The government was also working with the drinks industry to establish a voluntary agreement on responsible drinking labelling.
The EPA has been in negotiations with the silicone industry to come up with a voluntary agreement to conduct that assessment.
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Cabinet Enforcer Minister Barbara Roache wants to get a voluntary agreement with constituencies but has warned that if necessary action would be imposed.
Needing the support of those owed at least 75% of the unsecured debt, Pompey's proposed Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) got 81.3% of the vote.
Newcastle Liberal Democrat Greg Stone, who sits on the transport authority, believes a voluntary agreement with the bus companies offers a better way forward.
Free Americans developed complex webs of association based on voluntary agreement.
The 20-point deduction came as a punishment to the club failing to agree a Company Voluntary Agreement with creditors after applying to come out of administration.
At present, their numbers are boosted by the inclusion of the large number of cases where an adequate "voluntary agreement" already existed and payments were already being made.
Under a change made in March 2005 to the Banking Code, an industry-wide voluntary agreement, lenders were barred from sending unsolicited credit card cheques to customers with a pre-completed loan amount.
Last week, Oddbins said that a majority of creditors had voted in favour of the rescue plan, known as a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), and wanted to see the company continue trading.
Southampton are the fifth Football League team to be deducted points this season - Darlington entered administration, while Luton, Bournemouth and Rotherham were all penalised for coming out of administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement in place, as per the League's insolvency guidelines.
Ministers have signed a voluntary EU agreement to make the changes outlined in the report.
The U.S. and Japanese government reached the Voluntary Restraint Agreement (VRA) which essentially placed quotas on Japanese imports.
The announcement follows the release of a report last month by Dutch and American scientists arguing that the voluntary Montreal agreement has been more successful in combating climate change than has the market-based Kyoto protocol.
In practice, agreement on a voluntary code of conduct, which would probably need unanimous approval, may prove no easier to reach than agreement on the energy-tax directive.
Mediation is a voluntary process and the mediated agreement one upon which all parties agree without coercion of any kind.
However, she added that in the absence of political agreement, community and voluntary organisations were continuing "to drive important work across Northern Ireland".
Mr Afzal is also seeking greater use of voluntary disclosure of information about suspected stalkers by agreement with mobile-phone companies and ISPs.
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The agreement with the National Association of Theatre Owners is voluntary--as is the ratings system itself--but others want stricter regulations.
But he refuses to sign onto mandatory emission-reduction obligations, preferring to encourage the development of new technologies and other voluntary measures, and won't participate in any talks toward a global agreement that do not include energy guzzlers from the developing world.
"If an agreement is signed with unions, this staff redeployment would require neither a plant closure or a voluntary redundancy programme, " Gerard Leclercq, head of Renault's French operations, told AFP.
The agreement is for nine years and will take effect on Sept. 1, Modern Media said in a voluntary statement at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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