Small and medium enterprises also find it difficult to comply with the high standards set by international markets, including the increasingly stringent environmental and social standards.

Private standards and technical regulations, set by major importers, supermarket chains, etc., will gain in importance, and will be more stringent than national or regional standards and technical regulations.

(iii) remove difficult market entry conditions such as those emanating from concentrated and changing market structures, as well as very stringent and diverse product standards

Considering that conformity to high standards and norms, including the increasing stringent environmental and social standards, can offer enhanced market access, SMEs were supported in understanding and responding to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of large corporations.

The most illustrative examples of NTBs include plant and animal health standards, food safety standards, environmental certification and other similar export quality standards.

A further set of services provided under the second focus area of this service module will be related to helping SMEs to comply with the stringent environmental and social standards set by international markets.

Nuclear power must be subject to stringent safety standards in order to ensure that nuclear technology was used exclusively for peaceful purposes beneficial to all, and account must be taken of fuel cycle related problems.

In recent years, environmental requirements (ERs) comprising governmental regulations as well as voluntary private sector or NGO created standards and their associated conformity assessment systems have become more stringent, frequent and complex in certain sectors.

In addition to mandatory food safety requirements, large private retailers have introduced stringent product and process standards that require technical competencies, technical support packages and new management methods, symbolizing a move to high precision agriculture.

But the alternative relaxing evidentiary standards would undermine values such as legality and reasonable doubt, which are essential to a fair trial. Genocide s stringent requirements mean that it is and should be difficult to convict a defendant.

In the cases referred to in article 9, paragraph 2, the standards of evidence required for prosecution and conviction shall in no way be less stringent than those which apply in the cases referred to in article 9, paragraph 1.

Most national financial reporting standards, and IFRS, require extensive disclosure on this matter.

Therefore, any verification procedures must be sufficiently stringent to ensure full compliance.

Further progress is needed on those standards goals that are both most fundamental to creating a sustainably multi ethnic Kosovo and most difficult.

Several regulations in developed countries apply stringent rules on food quality, packaging and labelling.

Stringent considerations of the risk of collateral damage are applied each time they are used.

Acquisition of nationality of the Niger was not therefore subject to any very stringent conditions.

Stringent monitoring is carried out, both at the recruitment stage and again at the training stage.

Some have set stringent energy intensity targets and energy conservation plans for different branches of industry.

Stringent and professional quality security policies are implemented throughout the UNCC information systems, networks and databases.

However, such standards can sometimes become over stringent for instance, in some countries, employers may be hindered by unnecessary reporting and excessively detailed rules that do not achieve their intended effect and really serve only to stifle the growth of private businesses and, by association, new job creation.

So, you know, we live in a world that's subjected to ever more stringent child safety regulations.

We need to drive up standards of governance and help the poorest people, for whom support is most crucial.

We believe that the ICC is the most significant international mechanism ever created to implement international standards of justice.

If this information is made available, however, it may become feasible to construct estimates of costs due to discriminatory practices such as the application of higher standards to imported goods as compared to domestic goods, more stringent regulation enforcement on imports, and the application of costly certification procedures for imports.

They ask States that are members of the WTO not to set stringent acceptance conditions for Arab States.

Concerns have also been expressed about very stringent MRLs recently applied in Japan on various imported horticultural products.

Standards. Two standards are proposed.

First, they could allow all countries to reap the benefits of a bilateral mutual recognition deal by agreeing not to impose restrictive rules of origin. Second, where they do consider harmonization, they could favor the less stringent of the original standards, unless there is credible evidence that it would not support the relevant regulatory objective.

Most abuses have been committed with impunity, apart from isolated trials of military personnel that did not necessarily meet fair trial standards and in most cases offered little protection to the victims.

The complex things get more fragile, more vulnerable the Goldilocks conditions get more stringent, and it's more difficult to create complexity.

Our country now abides by the most rigorous and exacting standards in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

All chemical weapons production capacity must be inactivated and subsequently destroyed or converted for peaceful purposes, subject to stringent verification by the OPCW.

Trade liberalization was essential to increased global prosperity and had proved itself to be one of the most effective ways of improving living standards for all.

Only those which have no objection during the publicity can exist from the list of poverty stricken counties. The exit standard is also stringent.

The Executive Board was supplied with details about World Bank data confidentiality provisions, which are as stringent as those in many national statistical offices.

It was expected that IMO would review Annex V with a view to introducing stricter requirements for on board waste management and stringent discharge regulations.

Faced with this scourge of terrorism, Israel is forced to maintain stringent policies at its checkpoints in order to safeguard the security of its citizens.

This is one of the main reasons why stringent inspections of aircraft at airports of neighbouring and regional States for Somali bound flights are necessary.

The use of standards and indicators in refugee programming piloted in 2003 and systematically implemented by most UNHCR offices in 2004 has started to show tangible results in the first half of 2005, with improvements in some of the standards of assistance and protection in refugee camps.

While most of the procurement staff are familiar with the standards of conduct, updated by inter office memorandum dated 21 November 2004, the Procurement and Logistics Division agrees that familiarity with those standards needs to be documented and extended to all staff associated with the procurement process.

Developing standards

Setting standards

Minimal standards

Some countries, like the United States and Australia, chose to opt out of its stringent demands others, like Canada, Japan, and a raft of European states, pay lip service to its requirements but will essentially miss its targets. Yet, even if everyone had participated and continued to stick to Kyoto s ever more stringent commitments, it would have had virtually no environmental effect.