Feb 14, 2016 14:52
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Elle a été transmise aux droits
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I'm struggling to understand this sentence from an academic paper I'm working on.
Elle a été transmise aux droits des pays membres et associés
"Elle" refers to the Return Directive. Can someone tell me if "droits" would mean the law-making powers?
Thank you.
Elle a été transmise aux droits des pays membres et associés
"Elle" refers to the Return Directive. Can someone tell me if "droits" would mean the law-making powers?
Thank you.
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It has been transposed (into national law) by
You could possibly leave out the bit in parentheses, since this is an academic paper and readers will know what "transposed" means.
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Note added at 19 mins (2016-02-14 15:11:01 GMT)
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http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/irr...
When an EU directive is passed, member states must incorporate it into laws of their own.
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Note added at 19 mins (2016-02-14 15:11:01 GMT)
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http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/irr...
When an EU directive is passed, member states must incorporate it into laws of their own.
Example sentence:
The [return] directive has been transposed into national law by all states bound by it
Note from asker:
| Thank you. I wonder if 'transposed' is a step to far, but I think this is a good answer. |
| Phil, having found more context, I can see that you're absolutely right. Indeed it is a case of transposition. |
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Comment: "Thank you for this great answer, and thanks to those who have commented."
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Andrew Bramhall
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It has been transferred/ handed over to the jurisdictions
The return directive has been transferred/ handed over to the jurisdictions of the member countries themselves;
Note from asker:
| Thank you, this makes perfect sense. |
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: any refs? It's EU terminology so refs should be easily found
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Pierre POUSSIN
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Daryo
: it's a EU directive and that is definitely not the EU terminology // poetic licence is most unwelcome in this kind of texts
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either 'in this kind of text' or ' in these kinds of texts';
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It has been handed over to the authorities concerned of the member nations
in my opinion this should be the translation.
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