Many respondents felt it was important to separate Recommendations, which were non-binding on Member States but often resulted in binding measures at national level, from industry codes of conduct, which by their nature were not legally binding.
Beaucoup de répondants ont jugé important de séparer les recommandations, qui n'ont pas de caractère contraignant pour les États membres mais aboutissent souvent à l'adoption de mesures contraignantes au niveau national, des codes de conduite sectoriels qui, par nature, ne sont pas juridiquement contraignants.