The message of the post last week on this blog by Professor R.J. de Weijs, A.L. Jonkers and M. Malakotipour of the University of Amsterdam has been replicated by the authors in a Letter to the EP, with a supporting letter by Professor Douglas Baird of The University of Chicago.
Professor Bob Wessels of Leiden has replied to their arguments on his blog.
The draft Directive is up for vote on 27 March 2019.