Meaning of green paper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tentative government report of a proposal without any commitment to action, being the first step in changing the law; a discussion document.
2. An official document sponsored by the Crown of propositions put before the nation for discussion.
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3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, paper.

Examples

“In the green paper, the European Commission calls for the inception of free competition in virtually all of Europe′s satellite communications markets.”

“1998, Commission of the European Communities, Green Paper on the Development of the Single Market for Postal Services, DIANE Publishing Company, page 29, A Green Paper is a discussion document. This Green Paper on Postal Services is published as the basis for discussion of what changes need to be made to the Community′s postal sector in order to achieve the Single Market in postal services.”

“Between the release of the Green Paper in late January 1998 and the issuance of the final White Paper in June 1998, a subset of the groups listed in table 8.1 formed a “dominant coalition” capable of driving the institutionalization process to conclusion.”

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