Re: [Fsfe-uk] Anyone understand EU directive process?

[MJ Ray]

Ciaran O'Riordan <address@hidden> wrote:
>>From working on the EU patents issue, I've become quite familiar
> with the processes of the EP but I definitely don't understand it
> fully.

>From what I recall from the Cambridge meeting, you're basically right.
The "someone" who decides we need an update is the European Commission.
For this issue, alongside the Parliament process, there is another process
in the Council.  After both have chosen their preferred form, there is
a sort of compromise process to find something they can both agree with.
That is what becomes the directive.

> or know of a concise document that explains it?

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/about/abc/abc_21.html should be
authoritative.  Is it what you're looking for?

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