Industries often set international standards for testing and measurement, but the Department of Energy (DoE), flush with cash, seems intent on hiring consultants to create new and redundant test procedures.
Both governments have approved the commission's plan to set up international watershed boards across the continent.
That will mean yet more spending cuts and tax rises to meet the deficit target of 6% of GDP set by international lenders.
The World Bank is making its loans to some South Korean companies conditional on their adoption of a set of international accounting standards.
But at the same time he wants to set up international tribunals to rule on unfair tax competition, for example, or health standards.
And the world's leading industrialised states struggle to set up international bodies that will regulate everything from internet protocols to the genetic manipulation of food.
Under the German proposal, a budget commissioner would have veto powers over Greek budgetary measures if they were not in line with targets set by international lenders.
It is not expected that the opening of the archives will have major legal implications because the deadlines set for international class action lawsuits have now passed.
For decades, governments have allowed officials from the organization to report on the treatment of detainees, to insure that standards set by international treaties are being maintained.
Some critics said the industry's move could throw a wrench in a separate year-long effort by the World Wide Web consortium to set an international standard for do-not-track.
In an extreme scenario, illness could force Olympics coaches to dig deeply into their player reserves for replacements, depending on each sport's rules, which are set by international governing boards.
Our goal is to make the common market for European goods and services more accessible to businesses and consumers, boost our economy and set an international standard for online privacy.
Holbrooke also urged Yugoslav authorities to abide by international laws set forth in the Geneva Conventions, a series of international treaties signed in Switzerland between 1864 and 1949.
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He added that Carnival complies with all safety standards set by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency.
The U.S. is violating policy set by the International Civil Aviation Organization, of which the U.S. is a member.
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Or at least the test set by Transparency International about corporate transparency.
Safety standards for cruise ships are set by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, with enforcement falling to individual countries.
Sant Ambroeus ' first-rate Italian cuisine has made it the Upper East Side favorite of the well-heeled, well-groomed and well-preserved international set.
Many seasoned judges believe that he was discarded too soon from the international set-up after an apparent weakness against spin undermined his confidence.
The most famous resort town here is, of course, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which hosted the 1936 Olympic Games and is popular with the international set.
The issue was resolved partially in a compromise solution to set up an international forum to look at issues such as cyber security issues.
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In the last two qualifiers against Norway and Macedonia Preston's Callum Davidson has started at left-back, ending a seven-year absence from the international set-up.
Greece has failed to meet targets set by its international lenders.
Those market prices are set in an international and national context.
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Now the course is set on further international expansion into the Baltic countries, Germany and the UK, regions with a similar downward slide in math results.
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Rather, we must set aside our international and partisan differences, and join in a global campaign to marginalize religious extremism and discredit the use of terror worldwide.
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The Malala Fund has been set up by international organisation Vital Voices, which says it helps give women a voice to promote prosperity and peace in their communities.
After requests from Lebanon's government, it may also broaden the investigators' brief to look into the post-Hariri bombings and set up an international tribunal to try the culprits.
But when Jackson set up Argentina international Leonelli for the first of his treble, the floodgates opened - with Sarries reaching the four-try bonus-point mark within the opening half-hour.
He set up Transparency International four years ago mainly because his employer for the previous 25 years, the World Bank, was reluctant to raise the issue with developing countries.
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