Sentences with phrase «standard authority for»

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WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's plans.

When accountants get a reputation for inept audits or less - than - pristine standards, state and federal tax authorities may focus their attention on all of the firm's clients.

In the meantime, a self - regulatory group — the Committee for the Establishment of the Digital Asset Transfer Authority — «will set technical standards aimed at preventing money - laundering and ensuring compliance with laws.»

Measures to identify and verify each customer shall be in line with and shall be at least of the standards set by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for capital markets services licence holders in relation to the prevention of money - laundering and terrorism financing

In 2014, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) acted to tighten standards for interest - only loans, and mortgages more generally.

The final DOL regulation «unfairly targets certain types of fixed annuity products, making it harder for Americans to purchase fixed indexed annuities when it is in their best interest to do so,» he said, adding that «this legal challenge is necessary because the rule creates an unworkable standard for independent agents and insurance companies and goes far beyond DOL's authority.»

A Russian riposte came on April 10, when authorities confiscated Kazakhstani dairy products, watermelons and beets for supposedly failing to meet «quality and safety standards,» according to Rospotrebnadzor, Moscow's food safety and consumer rights service.

Crapo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, emphasized that the Federal Reserve would still have the authority to apply tougher standards for banks with between $ 100 billion and $ 250 billion in assets.

BoE Governor Mark Carney has called for the authorities to regulate cryptocurrencies and hold them to the same standards as the rest of the financial system.

In late July 2013, the industry group Committee for the Establishment of the Digital Asset Transfer Authority began to form to set best practices and standards, to work with regulators and policymakers to adapt existing currency requirements to digital currency technology and business models and develop risk management standards.

Governments can build on this culture of high ethical standards by creating an incentive for companies to report wrongful behaviour to the authorities.

Obtained the WorkForce Development Authority of Singapore (WDA) ACTA's standard certificates for Assessment, Curriculum Development and Training

Therefore, since I have such justification for my standard of authority, there is nothing wrong with referring to it when it comes to understanding heaven and hell.

But since you and I both know God is the ultimate authority and thus sets the standard, and God clearly is against abortion, and the atheists are erroneously calling very early human life nothing but «a bunch of cells,» isn't it up to us to fight for those lives?

But the more time marches on, the more Humanae Vitae appears prophetic, for Paul VI voiced four concerns regarding artificial contraception that have largely become realities: a general lowering of moral standards; increased marital infidelity; the reduction of women to instruments for the fulfillment of male desire; and public authorities engaging in coercive population planning programs.

And, you will find they are all working hard to live up to God's standards, free of false teachings, having true love for their brothers around the world, living in peace even today, not willing to join anybody's army, nor join political parties but respectful of national governments and authorities, law abiding but God's kingdom interests come first, carrying out the world wide assignment God has given them.

These new expressions of faith, fed by passions of ordinary men and women, did not merely diverge from received authority; increasingly they failed even to take into account the standard theological categories that served as guides for religious experience and formed the common denominator of theological discussion between disputants.

Hence, only by revealing his own views of his place in the cosmos - which are religious as even such nontraditionalists as Spinoza and Einstein understood - can Schlesinger argue for the authority of «History,» or «our folkways, traditions, standards.»

Thus support for human rights in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities follows a pattern: each group believes that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights standards established through international law derive authority from the teachings of its own religious tradition.

Mack believes that a study of the sources Paul used to construct his authority also helps the interpreter to reconstruct and describe the social situation Paul addressed, one in which standards for authority were unclear and under negotiation.

In those days, sinners fell into five basic categories: people who did dirty things for a living (such as pig farmers and tax collectors), people who did immoral things (such as liars and adulterers), people who did not keep the law up to the standards of the religious authorities (such as you and me), Samaritans and gentiles.

The consequences of this primary pursuit of pleasure are a general lowering of standards, disrespect for authority, disorderliness, and loss of morale by teachers (or parents) and students alike.

On the other hand, when teachers possess the authority of qualified experts in learning and in the guidance of learning, and when they are organized into strong professional bodies which faithfully exercise responsibility for high professional standards, they can freely teach with sole regard to individual aptitude and need and without fear or favor in respect to social class.

If in earlier situations the standards of critical judgment that properly applied to foundational theological assertions allowed for appeals to authorities of various kinds to settle the issue of their credibility, for us today all such appeals can have at most a provisional validity.

The systematic interpretation of this total experience — what the speaker on this subject called «comprehensive coherence» — should then become the best standard for the authority of the Christian faith.

This is a plain statement about how silly it is for man to seek to judge someone based on earthly standards, especially when only Jesus himself has the authority to judge anyone, He is the only moral authority.

When Christians measure church success by the standards of American culture — money, power, prestige, numbers — we set ourselves up for scandal, discouragement, and abuse of authority / funds / people.

Two - thirds of those who applied were rejected either by the local welfare examiners or by a state licensing authority, which set certain minimum standards for housing and income.

But, then, why did he recognize a significant and positive role for public authority in the functioning of the economy and why did he advocate reasonable wages and living standards for the workers, instead of leaving these to be determined by the economic processes themselves?

ABWI is committed to working with the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (FSANZ), which regulates bottled water as a packaged food product, as well as with state governments to set stringent standards for the safety and quality of water products.

The field trials were permitted by and followed the safety standards of the DA - Bureau of Plant Industry (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for biotechnology research and development.

For Organic Agriculture, certification bodies can apply the voluntary international standards and / or the national mandatory standards and be accredited by the related «authority».

Standard NatureFlex ™ films allow consumers to compost at home if they have a compost bin, or for local authorities to collect the films together with garden or food waste for industrial composting or anaerobic digestion, where such infrastructure exists.

The European Commission Joint Research Centre and Directorate - General for Health and Food Safety have presented a report to help authorities implement healthy food standards ensuring that they procure healthy school food.

The Trading Standard Primary Authority for Tesco told Baby Milk Action (29 February): «We have raised the matter with Tesco and aware they addressing the matter.

One portion of the legislation would give the Department of Agriculture authority to update decades - old standards for the food children buy at school stores and in vending machines, as well as foods such as pizza and french fries that are sold a la carte in cafeterias.

That was the time when authority first introduced the safety standards for baby walkers and companies started to understand that if they want to be in the market, they will have to produce the baby walker models to stay in the game.

Janine is currently training with APAC on the PG Certificate in Supervision and on completion of same will be registered as a Clinical Supervisor on the Register of Play and Creative Arts Therapists, Accredited Register, regulated by the Public Standards Authority (equivalent to CORU which has not yet established public safety standards for therapeutic services).

The project recently conducted a survey of school food authorities, or SFAs, * to identify their perceived needs in meeting the updated standards for the National School Lunch Program.

School food authorities, * or SFAs, are managing to serve healthier meals despite challenges, such as limitations in their existing kitchen equipment and infrastructure and in the knowledge and skills of food service staff.5 As of September 2013, USDA data confirm that 80 percent of schools reported meeting the standards.6 These changes are a huge step forward for child nutrition and, therefore, children's health.

A provision in the Child Nutrition Act passed by the Senate would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture authority to regulate nutrition standards not just for the lunchroom, but for foods in the a la carte lines and vending machines as well.

The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is the new Independent regulator for affordable housing, set to raise the standard of services through a well - governed sector that puts tenants first.

The G8 countries / OECD are also cognizant of the need to build capabilities of tax authorities in developing countries for proposed international standards to be effective.

At 12:45 p.m., airport workers will speak at Port Authority Meeting to demand commissioners stop delaying and set a standard for family - sustaining wages and benefits, 4 World Trade Center, Manhattan.

The education discussion «focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state».

Tristram Hunt led the education session, which focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state.

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has given a 24 - hour ultimatum to officials of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON),...

Without a national planning policy that specifically considers accessible and adaptable housing for disabled people, local authorities have no obligation to make sure they're delivering the right kind of housing and find it challenging to require developers to build to a higher standard.

«The new guidance builds on existing transparency measures introduced as part of the Localism Act and is part of the new arrangements for local authority standards that replaced the bureaucratic and controversial Standards Board regime, abolished in 2012, which ministers believe had become a vehicle for malicious, petty and politically motivated complaints.»

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