0 a general instruction from a higher authority about what is to be done etc -- direktiv; instruks
The White House issued a directive.
In this context, the need for more harmonization in the explanation and application of the directives at a national level was stressed.
Only level 1 utterances which contain descriptions (informatives, directives with description, some corrections and utterances related to previous turns) can be considered for further coding.
The main categories (informative utterances, simple directives and directives with description) reached 40% of the total number of the utterances produced by the speakers.
When both dimensions are considered simultaneously, it appears that there are several types of directive utterances.
Instead, directives would rely on essential requirements2 and the use of voluntary standards.
But by hypothesis, its directives have practical authority over nonexperts only when the nonexperts do better following the directives as they apply.
She demonstrates that almost 60 per cent of the directives are transposed late.
It also called for each state to have their own law related to advance directives.