The council leader, Keith Walters, said the government's directive would force an extra 3% council tax increase.
The UK government plans to consult on how to bring the directive into force later this year, giving an opportunity for both proponents and opponents of the current regime to rekindle the debate.
Government officials say they continue to be uncomfortable with an EU draft directive which would force companies to disclose when they have been attacked.
The British government promised companies it would pass legislation two years before the directive came into force, so that they would know where they stood.
Passengers will be able to leap on and off the city's 500-odd old-fashioned buses at least until a European directive on accessibility comes into force in (gasp) 2016.
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But a new EU-wide directive that could come into force at the end of this year will give regulators the power to impose penalties of up to 2% of a multinational's global annual turnover.
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What many in Mr Berlusconi's ruling majority appear not to realise is that the free-movement directive, which came into force two years ago, gives EU citizens (beggars and crooks included) essentially the same rights as locals.
Although no changes to the current regime on religious slaughter are mooted in a new EU directive on animal welfare, due to come into force in January 2013, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister James Paice has noted that "member states can impose stricter rules in relation to religious slaughter if they wish".
The Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive - put forward by the European Commission - would force banks to build up a pot of money to ensure that savers are protected in struggling times.
The EU directive was drawn up in 1994 but will not come into force in all the member states until agreed tests are officially published.
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