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European Union Terms - R

  • Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) - (system developed by Frontex (EU agency coordinating border management for frontline EU states) in response to the growing refugee crisis - system involves the use of patrol boats, helicopters, and aircraft being sent to areas of perceived security threats to EU borders)

  • Regulation (Reg) - (EU law considered binding in its entirety and directly applicable to all Member States, in contrast to a Directive, in which Member States are directed to achieve a particular result, but are given some leeway to enact their own legislation)

  • Regulation on the Registration, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) - (EU environmental regulation requiring registration of chemicals with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) prior to import or manufacture)

  • Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) - (EU review of legislation process aimed at improved policy implementation)

  • regulatory procedure with scrutiny (RPS) - (EU procedure for review of certain legislative acts which existed prior to the Lisbon Treaty)

  • Research, Development and Innovation Guidelines (RD&I) - (EU guidelines for granting aid for projects - based on the goal of encouraging innovation without interfering with private development)

  • Revue hellénique de droit international (RHDI) - (Greek Review of International Law)

  • Revue trimestrielle de droit Européen (RTDE) - (Review of European Law)

  • Rivista di diritto internazionale (RDI) -

  • Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) -