A note from the European parliament states that, according to the new regulations, internet access may only be cut off if "appropriate, proportionate and necessary within a democratic society" and only after "a prior, fair and impartial procedure" that gives users the opportunity to state their case and respects "the principle of presumption of innocence and the right to privacy".
If the proportionate fall in tobacco consumption exceeds the proportionate increase of tax, revenue will fall.
Civilian loss of life as "collateral damage" can be lawful only if it is proportionate to the military objective.
The offshore regime is only lawful if it is "proportionate" to the requirement of processing refugees and not a system of permanent detention.
If parties were proportionate to the size of the ethnic minority communities they currently represent, the Conservatives would have 26 BME MPs, Labour 49 and the Lib Dems 6.
Not only must any publication comply with the provisions of the DPA, it will only be lawful if it is proportionate and there is a pressing social need to publish.
"An increase is good if it's proportionate to the population and represents the people that are buying," said Travis Given, a manager with Major Model agency in New York.
However, research into the effects of coral mining must take into account other environmental processes which may affect reef communities and the socio-economic context within which coral mining takes place if appropriate and proportionate management responses are to be identified.
We still don't know if we've been spied on at all, if we have been the subject of any targeted spying, if the tribunal thought any spying – if it did happen – was necessary and proportionate, or even if they had an entirely different reason for telling us nothing".
But if our national security is at stake, if we have allies, if we've tried every other course, if we're sure military action will succeed and if the costs are proportionate to the benefits, we should get involved.
