As the European Commission noted in a lack-of-progress report on services trade last July, an Austrian baker would have to apply for eight different licences to open a shop across the border in Italy.
A380 project director, gave his twice-monthly progress report it always contained a long list of worries.
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In his last update, in July 2012, Sir John said the inquiry had made "extensive progress" in drafting its report - expected to be about a million words long - but that the inquiry was "unprecedented" in scope and the issues were "complex".
The stridently pro-Democrat Think Progress recently relayed a report connecting American ethanol subsidies to severe food shortages in Guatemala.
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The parliament focused on the annual progress report that says that Turkey - which has been a candidate country since 1999 - continues to fulfil the political criteria for EU membership, including free and fair elections, and constitutional reform.
Sinfin Community School was placed into special measures by Ofsted in February and a follow-up report last month said inadequate progress had been made.
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As I wrote last week, the eighth annual Broadband Progress Report was poisoned by a pervasive double-speak that even the majority had a hard time taking seriously.
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The Hanford clean-up "has been plagued by massive cost and schedule problems - and almost no progress, " according to the report.
If Mr Jones wasn't planning on delivering a coalition-style "full, frank and unvarnished progress report" he'll know now that opposition parties are very much on the case.
They can also designate a "referee" who receives e-mails when users report they've made progress.
The Commission report noted Croatian progress in areas such as anti-trust, mergers and state aid, including privatisation of shipyards.
However, his decision to announce a progress report next week on the agency's two-year investigation into Iran's nuclear programme is seen by some analysts as a move aimed at winning favour with Washington.
And what is worrying about the National Audit Office (NAO) report - despite the praise for the good progress that has been made to date - is that there are signs this could be starting to happen.
" Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2004-05", Reserve Bank of India, 2005.
As part of our ongoing commitment to Open Government, the United States Government will publish a Self-Assessment Report this spring, that outlines our significant progress to date and highlights areas where there is more work to be done.
The sell-by date for an annual report that arbitrarily charts the progress of wired broadband deployment in the U.S. expired a long time ago.
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With the exception of the periodic calls to a relative to check on her status, there is little evidence police made much progress on where she went, according to her partially redacted missing-persons report released last week.
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Boxer, whose committee has held seven oversight hearings since the Japan disaster, has asked the NRC to report to her on the agency's progress implementing the post-Fukushima safety reforms.
The IoE report concludes that the highest-achieving English children appeared to make less progress, relative to their overseas peers, particularly in East Asian countries, between the ages of 10 and 16.
For example, he found that people got scared the company was not doing well because he did not report on sales progress in a recent quarter as he did in previous target-beating quarters.
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The State of Broadband 2012: Achieving Digital Inclusion for All report evaluates the roll-out of broadband around the world and tracks progress towards achieving the four targets set by the Commission in 2011 for boosting broadband affordability and uptake.
Withdrawing from Syria would ensure the safety of the team, but it could signal a loss of confidence in the hopes of a cease-fire and leave the U.N. without a way to monitor progress, the report says.
An independent commission of pro-Turkey bigwigs, led by a former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari, will publish a progress report on September 7th.
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