France: “the judge will have to sort out the uncertainties of the recast EWC directive and national transpositions,” Rachid Brihi, partner at the Grumbach law firm

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Rachid Brihi.  Frustration from the new EWC directive is even greater because the directive does not meet the expectations of legal clarification and security which the authors of the new text had announced (recital No.  7).  These expectations, expressed over the past 15 years, affect controversial topics which, consequently, may lead to disputes.
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Rachid Brihi. Frustration from the new EWC directive is even greater because the directive does not meet the expectations of legal clarification and security which the authors of the new text had announced (recital No. 7). These expectations, expressed over the past 15 years, affect controversial topics which, consequently, may lead to disputes.

The first issue I believe to be symptomatic is that of transnationality. On this, the recast directive is undeniably awa

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