It calls for the setting up of a scheme for "recommended" builders, based on stringent vetting and an agreed disputes procedure to help owners find a reliable firm to do the job.

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On that basis four-and-a-half-month-old Owen Williams' parents reluctantly agreed to the procedure, the GMC in Manchester was told.

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"I am pleased that we have agreed on a procedure to begin discussions towards achieving an economic security package, " said Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott in a written statement.

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The misguided fanboi from Anhui province, surnamed Wang, was 17 when he agreed to the illegal transplant procedure in April 2011.

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Five months after it started work, he says he is ready to recommend the first indictment as soon as the tribunal's Cambodian and international jurists have agreed on its rules of procedure.

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Neither side bothered to ask me whether, in my opinion, the stay prevented KPMG from producing any hard drives for inspection, so that negotiations over how to carry out a procedure that both sides agreed would be beneficial (sampling) could proceed in a meaningful way.

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Under the co-decision procedure, introduced in 1993, some European legislation has to be agreed jointly by the Parliament and by the Council of Ministers, which represents the member states.

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However, a spokesman for Mr Annan warned that the procedure proposed by the Iraqis was "at variance" with the methods agreed by the UN Security Council.

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