<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-07-21 9:11 GMT+01:00 AO Forum Email <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james2@jfirth.net" target="_blank">james2@jfirth.net</a>></span>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The timetable will be interesting. Usually it's a 3-month notification<br>
period to allow interested parties to comment (and other member states to<br>
raise objections) but some discussion on Twitter indicated an "emergency"<br>
timetable is allowed under Article 9 ss7 of the Authorisation Directive<br>
(98/34/EC):<br>
<a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:1998:204:0037:004
8:EN:PDF" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:1998:204:0037:004<br>
8:EN:PDF</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, that's what I thought the government would try to use. The Commission are usually very strict about interpreting what counts as an "emergency". They might well feel that this isn't.</div>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Francis Davey<br><br>
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