Sentences with phrase «voluntary agreements»

Although only courts have the power to dissolve a marriage, judges look favorably upon voluntary agreements between spouses concerning property division, alimony and child custody.

At the state level, voluntary agreements or compacts between tribal authorities and state governments cover a wide range of key social and economic issues including environmental protection, criminal jurisdiction, traffic and safety, child protection and education.

ILUAs are voluntary agreements between native title groups and others about the use and management of land and waters.

Knowing what factors the court can consider as part of equitable distribution, and how you can reduce uncertainty through voluntary agreements, will help you best prepare for the property - division phase of your Maryland divorce.

Maryland allows spouses to enter into voluntary agreements setting the terms of the divorce.

They are voluntary agreements that, once finalised, are legally binding on all parties.

The BEPS issue that although they are voluntary agreements, when a reorganisation and cross-border transaction takes place, will involve one or more jurisdictions that have probably adopted these agreements to combat the displacement of benefits and erosion in relation to taxes whose declaration and transparent payment you want to hide or minimize to reduce the burden of the tax or not pay in the corresponding jurisdiction.

These are private, voluntary agreements between a landowner and a conservation organisation, which enable the landowner to pass on their property in the knowledge that its special features will continue to be protected.

Rather, they are obligations to pay which are imposed by law, not by voluntary agreements.

In Germany, the 1994 Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act, other laws and voluntary agreements have restructured waste management over the past 15 years (Giegrich and Vogt, 2005).

By the ACF's figures, the average Aussie driver could save $ 1,000 a year, if they drove a car that managed a fuel efficiency standard of 6.8 L / 100 km [34.6 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- but they observe that only one Australian manufactured car model had an efficiency of less than 10L / 100 km [23.5 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- in 2006, so they don't hold out much hope for voluntary agreements with the car industry as likely to bear much fruit.

NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt, who signed the petition, said «the time for half - measures and the time for voluntary agreements and the time for arguing about 1 percent here and 1 percent there - those things are no longer relevant.»

Its purely voluntary agreements committed no one to anything, and even if countries signaled their intentions to cut carbon emissions, there was no enforcement mechanism.

The IATA does say that it could support carefully designed carbon trading policies, though it prefers voluntary agreements to regulation, and it claims that such schemes should be restricted to carbon dioxide only, and that other emissions should be tackled by «other means» (no mention is made of what these means might be).

Measures proposed to achieve these targets include the development of voluntary commitments (VC's) and voluntary agreements (VA's) with industry.

, 2005: The handbook of environmental voluntary agreements: Design, implementation and evaluation issues.

Chidiak, M., 2002: Lessons from the French experience with voluntary agreements for greenhouse - gas reduction.

Johannsen, K.S., 2002: Combining voluntary agreements and taxes: an evaluation of the Danish agreement scheme on energy efficiency in industry.

The Council's working groups have produced exceptional research and analysis and proposed thoughtful policy recommendations to protect the region's biodiversity, but the Council has shied away from both binding and voluntary agreements to turn these recommendations into action.

A number of countries have adopted collection systems for products still in use based on voluntary agreements (Austrian Federal Government, 2001) or EPR regulations for appliances (Government of Japan, 2002).

A range of policy instruments is available to mitigate climate change including carbon taxes, emissions trading, regulation, information measures, government provision of goods and services, and voluntary agreements.

Major supermarkets don't want to be the first to introduce a self - levy and do have voluntary agreements in place.

Finally, voluntary agreements between businesses, policymakers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as the Soy Moratorium in Brazil, have proved to be a promising approach.

There are treaties of the first kind, voluntary agreements among sovereign nations, that any one of them may join or leave.

From emergency orders to voluntary agreements, we are using every tool at our disposal to ensure the safe transportation of crude.»

Government and nonprofit leaders in cities like Cleveland, DC, New Orleans, Baltimore, and even Detroit have been able to make progress on these issues via voluntary agreements on citywide systems for enrollment and information to help families navigate public school choice.

A new study [PDF] examined how well middle schoolers responded to «commitment devices,» or voluntary agreements to limit future choices through restrictions or penalties for failing to accomplish a goal.

The deal, which is intended to establish voluntary agreements on issues such as labelling and advertising in the alcohol industry, will still go ahead but without the conferred legitimacy of public health organisations.

He says voluntary agreements with industry didn't work.

Only voluntary agreements between municipalities will be included, she said.

The UK relied on weak voluntary agreements with industry.

Implementation of the Plan began in 2012, and included voluntary agreements with the food industry to reduce salt content in processed food.

Discussions on these voluntary agreements began with the State of Texas and then extended to Oklahoma.

Once the company is ready to resume production, the voluntary agreements also call for a trial production period before ice cream is distributed to consumers.

Brenham, TX — Blue Bell Creameries, the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry have entered into voluntary agreements outlining a series of steps and actions Blue Bell will take as part of its efforts to bring Blue Bell Ice Cream products back to market.

The Beer, Wine and Spirits Producers» Commitments 2013 - 2017 include adding to packaging globally (except where similar information is already legally required, prohibited or already provided by voluntary agreements) a standard set of easily understood symbols or equivalent words to discourage (1) drinking and driving (2) consumption by those under - age and (3) consumption by pregnant women.

The legislation, called PROMESA, would create a federal oversight board to help Puerto Rico governments balance their budgets, improve financial reporting and facilitate debt restructuring when voluntary agreements between creditors and borrowers can not be reached.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced Thursday that it had reached a voluntary agreement with Airbnb to monitor whether some hosts on the platform act with racial or other forms of bias when choosing guests.

We may arrive at a voluntary agreement of comradeship and co-operation.

At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved by the fact that it persists in all religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a religious community like others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.

These projects are a testament to the increasing understanding of the benefits of a voluntary agreement approach in tackling food waste.

Between 2007 and 2012 this voluntary agreement, together with WRAP's internationally - renowned Love Food Hate Waste campaign, helped reduce packaging and food waste by more than 3 million tonnes, reducing carbon emissions by over 8 million tonnes.

Kruse also noted that Blue Bell will continue to work cooperatively and transparently with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and has entered into discussions with the State of Alabama Department of Public Health regarding a similar voluntary agreement.

The strategy includes a voluntary agreement with the bakery industry to reduce sodium in bread products.

Coffey launched the fund at a conference for WRAP's Courtauld Commitment 2025 - a voluntary agreement to bring together representatives of the food system to reduce food and drink waste by 20 per cent by 2025.

In 1998, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) arrived at a voluntary agreement with manufacturers to remove phthalates from PVC rattles, teethers, baby bottle nipples and pacifiers.

Penta and Octa are no longer produced in the U.S., not because the government banned them but because of a voluntary agreement with the EPA and the sole U.S. manufacturer (Great Lakes Chemical Corporation) to cease production of these chemicals at the end of 2004.

The law provides a statewide definition of affirmative consent, defining it as «a clear, unambiguous and voluntary agreement between the participants to engage in specific sexual activity.»

In Cuomo's original budget language, «affirmative consent» was described as «a clear, unambiguous, knowing, informed and voluntary agreement between all participants to engage in sexual activity.»

«The motivation of the government for these charges is said to be to try to bring people to voluntary agreement.