National governments and the European Parliament must now draw up rules that will decide if an initiative is easy or hard to pull off.

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Last year the EU passed a law requiring its members to draw up rules for CCS. In theory these should be in place within two years, although such deadlines often pass unmet.

ECONOMIST: Carbon capture and storage

Draw up revised rules that differentiate between the big Wall Street operators and the other 50% of the investment world, the independents.

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Three years ago, Israel promised to draw up new rules on the use of shells containing white phosphorus, in the wake of the Gaza war.

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All building societies also have to accept the judgments of their ombudsman, but they draw up his rules rather than having them laid down by law.

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The law is not expected to take effect until 2014, since the Mexican Federal Congress will need to draw up secondary legislation to implement the new rules.

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