The hurdle rate is the minimum acceptable return on an investment i.e., the project appropriate discount rate.

Thus, there have been instances of some developing countries' consignments of prawns and frozen seafood being rejected by certain developed countries, which insisted on a zero bacteria count instead of a minimum acceptable level, as per international standards.

(a) Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally accepted level

There will be no possibility of removing the deadlock if a minimum of concessions which are mutually acceptable to all parties are not generated.

At the political level, capitalism requires compensation and transfer mechanisms to render its outcomes acceptable.

A minimum level of funding was agreed on for training editorial staff during 2005.

Minority communities' employment in the public sector is 55 per cent of the stipulated minimum level.

The ad hoc committee should, at least, be framed, as a minimum acceptable basis, in accordance with the revised A 5 proposal , as contained in document CD 1693 Rev.1.

In communities with survival rates 20 , a minimum of two of the rescuers are trained to the advanced level.

Cash balances were maintained at a minimum level to provide the organisation with maximum returns on investment (Figure 2).

Ultimately, this system has allowed Chile to significantly increase the number of household telephones with a minimum level of subsidies.

The huge design challenge is to find the right level of mandatory policy convergence one that works economically and is acceptable politically.

Banking has become an instrument of economic policy to ensure GDP growth and employment creation, while keeping inflation at an acceptable level.

Loan or bond covenants often require borrowers to agree to maintain a minimum level of equity capital or cash on hand.

Client management structures will be rationalized and kept at the minimum level necessary to ensure business development and close client relations.

The standard and level of provision that is acceptable or appropriate depends on many factors and is highly specific to country and location.

At a minimum, that would mean reducing the deficit to a level that stops the rise in the debt to GDP ratio.

(g) Recommend a core set of tables as minimum requirements at the national and international level to satisfy the major users' needs.

When combined with adequate enforcement of the quota legislation, closed lists guarantee a minimum level of women s representation across all parties and districts.

Minimum ages Countries are free to specify a minimum age for labour, with a minimum of 15 years.

If, in Astana, a high level group reinforces the idea of a referendum and sets a mutually acceptable date, this would be a significant achievement.

Hence, they recommend targeting a minimum level of basic capabilities that will impact quality of life, such as institutional improvements like health and education.

The Committee welcomes the State party's efforts to improve Brazil's health level, in particular the establishment of the Minimum Healthcare Allocation (PAB) in 1998.

Noise levels For satiable communication, the average speech level should exceed that of an interfering noise by 6dB lower sound noise ratios are rarely acceptable (Moore, 1997).

Successful verification is considered to require the provision of an acceptable level of confidence to an inspecting State party that Treaty declarations are being adhered to.

Minimum increment

Minimum value

Minimum Punishments

Whereas China exports manufactured products with an increasing level of technological inputs, Latin America continues to export basic goods with a minimum of added value.

For example, people who suffer the most adversity can fall back on an explicit social safety net a minimum level of unemployment insurance, for example.

The Human Rights Committee observed that certain minimum standards regarding the conditions of detention must be observed regardless of a State party's level of development.

Voyages undertaken before the minimum will be overtaken by those who leave at the minimum, whereas those who leave after the minimum will never overtake those who left at the minimum.

Kyrgyzstan supports the view that an acceptable debt level needs to be defined and that measures are urgently required to lighten the debt burden for developing countries.

Kyrgyzstan also advocates the identification of an acceptable level of indebtedness and the adoption of urgent and commensurate measures to ease the debt burden of developing countries.

This recommendation is acceptable.

This recommendation is acceptable.

This recommendation is acceptable.

At the same time, there have been efforts to raise the level of earned income by setting minimum wage legislation. But the minimum wage has never reached the floor set for a living income and has not, therefore, appreciably reduced the bill for wage subsidies.

Forest is a minimum area of land of 0.05 1.0 hectares with tree crown cover (or equivalent stocking level) of more than 10 30 per cent with trees with the potential to reach a minimum height of 2 5 metres at maturity in situ.

Belize stated that the acceptable language was English. Botswana stated that English was the acceptable language.

Minimum Marital Age

(a) Are these concepts acceptable?

(a) Is this concept acceptable?

Minimum Age The legal minimum age for employment is 15 years of age (Section 44).

The combination of focused product lines and selective country presence means that corporate structures can be reduced and kept to the minimum level necessary to ensure ongoing operations.