The phrase "approved an exemption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of officially allowing a deviation from a rule or requirement.
Example: "The committee approved an exemption for the new policy, allowing certain employees to work remotely."
Alternatives: "granted an exemption" or "authorized an exemption."
In 2006 and again in 2010, the Library of Congress approved an exemption to the act that allowed the circumvention of technology that confined wireless handsets to different networks.
WASHINGTON — Bowing to political pressure from community bankers, the House Financial Services Committee approved an exemption on Thursday for more than 98percentt of the nation's banks from oversight by a new agency created to protect consumers from abusive or deceptive credit cards, mortgages and other loans.
The Town of Huntington approved an identical exemption earlier this month.
The Westchester Industrial Development Agency has approved a $2.4 million exemption from sales and use taxes for the company, primarily on purchases of new equipment.
An effort by the European Union to require United States planes landing in European airports to reduce emissions or pay a fee, for example, encountered so much resistance that regulators approved a partial exemption that expires next year.
That includes a one-year delay in enforcing the ban if approved, and an exemption for "artisanal" fishermen who supply their local markets using small boats.
And the Senate approved a more limited exemption.
With the region concerned about economic development, the government approved a one-time exemption for Orascom's project.
In 2004, the city approved a payroll tax exemption for biotechnology companies to foster growth in the Mission Bay neighborhood, site of a second campus and hospital of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
If he has a conflict, how can the system work?" HE proposed requiring that when any corporate board or chief financial officer approves a conflict exemption, that action must be reported immediately to the S.E.C., and thus to the public.
