> It sounds like the slovak government was trying to implement its own version despite the europe-wide law being struck down. EU countries first decided to cre

> It sounds like the slovak government was trying to implement its own version despite the europe-wide law being struck down. EU countries first decided to create the directive, and then implemented this while it was in force. There was no big bad EU imposing it on reluctant states. And now most countries are in no hurry to dismantle the their national legislation implementing the directive.