A border-town authority asks how national laws interacted with Directive 95/46/EC compared with the GDPR. Which contrast correctly describes the implementation model change?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Picture a recipe card versus a finished dish delivered to every kitchen. A directive tells Member States to cook the rules into national law; a regulation like the GDPR largely shows up ready-made and binds across the Union. That is why moving from Directive 95/46 to the GDPR changed the everyday implementation story.
Full Explanation
Under EU law, directives typically require Member States to transpose objectives into national legislation, which produced divergent national data-protection acts under Directive 95/46/EC. Regulations are generally directly applicable in Member States, and the GDPR was chosen in part to reduce fragmentation by applying as a uniform regulation. The GDPR is not itself a directive awaiting wholesale national rewriting before it can take effect, and Directive 95/46 was not directly applicable without transposition.