A variety of trade associations, such as the guilds in Medieval Europe, have long regulated suppliers of goods and services.
A host of scandals has hit China's poorly regulated food suppliers in recent years, and concerns have been raised about some of Shuanghui's past practices.
The U.S. Climate Action Partnership, of which the Environmental Defense Fund is a member, has a blueprint for legislation that would enable regulated energy suppliers to offset costs for consumers.
The ombudsman does indeed lack powers to regulate energy suppliers – that's Ofgem's job – but the service can and should enforce its own decisions.
It contends that e-cigarettes are not traditional tobacco products and that the products promise, among other things, to "alleviate nicotine withdrawal symptoms". The FDA compares the devices to nicotine gum, which it regulates because suppliers promote the gum's ability to help people kick smoking habits.
Availability of SLDs from quality-assured suppliers, regulated access and local governments must ensure distribution of drugs.
Regional cost differences are governed by the ability of local utility companies to add capacity, meet demand and how the suppliers are regulated and taxed by the states.
Rather, they were produced by a Marchese Hospital Solutions in Missisauga, Ontario, a private pharmaceutical supplier that was not regulated by any federal or provincial authority (at least, not until Friday).
Nuclear suppliers regulate the nuclear marketplace accordingly.
Minority shareholders in Brazil argue that state meddling has hurt profits by requiring Petrobras to use local suppliers, regulating retail prices and dictating the role it plays in exploiting the country's giant offshore oilfields.American boosters may take cheer from their home teams' ascendancy.
This is taking place mainly for strategic reasons, but also for regulatory ones: E.ON has ambitions in America, where parents of regulated energy utilities must themselves be predominantly energy suppliers.
