The company, based in Moline, Ill., and the United Automobile Workers union did not release terms of the deal, pending ratification by union members.
A sports governance expert, Roger Pielke Jr, has calculated 119 Russians have been approved by their federations – pending ratification by the IOC and an independent Cas assessor – to compete.
The completion of two defense cooperation agreements pending ratification by the Brazilian Congress since 2010 is expected to add substance to the Brazil-U.S. rapprochement in this and other areas.
So far, however, he has yet to choose any, pending ratification of his own appointment by the Duma, Russia's cantankerous, Communist-dominated lower house of parliament.
"We paused our training of the Iraqi navy and protection of Iraq's oil platforms when our current permissions expired on 31 May, pending ratification of a new bilateral agreement," he wrote.
As of 2011, country agreements with Colombia, South Korea, Oman and Panama were pending ratification, and the U.S. was in stalled negotiations with Malaysia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.
The pending ratification of the Paragraph 6 decision, from an interim solution to permanent amendment, is accompanied by much uncertainty – will the protections be accessible under the currently proposed system?
On Wednesday, European Union diplomats voted to extend their sanctions against Russia through January 2016, a decision pending formal ratification by member country foreign ministers on Monday.
This week, Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, was selected to compete for Britain's team (pending official ratification) in eventing, a multiple-discipline equine sport that involves dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
The union's executive committee approved the tentative agreement in a meeting later Tuesday and recommended that teachers return to work pending a ratification vote over the next few weeks.
The 2-year pact, still pending university ratification, includes pay increases, severance pay, and paid vacations.
