There are binding sanctions for rule-breakers, and the commission can recommend detailed reforms.
The Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, has pledged to propose "detailed reforms" this year.
Pledging to present detailed reforms next month, he said the service would finish this year €12bn£8bnbn) in the red.
Further detailed reforms were intended to abolish such practices as festivals and superstitious reverences that were not considered in keeping with the Enlightenment.
But detailed reforms involving rule changes will have to be voted on at a later date and will require two-thirds support.
German press reports said Eurozone officials were shocked at Greece's stance in the talks over securing the €7.2bn (£5.2bn) funds needed to avert bankruptcy, simply "asking for money" in talks rather than setting out detailed reforms.
Athens has put forward a 13-page document detailing reforms and public spending cuts worth €13bn with the aim of securing a third bailout from creditors that would raise €53.5bn and allow it to stay inside the currency union.
The student-written document called upon the university to make detailed reforms to become more inclusive, and to address problems like sexual violence.
In Brazil, however, a loose federal structure and a constitution packed with fine regulatory detail obstruct reforms.
The opposition's new approach is also expected to detail further reforms of the immigration system and action to tackle the factors that attract low-skilled migrants to Britain.
