And, given the deep disparities in nuclear power s importance for European economies, consensus on regulatory harmonization is hard to reach.

That will include better harmonization of national regulatory approaches to ensure at all times high quality, independent oversight for nuclear activities.

In the next few years regulations will top the issues that will critically affect the industry, leading towards more regulatory harmonization.

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.

Harmonization of Programmes

Coordination and harmonization

Alignment and harmonization

Harmonization of terminology

Simplification and harmonization

Coordination and harmonization

C. Harmonization of reporting

D. Simplification and harmonization

Harmonization of conditions of service

C. Harmonization of international recommendations

B. Harmonization of international recommendations

Regulatory issues

Regulatory action

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Harmonization and coordination of donor assistance

Absent international coordination, the opportunities for destructive regulatory competition will defeat regulatory reform.

Other regulatory controls

Simplification and harmonization of rules and procedures

Project management, inter agency harmonization, and others

(i) Transport of gases (harmonization and standardization)

At multilateral level promote harmonization and equivalence.

Available from http www1.worldbank.org harmonization PARIS FINALPARISDECLARATION.pdf.

Legal and regulatory environment3

What additional mechanisms can be identified for aid harmonization?

The Harm of Regulatory Disharmony

Regulatory philosophies are converging, too.

Franchising poses particular regulatory challenges.

Continue to support the sectoral tables or similar harmonization mechanisms.

(c) The harmonization of the Model Regulations with the GHS

This poses significant challenges for in country coordination and harmonization.

Monetary coordination cannot succeed in the absence of fiscal harmonization.

Harmonization of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, especially for child soldiers

UNICEF agrees that there is a need for greater harmonization.

But there are indications that the process is being driven by regulatory change, and in some cases by regulatory protectionism.

A Regulatory Impact Analysis or Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is a document created before a new government regulation is introduced.

Although it would be preferable to proceed with the harmonization as a first step, the harmonization effort should not prevent the consolidation of payroll systems from taking place simultaneously.

2. Also recommends, with regard to the harmonization of practices, that

Moreover, as calls for harmonization increase, policies converge across the globe.

(g) Harmonization unification of the criminal code and the penal code

The powerful forces that shape nations' competition and regulatory systems are often unique to particular nations, and national differences impose significant limitations on harmonization. However, the OECD has identified a number of generalizations (see box 2 on the following page) that seem reasonably certain to apply in most industries and countries.

In the sixth preambular paragraph, the words national and legal regulatory infrastructure should be replaced by national, legal and regulatory infrastructure .