Case nr: code policy area, directive nr., country, deadline
Celex code
ln(time in days between publication and transposition)
ln(time in days between publication and deadline)
Time between publication and national transposition
Time between publication and deadline
National experience with transposition
Sectoral experience: utilities, food, transport and social pol
Subsectoral experience: all subsectors (general=sectoral exp.)
Recitals per directive
ln(recitals)
Elections in the same years as publication
Elections one year after publication
Attitude towards Europe: [1,0] interval based on eurobar
Attitude towards Europe; eurobarometer (1-100)
Recoded national instrument
Second department involved
standardized Strom's institutional power PM index
autonomy of PM (based on Strom)
autonomy of the minister (based on Strom)
Number of Veto players (Tsbelis)
Number of parties in government (tsebelis)
New veto player index: conditional on procedure
New veto player index (version 1: additive)
New veto player index (version 2: pm*veto_leg)
New veto player index (version 3: pm*coalition parties)
number of cabinet members (1960-2000)
Type of procedure: legislative or comitology
new, amended/elaborated or consoldating directive (recoded new)
Year of publication of directive
Number of EU members in year of publication
Total number of letters of notification: in year of publication directive
Average number of LFN: per member state and for year of publication
Intensity commission monitoring: average FLN in year of publication
Letters of formal notice for specific country: same year as publication
Letters of formal notice for specific country: one year after date of publication
Intensity commission monitoring: FLN in year publication/for specific country
Intensity commission monitoring; FLN next year/for specific country
Country in which transposed
AIO responsible for case
Policy area
Another AIO policy area involved
Directive number
Directive name
Date of adoption/decision
Date of publication
Date when directive enters into force if different from date of publication
Date/Deadline of required transposition
Numeric date of publication
Numeric date of EU deadline
Numeric date national transposition: published, signed, adopted
Still in force?
EU institution(s) that have enacted the directive
New directive, amendment of existing, or consolidation
Decision-making rule under which directive adopted
Total number of instruments used for transposition, known thus far
Any instruments adopted before Directive adopted?
Last date of observation (the last date data was gathered for directive).
Does the country consider existing legislation sufficient, so that there is no need for transposition
Lower level govt involved: Level and Type
Date First Legal Instrument adopted
Date First Instrument signed
Date First Instrument published
Date First Instrument entered into force
Source where information for first instrument found
First Instrument: Type
First Instrument: Lead department: name
First Instrument: Lead department: type
First Instrument: Secondary department: name
First Instrument: Secondary department: type
Constructive vote of no confidence?
Parliamentary control of cabinet only through PM?
PM appointment powers?
PM dismissal powers?
PM control over ministerial jurisdiction?
PM gives instructions to ministers?
PM controls cabinet agenda?
Cabinet decision rules
Personnel resources: civil servants?
Personnel resources: political appointees?
Strom institutional power PM index
Coded first national instrument (labels in worddocument)
Random number {1,5}
Dummy UK (versus NL)
Dummy DE (versus NL)
Dummy SP (versus NL)
Dummy GR (versus NL)
Dummy cabinet decision making
Dummy ministerial decision making
Dummy policy sector
Dummy food (versus utilities)
Dummy transport (versus utilities)
Dummy social policy (versus utilities)
Time in days between publication and transposition
Time in days between publication and deadline
Difference in days between transposition and deadline
Absolute difference in dayes between transposition and deadline
Dummy for late transposition (late=after the deadline)