FDA, and the medical system as a whole, to monitor the safety of drugs after they have been approved, and about the power of the regulator to mandate changes to drug labelling and advertising.
The Hong Kong Exchange is fighting a similar move to strip it of authority to approve new listings and regulate listed companies and give that power to the securities regulator instead.
To ensure patients' safety I want a regulator with the power to close, clean and then re-open wards if necessary.
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She said Labour had plans to create "a tough new energy regulator with the power to force energy companies to pass on savings to consumers".
When this bill becomes law, Fannie and Freddie will have a new, stronger regulator with the power to raise the companies' capital standards and restrict executives' pay.
But there's been little use of the regulator's power to withhold "fit and proper person" approval for those in senior financial positions, nor the business department's power to ban people as company directors.
In a speech to Parliament, Mr. Cameron welcomed the call for a new regulator "with the power to demand upfront apologies and impose million-pound fines, " but expressed concern about underpinning the organization in law.
The regulator will also possess the power to set maximum prices for interconnections, currently seen as being a severe obstacle to the emergence of rival firms in the fixed-line and wireless market.
Unfortunately, this can be the the most expensive part of the process, and Lord Mandelson has attempted to meet this criticism by proposing in the new legislation that Ofcom, which will become the regulator, should have the power to increase charges that Royal Mail can demand from those companies.
For instance, there is a federal regulator stationed at every single nuclear power plant in the United States.
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The regulator said that although it had the power to disqualify individuals from acting as charity trustees, it would not do so in this case.
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The problem with this is that Karas, not a notably distinguished banker, financial regulator or economist, has in his power the ability to darn near kill off European banking and with it swathes of the European economy.
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Edward Richards, the head of Britain's regulator, Ofcom, warned that the "centralization of power to Brussels, plus a new European bureaucracy" would not enhance regulation during an interview with the Financial Times.
Through an innovative regulatory process set up by the government and the regulator, the main barriers to the deployment of micro-power, such as grid access, are being addressed, and Britain is one of the first countries to have a clear, non-discriminatory access regulation for micro-generators that is supported by the regulator.
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that Congress will tackle the root causes of the power cut namely, a deeply flawed deregulation plan, a weak federal regulator and inadequate reliability standards for the grid.
In 2003, the state regulator and electric utilities in North Carolina looked into relocating the state's power lines underground and concluded that it would take 25 years and increase electricity prices by 125%.
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Offer, the electricity regulator, said on April 8th that a bar on new stations would probably mean higher power prices.
Moreover, the ambiguous role of the state, as not only a regulator but often a shareholder in Asian companies, creates conflicts of interest and gives too much power to politicians.
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The Prudential Regulation Authority, which will become the UK's regulator for deposit-taking institutions in April under the Bank of England, would have the power to ensure the ring-fenced bank to carry on with its business.
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