Emergency numbers Africa Asia Europe The common European emergency number is 112 (following Directive 2002 22 EC Universal Service Directive) and also standard on GSM mobile phones.

In 1913, compulsory and universal military service was established in Belgium.

Non discriminatory universal service obligations or various forms of vouchers are examples.

Indeed, some countries have successfully experimented with regulations to ensure universal services, with subsidy schemes or universal service obligations being possible options.

As regards the concept of established service provider, the directive sets out that case law of the European Court of Justice must be taken into account.

Directive on disposal of construction materials (Council Directive 91 689 EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p.20))

The publication of some additional information is encouraged, for example, in the EU public procurement directive (the EU directive ).

The EU has begun applying Aarhus type principles in its legislation, notably the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000 60 EC).

India's experience in telecom highlights the difficulties that can arise when implementing universal service obligations for private sector providers.

The EU Public Procurement Directive, article 38 (6).

Article 54(7) of Directive 2004 18 EC.

See, e.g., the EU Public Procurement Directive, annex VIII.

The directive did not require the imposition of penalties.

A universal male conscription is in place, under which all male Finnish nationals above 18 years of age serve for 6 to 12 months of armed service or 12 months of civilian (non armed) service.

Europe In Europe, health freedom movement writers and campaigners believe that European Union (EU) laws such as the Food Supplements Directive, the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive, and the Human Medicinal Products (Pharmaceuticals) Directive, will reduce their access to food supplements and herbal medicines.

Consider, for example, the European Commission s so called services directive.

See article 54(3) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

E.g., under article 43 of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

See article 54(8) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

Directive on the demolition of buildings, structures and installations containing asbestos and the removal of asbestos or materials containing asbestos therefrom (Council Directive 87 217 EEC (OJ L 85, 28.3.1987, p.40), as amended by Council Directive 91 692 EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p.48))

See, e.g., article 54(4) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

See article 1, para. 13, of the EU Directive 2004 18 EC.

The directive on racial discrimination came into force on 19 July 2000.

In addition, the amended directive contains an explicit stipulation concerning sexual harassment.

From European Union (Council Directive 92 58 EEC of 24 June 1992)

A joint FARDC MONUC EUSEC operational directive had been prepared for that purpose.

The European directive on water stipulates that all communities over 2,000 inhabitants have to have water purification facility and this directive is binding for all EU present and future member States, like Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Another European directive came into effect on January 1, banning medical research on chimpanzees.

This applies in particular to the Water Framework Directive and the Common Agricultural Policy.

A similar approach had been adopted in the European Union Directive on electronic commerce.

The ultimate goal of the project is adoption of new water sector legislation, harmonized with that of the EU, particularly the Framework Directive on Water (Directive 2000 60 EC, European Parliament and Council, of 23 October 2000).

Directive 2000 31 EC of the European Union on electronic commerce ( the European Union Directive ), on the other hand, allowed the parties to prove the essence of the signature without abstractly proving the reliability of the technology.

Such a regulation is in line with standards eventually indicated by EC Directive 2000 54.

As the Secretariat had mentioned, disclosure was a key obligation under the European Union Directive.

The executive directive on reporting is targeted for completion by the third quarter of 2005.

On 27 January 1994, the Chief of the Australian Defence Force issued the following directive

Chile, in the case of telecommunications, has adopted a scheme involving several elements a universal service levy (one per cent) to generate finances, and a competitive bidding process to allocate funds.

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To achieve its objective, the directive is accompanied by an energy tax directive,5 together with which it sets indicative targets for biofuel substitution and sets out a legal framework for fiscal and other national measures to promote biofuels.

The incentives to make use of the new directive will be especially strong for East Europeans.

The directive on free movement implies a new era of direct migration into West European welfare states.

Some provisions of the draft convention could prove difficult to reconcile provisions of Directive 2000 31 EC

The Board noted in May 2005 that the Commissioner General had not yet approved the amended directive.

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