Sentences with phrase «voluntary agreements setting»

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

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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.

Most notably, hitting a pollution target that a country set for itself under the agreement remains entirely voluntary.

The law also includes language that allows funds to be used for voluntary teacher licensure reciprocity across states.34 By embracing a set of similarly high standards for licensure, more states can enter reciprocal agreements that allow teachers to move from state - to - state without licensure impediments.

An individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) is a formal agreement, between you and your creditors, to pay back part of what you owe over a set period (usually five years).

For example, an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) is a type of insolvency where an individual enters into a formal agreement with their creditors to pay back part of what they owe over a set period.

An individual voluntary arrangement, or IVA, is a form of insolvency that amounts to a legally binding agreement between you and your creditors, via an insolvency practitioner, involving a set repayment plan.

Gold Standard is partnering with the UNFCCC Secretariat — the body responsible for delivering the Paris Agreement — to develop a range of methodologies, tools and guidance to assist companies and sub-national governments in setting voluntary sustainability targets and assessing the SDG impacts of their initiatives.

Voluntary cooperation / Market - and non-market-based approaches (Art. 6)-- The Paris Agreement recognizes the possibility of voluntary cooperation among Parties to allow for higher ambition and sets out principles — including environmental integrity, transparency and robust accounting — for any cooperation that involves internationally transferal of mitigation outcomes.

The agreement is built on country - by - country statements of voluntary action, rather than the kind of top - down target - setting that characterised the Kyoto Protocol.

Two sources provide the framework for defining behaviour by the mediator: (1) Professionalism — voluntary standards set by various organizations within the profession, and the mediation process (often set by the mediation agreement); and, (2) Ethics — the moral compass of the mediator.

Moreover, when a wife has not been represented by an attorney, and assuming that there was no knowing and voluntary waiver of counsel, then it is likely that the separation agreement will be set aside.