The California Air Resources Board, often a trailblazer in environmental regulation, released a draft rule on Tuesday establishing a cap-and-trade program that sets a declining ceiling on emissions of greenhouse gases and allows companies to buy and sell permits to meet it.
In an effort to keep up with EU regulation, a new draft Swiss financial-services law outlaws commissions linked to the sale of financial products.
On September 11th Ms Kroes published a plan, in the shape of a draft regulation, to bring Europe up to speed.
On Wednesday, China's State Council passed a draft regulation on post-quake restoration and reconstruction at an executive meeting, the official Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.
A14 E.P.A. Proposal Is Criticized A draft regulation on emissions from oil refineries, chemical plants and other industrial operations has angered regional directors of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Bush administration is moving to replace safety requirements at federal nuclear facilities with standards written by contractors, according to a draft regulation.
But then a draft regulation was put before parliament, which explicitly stated that profit-making companies will be allowed to provide children's services, including child protection, as long as they set up a non-profit subsidiary.
An article on Wednesday about a draft regulation by the New York attorney general that would require tax-exempt organizations that spend money on elections to reveal more about their donors misstated the effect the rules would have on the New York League of Conservation Voters, an environmental advocacy group.
It also provides a draft regulation to show how such a policy could be implemented.
A draft regulation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would require companies sponsoring clinical trials to report summary results for drugs and devices that are never approved, not just for those that reach the market.
