The five founding national bodies have agreed to harmonize their standards for both natural and organic labeling by the end of 2014.
They agreed to harmonize their requirements for asylum and their treatment of refugees seeking asylum, so refugees would not be able to "shop around" for a better deal.
After several years of continuing debate and discussion, the various stakeholders finally agreed to harmonize the definition.
Convened by the three-nation environmental agency set up under the North American Free Trade Agreement, 100 representatives of coffee roasters and importers, environmental and other groups agreed to work toward harmonizing criteria to certify specialty coffee producers.
It also agreed to the changes with sister academies, mostly in Latin America, to harmonize linguistic developments across the Spanish-speaking world.
So as the world tries to harmonize its capital ratios and definitions — a global fix is important so that banks don't try to arbitrage the system — United States regulators may feel pressure to appease the Europeans by agreeing to lower capital ratios.
Together, the Vlassak-Verhulst designers and the Schultings agreed to demolish the existing home and build a new one in the style of an English manor — an architectural design that would not only fulfill the family's needs but also would harmonize with similar houses in Wassenaar, home to Holland's wealthiest elite, including Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
Because of their actions, a speed skating rink was redesigned to avoid impacts to a nearby bird sanctuary, and officials agreed to an environmental plan emphasizing renewable building materials and energy-efficient heating and lighting for facilities, trash recycling, and arena designs that harmonize with the local landscape.
This would contribute to harmonized HBM in Europe.
Member states and the European Medicines Agency agreed on harmonized Quality Review of Documents (QRD) templates for package leaflets to ensure linguistic clarity, consistency and accuracy of PILs [ 4, 5].
