Sentences with phrase «which enforces the standards»

Free movement of goods is achieved by common rules underpinned by a robust institutional framework — a court, surveillance authority, committees etc - which enforces standards and resolves disputes.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, Facebook announced a new set of community standards and a revamped appeals process, which Zuckerberg called a «first step in this direction is creating full transparency about our current rules and how we enforce them.»

The set of circumstances in which outsiders should be reluctant to judge the behaviour of a powerful occupational group is pretty strictly limited to circumstances in which the members of that group do a good job of monitoring their own behaviour and enforcing standards that serve the public well.

The self - government of science has its own institutional structures which embody its standards and enforce its discipline.

He raised armies, successfully withstood the attacks of the Lombards, the latest of the Germanic barbarians to invade Italy, made his authority respected in Italy, Sicily, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, attempted to curb the abuses in the Church in the Frankish domains, inaugurated the Roman mission to Britain, preached frequently, endeavored to enforce clerical celibacy, prompted monasticism and improved the quality of life in some of the houses which were lapsing from their professed ideals, and was the author of voluminous writings on theology that were long standard in the West.

First, since human society always employs violence to enforce some set of standards, Christians» whom Christ called to live out a radically different form of community, one in which it is the crucified rather than his judges who is vindicated as God's Word» should simply take up the burden of civic order and abandon the Gospel where prudentially necessary because, you know, someone absolutely has to kill heretics, and so we should make sure the right heretics get killed.

The committee advises the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on administration of the California Organic Program, which enforces national organic standards in California.

Other athletes use their dogs to erect stockades, garrisons, barbed - wire fences, moats in which the dogs themselves serve as the alligators... and some athletes, like Kenny Norman of the Atlanta Hawks, assign their dogs the intricate task of enforcing a policy of exclusion while at the same time setting the standard for admission.

To that end we have worked with the Medical Research Council and our own expert panel to develop a set of simpler food standards, which we believe will be easier to implement and enforce.

We now have a clear and concise set of food standards which are easier for cooks to follow and less expensive to enforce.

Note that I do believe this question is on - topic, since the moral standards and culture of a country dictates whom it elects as its politicians which in turn dictates which policies it enforces.

A case involving a member of the Woodstock Town Board has drawn attention to the local ethics law, which seeks to establish standards of conduct for town officers, employees, and consultants, and to procedures followed by the volunteer board that administers and enforces the statute.

«Just yesterday during a community discussion on immigration at the Jamaica Muslim Center, I again criticized the lack of consistency and standards in which agents enforce immigration policies at our airports and borders, and how they randomly pop up at courts and hospitals.

«We now have a clear and concise set of food standards which are easier for cooks to follow and less expensive to enforce.

Interestingly, Excel had fewer students in the standards not met (purple) category, which means they may be providing a baseline of education, but not enforcing rigor.

As indicated previously, States and local governments may create and enforce their own laws and regulations to protect animals, which may exceed the AWA standards.

Puppy mills and the outlets that support their greed represent the systematic abuse of the animals in them which by the way are classified as LIVESTOCK and not protected under companion animal laws but under the AWA which is inadequate and even those low standards are not enforced.

Once you've determined that birds are covered and enforceable standards exist, the next step is to identify which of your city's or state's humane society, animal shelter, animal control organization, or other law enforcement agency is responsible for investigating and enforcing the law.

I realized that this was an ugly secret being kept from the public — and obviously supported by the USDA, which, I was to learn, fails to adequately enforce animal welfare standards in many industries.

To further enforce those goals, the founder has originated the F.T.L.O.P. (For the Love of Pixie) organization, which requires certain standards for breeders to join, including having at least one «Blue List» cat (cats with lineage directly traceable to the original Pixie).

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal organization charged with enforcing the Animal Welfare Act, which sets basic standards of care for certain kinds of animals bred for commercial resale.

In 1927, Pearl Chase became chair of the Plans and Planting Committee (in which capacity she served until her retirement in the 1970s) and further helped establish and enforce many of the standards that have kept Santa Barbara, in her words,»... a beautiful city, with an architecture in harmony with its historic background and adapted to its distinctive topography, its climate and its delightful location.»

For Dray it is the hidden protocols of security and safety standards enforced by UK manufacturing and building regulations that provide a matrix within which to make work.

Currently, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) determines whether any industrial hemp production authorized under a state statute will be permitted, and it enforces standards governing the security conditions under which the crop must be grown.

Even though the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 sought to enforce the phase - out of incandescent lightbulbs, setting standards which LED and CFL lightbulbs already.

In addition, the bill would undercut DOE's ability to enforce its appliance standards and would weaken section 433 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which requires a reduction in fossil fuel generated energy in Federal buildings.»

Your statement was «my political views are that I find it difficult to accept that the major western powers are trying to enforce, on countries which are much poorer than they are, actiions that will disadvantage the citizens of those countries in their efforts to attain the standards of living approaching those of the developed world.»

New York will enforce the standard by requiring utilities and other energy suppliers to obtain a targeted number of Renewable Energy Credits each year, which will be paid to renewable developers.

Employment Standards staff administer and enforce the Employment Standards Code, which establishes minimum standards of employment for employers and employees in the workplace.This site contains information on the minimum standards of employment for employers and employees, including payment of earnings, minimum wage, hours of work and rest periods, overtime and overtime pay, vacations and vacation pay, general holidays and holiday pay, maternity and parental leave and termination of employment.

If she is fired, even one day before her leave begins, provincial ministries of labour, which enforce employment standards, will not intervene.

My comments start from three propositions which are rooted in constitutional theory: (1) absent constitutional objection, legislation binds; (2) administrative decision - makers enabled by statute can only go so far as their home statute allows (3) it is a court's job, on any standard of review, to enforce those boundaries; in American terminology, to «say what the law is» (Marbury v Madison; Edmonton East, at para 21).

The Ontario Ministry of Labour regulates and enforces the employment standards act, which sets out laws for discrimination against pregnant employees.

In terms of the regulation of the profession, however, perhaps the most interesting controversy was with respect to the degree to which law societies are enforcing standards of civility among their members.

The OCR enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of PHI; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic PHI; and the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, which requires covered entities and business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured PHI.

In acknowledgement of and in return for their expertise, experience, and judgement, which they are expected to apply in delivering affordable, accessible, up - to - date, reassuring, and reliable services, and on the understanding that they will curate and update their knowledge and methods, train their members, set and enforce standards for the quality of their work, and that they will only admit appropriately qualified individuals into their ranks, and that they will always act honestly, in good faith, putting the interests of clients ahead of their own, we (society) place our trust in the professions in granting them exclusivity over a wide range of socially significant services and activities, by paying them a fair wage, by conferring upon them independence, autonomy, rights of self - determination, and by according them respect and status.

Our legislators should accept that they can not enforce moral standards through punitive criminal legislation, I know of no law which enforces empathy and reconciliation.

Managed and enforced an aggressive supply discipline programs which led to five out of six organizations meeting program standards for fiscal year 2014.

[ii] «No city, county, city and county, or district shall adopt or enforce a building ordinance or local rule or regulation relating to the subject of fire and life safety in large family day care homes that is inconsistent with those standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal, except to the extent the building ordinance or local rule or regulation applies to single - family residences in which day care is not provided.»

In my opinion RECO should have two things, and two things only, in its sights, and they are these: 1) Severely limiting the number of newbie entrants onto the playing field via enforcing strict standards to be met prior to registration, and: 2) Increasing the number of registrants being permanently shown the door upon displayed proof of incompetence and / or malicious malpractice, not just by way of researching complaints from consumers, but by way of never - ending random spot checks / audits and follow - up calls designed to reach out to and find consumers (and registrants) who have had recent negative experiences with registrants which point to registrant - centric conflict - of - interest behind - the - scenes behaviour.

• Enforcing the standards required to obtain and maintain registration as a brokerage, broker or salesperson and delivering the duties of the Registrar • Establishing minimum requirements for pre-registration and continuing education • Conducting routine inspections of brokerage offices to ensure compliance with REBBA 2002 and educate brokers • Addressing inquiries, concerns and complaints about the conduct of registrants received from all sources and taking appropriate action to protect the public interest • Establishing and administering insurance requirements, which include consumer deposit protection • Promoting ongoing education and competent, knowledgeable and professional service.

The Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) is the only association in The Bahamas which unites Real Estate Brokers and their Associates in The Bahamas for the purpose of: exerting a combined positive and effective influence on matters affecting their profession; promoting and maintaining the highest standard of conduct in the transaction of the Real Estate Profession as expressed in the code of ethics and to enforce the Code among its members in their dealings with one another and the public.

The Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) is the only association in The Bahamas which unites Real Estate Brokers and their Associates in The Bahamas for the purpose of: exerting a combined positive and effective influence on matters affecting their profession; promoting and maintaining the highest standard of conduct in the transaction of the Real Estate Profession as expressed in the code of ethics adopted by the Association and to enforce the Code among its members in their dealings with one another and the public; making certain that all members have access to world class training and education; ensuring that they are fully informed and offer professional services.

I have had to replace almost new windows in bedrooms of each of two houses because they were slightly too small for egress standards (which are only really enforced on rentals).