Sentence examples for becomes a binding from inspiring English sources

At the end of the summit, the European Council unanimously endorsed the draft Charter and "no Member State … reopened the debate on its substance". The next step will be to have it proclaimed as the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, and ensure that it becomes a binding legal instrument, perhaps as part of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).

Opening Pacific Islands' economies even more to imports from Australia and other countries to the disadvantage of their own, rather fragile and vulnerable economies might be easier to bear when labour mobility becomes a binding part of trade agreements.

"Exactly one month after the Yokohama Conference against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, it is marvellous testimony to our commitment that a Protocol setting high standards in protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse becomes a binding human rights instrument," said UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy.

When the seller signs it, the document becomes a binding "Sales Contract" – you don't want to omit any pertinent sale conditions.

Electricity shortages have become a binding and powerful constraint on the continent׳s sustainable development.

Climate change mitigation has become a binding driver in biofuels production.

Where there is antecedent fire, water that would otherwise become a binding force hits the rill network, caroms off the soil's waterproof layer, and rides the steep slopes in cataracts into the nearest canyon.

Many details need to be worked out, but if the protocol is ever to become a binding treaty, the United States will have to take the lead, not least because it produces one-fourth of the world's greenhouse emissions with only 5percentt of its population.

I revisited the memo today, Tuesday 26 June, because it is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which commemorates the anniversary of the day, 25 years ago, that the Convention Against Torture became a binding legal obligation for the countries that signed it.

It was a breakthrough event, but perhaps thankfully did not become a binding event (winners of each season are provided with resources but are contractually bound to the show for several years beyond).

In the 2003, UK Energy White Paper [13] accepted the need for deep cuts in CO2 emissions of 60% by 2050 and such a reduction may become a binding commitment if the Draft Climate Change Bill becomes law [20].