"A number of our companies already have compliance offices and special policies," said Victoria Fimea, senior legal counsel for the American Council of Life Insurers, an industry group.
Given that, why not have the security that goes with it?" Executive at both banks said they were already in compliance with capital requirements imposed on bank holding companies.
The 2009 fleet of new vehicles is already in compliance with the California rules and the 2010 fleet is also expected to meet the requirements, said Tom Cackette, deputy director of California's Air Resources Board.
At the time, management also expected to end 2012 with a Basel III capital ratio around the same level — and so already in compliance with the so-called systemic financial institution buffer that all big banks are expected to maintain.
So school officials admit that, as with the board's 1998 policy that all elementary school students should wear uniforms, it is likely that some schools are already in compliance, some will readily comply and some will not even think of complying.
Iran, which has repeatedly asserted that its nuclear program is peaceful, contends it is already in compliance with its obligations as a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and has countered that Israel, which is not a signatory, has an unacknowledged nuclear weapons arsenal.
In July 2006, when the European Union enacted its Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, the company was already in compliance and well ahead of competitors.
