In February, the Liberal Democrats asked the European Commission to look into the SFO's decision to determine whether the move breached competition regulations.
The fans cite evidence of other grounds, overseas and in other sports, where standing room is allocated, and where seats can be installed temporarily to allow for European competition regulations.
And a spokesman for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said he had been reluctant to consider a minimum price per unit because it would not be legal in terms of the EU competition regulations.
Changing markets, competition, regulations, products, channels, customer compliance, etc. make speed and agility essential.
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Provide regular updates on shifts in the external environment (markets, competition, regulations, etc.) and when things change, explain why you will still win.
In March, Health Minister Norman Lamb announced that the government had decided to amend the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations.
Vodafone is also struggling with increased competition and new regulations in the UK and Germany.
There is a clear majority preferring competition to planning and regulations as a way of running an economy.
Unfortunately, it will take longer to put this right than it will to change competition policy and planning regulations.
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Others, such as shopkeepers, taxi drivers, lawyers or pharmacists, are insulated from competition by a web of regulations.
There is not much competition between them, and regulations often prescribe the exact types of mortgage that can be offered.
Savvier customers, tighter regulations and mounting competition perhaps Japan's ultra-expensive consumer-finance industry will even become a better place for its clientele.
As this way of life naturally dies out and Japanese consumers demand foreign rice after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Mr. Abe has an opportunity to overcome the farmers' political lock on his Liberal Democratic Party and clear away the tariffs, subsidies and regulations preventing more competition in food production and lower prices for consumers.
In the 1970s, India's businessmen were protected from foreign competition, but paralysed by government regulations.
Poorly designed regulations can choke off competition and the capital that businesses need to thrive.
Inefficient, because it lacks competition and is riddled with distorting regulations and incentives, thereby producing mediocre care at high cost.
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Instead, they complain about subsidised competition, restricted access, conflicting regulations, a lack of protection for intellectual property and opaque and arbitrary bureaucracy.
Thirdly, a relaxation of restrictions on foreign ownership and competition, ranging from tariffs to ownership regulations.
Regulations helped keep out the competition and allowed Reliance to grow into the giant it is today.
Generally speaking economies are the most productive when rules and regulations are written to promote competition and lower prices.
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In this day and age, under fierce global competition for capital, we must modernize regulations alongside our vastly changing economic landscape.
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These are supply side reforms in fiscal (taxation, especially corporate taxation, and government spending) policies and pro-competition and pro-growth changes in restrictive regulations (especially with respect to labor, agriculture, and land use).
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Safety and environmental regulations can and do serve a valuable purpose but far too often regulations can serve to simply crowd out competition, which can disproportionately hurt smaller competitors.
My point is that the free market does a pretty good job of creating competition (like I said earlier barring excessive federal regulations which are sometimes necessary) thus driving costs down.
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But the domestic parts of some countries, notably South Korea and Indonesia, are riddled with regulations or government-protected monopolies that stifle competition, stunt growth and drive businesses into the underground economy.
First, is there not a contradiction in his passion for the single market, which is basically about free and fair competition, and his wish to exempt the UK from EU labour regulations, which are a key part of every country's competitiveness?
Going forward, we expect new stricter regulations, more due diligence and caution by investors and increasing competition to weigh down on the AUM for UBS wealth management.
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Competition is a good thing and many more times than not, fewer regulations allow for a fierce competitive landscape that reduces costs, encourages innovation, lowers barriers to entry, and thus ultimately benefits the consumer.
But the regulations that CMS set up to implement this program are actually stifling competition, and they violate all the rules of a market-driven bidding system.
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There's another major side effect to third-party ownership: Its impact on the new Financial Fair Play regulations that limit the losses clubs wishing to play in lucrative European competition can sustain.
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