Sentence examples for oil rule from inspiring English sources
Fifteen of the Union's 27 governments supported the olive oil rule.
The olive oil rule was "exactly the sort of area that the European Union needs to get right out of, in my view," Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said Wednesday after a meeting of the bloc's leaders in Brussels.
Danny Alexander, a pro-European Liberal Democratic minister in Britain's coalition government, conceded that the olive oil rule was "pretty silly" but was not reason enough to leave the European Union.
The olive oil rule also comes at a time when Britain's Conservative Party is seen as tearing itself apart over the issue of Europe, with some demanding an early referendum on continued membership of the Union.
[C3.] New Oil Rules in Venezuela Venezuela said private oil companies with operating contracts would have to convert to joint ventures within six months.
Euro-zone countries may need more fiscal co-ordination, but the EU does not have to have the same tax rates (or olive-oil rules).Fluent and more-or-less accentless in six European languages, fiercely ambitious and the proud owner of a formidable intellect, Mr Timmermans is well placed to take on Brussels's bureaucratic machine.
He vowed not to "back down" from rules aimed at preventing oil spills, rules protecting children from mercury poisoning, rules guaranteeing safe food and clean water.
Today, the so-called Western majors command less than 10 per cent of the global share; state-owned oil companies rule the roost.
Advocates are also pushing for the Obama administration to finalize a proposed oil shale rule that would increase environmental reporting requirements to better protect air, water, wildlife and other resources in commercial development leases.
But the current decline doesn't signal a long-term return to cheap oil or rule out future spikes to about $70 a barrel.
