A framework directive leaving a margin of flexibility for Member States could have been better adapted, but it would certainly have sparked off debates at national level once again, debates that had been concluded by the choice of regulation, which is something that the Commission did not desire.
Une directive-cadre laissant une marge de flexibilité aux États membres eût été mieux adaptée, mais aurait certainement fait renaître au niveau national des débats clos par le choix du règlement, ce que la Commission ne souhaitait pas.