish		direktiv (directions, terms of reference). (various references)

Thai		คำสั่ง (direction, edict, fiat, order, say-so). (various references)

Turkish		direktif (instruction), yol gösterici (lodestar, pathfinder, pole star), yönerge (instruction, prescription), talimat (charge, commission, direction, instruction, instructions, precept, rule). (various references)

Ukrainian		вказівний (denotative, indicatory), наказ виборців, директивний (directorial, directory), директива (guideline, leading). (various references)

Vietnamese		lời hướng dẫn (direction), hướng dẫn (directory, leading), chi phối; chỉ dẫn, chỉ thị (direction), chỉ huy (directional). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Directive

Rhyming with "Directive"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "directive" (pronounced dere"ktiv, dēre"ktiv, dīre"ktiv , or dire"ktiv)
6	-er e" k t i v	corrective.
5	-e" k t i v	affective, collective, connective, defective, detective, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, introspective, invective, irrespective, objective, perspective, projective, prospective, protective, reflective, respective, retrospective, selective, subjective.
4	-k t i v	active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive.
3	-t i v	accommodative, abortive, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative.
5	-e" k t i v	affective, collective, connective, corrective, defective, detective, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, introspective, invective, irrespective, objective, perspective, projective, prospective, protective, reflective, respective, retrospective, selective, subjective.
4	-k t i v	active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive.
3	-t i v	accommodative, abortive, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative.
5	-e" k t i v	affective, collective, connective, corrective, defective, detective, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, introspective, invective, irrespective, objective, perspective, projective, prospective, protective, reflective, respective, retrospective, selective, subjective.
4	-k t i v	active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive.
3	-t i v	accommodative, abortive, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative.
5	-e" k t i v	affective, collective, connective, corrective, defective, detective, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, introspective, invective, irrespective, objective, perspective, projective, prospective, protective, reflective, respective, retrospective, selective, subjective.
4	-k t i v	active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive.
3	-t i v	accommodative, abortive, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Domain	Definition
Computing	The mechanism for establishing a language object. Source: European Union. (references)
	An instruction in a program which has the same general form as a computer instruction but is actually used to control translation. Source: European Union. (references)
	In a programming language, a meaningful expression that affects the interpretation of other expressions in that language. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The Temporal Prime Directive. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)
Movie/TV Titles	The Pandora Directive (1996)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: The Ec Directive from a Comparative Legal and Economic Perspective (reference) None of Your Business: World Data Flows, Electronic Commerce, & the European Privacy Directive (reference) The Guide to the Emc Directive 89/336/Eec (reference) The Janson Directive (reference) The Lucifer Directive (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Prime Directive (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Establish a new standard of merit for the people : just as the heroic 4th platoon and commrade Li Wen'chung worked to defeat selfishness and promote the common good, we should convert Chairman Mao's most recent directive into action. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	When American military men approach some serious situation they are wont to write at the head of their directive the words "over-all strategic concept." There is wisdom in this, as it leads to clarity of thought. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	The office of the Coordinator has ensured the implementation of my directive to all agencies to accord high priority to Mexican concerns.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.94%	1,737	4,841
Noun (proper)	0.06%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,738	N/A

Expressions using "directive": circular directive ♦ directive feed ♦ exercise planning directive ♦ operation directive ♦ operational directive. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "directive": non-directive.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
advance directive	101	pandora directive	12
advanced directive	83	eec directive	10
directive dod	51	advanced health care directive	10
directive	44	european union directive	10
eu directive	34	directive weee	9
directive time working	28	airworthiness directive faa	8
airworthiness directive	27	directive emission noise	7
european directive	25	advance directive form	7
medical device directive	24	emc directive	7
directive navy	22	california advance health care directive	7
atex directive	20	ce directive eu marking	7
change clinical directive european national trial	19	ce directive	7
defense department directive	17	directive jsp	6
pressure equipment directive	15	directive to physician	6
health care directive	15	advance medical directive	6
advance health care directive	14	decision directive presidential	6
medical directive	14	directive vha	6
low voltage directive	13	directive prime robocop	6
prime directive	13	advanced directive form	6
machinery directive	12	directive shoes	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "directive": directives. (additional references)
	Words ending with "directive": nondirective. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Directive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deective, dejective, directee, directi, diurecti. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: dieretic.
	-2 letters: dictier, eidetic, evicted, recited, riveted, tierced, verdict, veridic.
	-3 letters: cerite, cervid, citied, credit, deceit, deicer, derive, device, dicier, dieter, direct, divert, evited, recite, reedit, reived, retied, tidier, tierce, tiered, triced, verite, vitric.
	-4 letters: ceder, cered, cider, cited, citer, civet, civie, creed, cried, deice, deter, dicer, diver, drive, edict, eider, erect, evert, evict.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: directives, predictive.
	+2 letters: descriptive, predicative, viridescent.
	+3 letters: depreciative, interdictive, nondirective, predictively, retrodictive.
	+4 letters: descriptively, directivities, overdirecting, predicatively, reduplicative, valedictories.
	+5 letters: diverticuloses, inadvertencies, nondescriptive, ovariectomized, overidealistic, overmedicating, overmedication, veridicalities.
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Directive

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Jimmy Carter

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