The phrase "agree maximum" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear when to use it, as it lacks context and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "We need to agree on the maximum budget for the project."
Alternatives: "reach a consensus on the maximum" or "settle on the maximum limit".
"We are now hurtling at a frightening pace toward the globally agreed maximum of 2C warming over pre-industrial levels".
The social insurance scheme must pay the fees charged by the doctor or hospital, up to an agreed maximum (as happens in France).
Yet the countries that first broke the Juncker-brokered rules on excess budget deficits (3% was the agreed maximum at Maastricht in 1991) were, yes, France and Germany – too big for Brussels to bully.
A debit cardholder can withdraw cash, often without cost, at an ATM cashpoint in one euro country, from his euro bank account in another but only up to an agreed maximum, of perhaps euro500 a day.
A report by the Institute for Science and International Security alleged that a joint commission set up to implement the Vienna deal had allowed Iran to keep more than the agreed maximum of 300 kg of low enriched uranium (LEU) by excluding waste material in Iran's nuclear facilities.
If patients want to go abroad for treatment, the social insurance scheme must pay for treatment there up to the agreed maximum, again with the patient having to pay any excess (as happens in the Canadian government health insurance scheme, which in effect fully covers health treatment anywhere in the world, apart from the US where it is only partially covered because it is so expensive).
Klaus Regling told Germany's Bild that Greece would probably need far less than the agreed maximum loan of 86bn euros (£73bn) by August 2018 as a result.
However, analysts say the pledges being made ahead of a global deal in Paris in December are not strong enough to stop temperatures rising above the internationally agreed maximum of 2C.
Signatories to the "OECD arrangement" agree to maximum loan maturities, commercially-based interest rates and minimum risk premiums for insurance.
It is urgent to agree a maximum size for the chamber, and the appropriate formula for sharing out appointments, and to have an independent body to police this.
