Sentence examples for an equivalent authority from inspiring English sources

The religious edicts issued by an Islamic council of scholars in individual Islamic countries are applied, but such edicts are not law until passed by their parliament or an equivalent authority.

Nor has any European data protection authority yet taken legal action against an airline for handing over the information, although the Belgian Privacy Protection Committee is examining a complaint by a passenger and the equivalent authority in Spain is also understood to be considering a similar complaint.

There are 20 ministries and six organizations with ministry equivalent authority.

If Hong Kong authorities did not charge Snowden with an equivalent crime, authorities could not extradite him, lawyers said.

But they also grumble, understandably, that the European Commission takes 12 months to conduct its anti-dumping investigations whereas equivalent authorities in the US do the job in about three weeks.

(d) facilitate cooperation between judicial or equivalent authorities of the Member States in relation to proceedings in criminal matters and the enforcement of decisions.

These SDRs must be converted to dollars on the date of receipt by the accounting authority and an equivalent amount in US dollars must be paid to the foreign administration.

Protected areas (PAs) have historically been the cornerstones of conservation efforts around the world, which includes national parks, nature reserves and community conserved areas dedicated and managed through legal authority or an equivalent enforceable mechanism (IUCN 2013).

However, the devolution of administrative authority to local levels was not accompanied by an equivalent transfer of necessary financial resources (O'Bannon [2006]).

Is an equivalent... possible?

Draw an equivalent diamond underneath.