The samples were to be used as part of a population study to create the standards of a test to be introduced in the future.
The watchdog's investigation was launched amid heated political debate about the future of banking, with calls from the Labour leadership at that time for new challenger banks to be created and a market share test to be introduced.
The initiative was announced yesterday in Lausanne, Switzerland, as the International Olympic Committee cleared the way for blood tests to be introduced in Sydney if a reliable method for detecting the banned hormone EPO is validated in time.
Both Willis and Mike Hawes, head of the UK motor industry lobby group SMMT, both said they wanted more realistic emissions test to be introduced, although Hawes said the original EU proposals had been "very extreme".
The memo said the samples would be used as part of a population study run by doctors hired by the league and the players union solely to determine the standards of a test to be introduced in the future.
The federal government is likewise sponsoring an overhaul of standardized tests to be introduced in the 2014-2015 school year, with added emphasis on "higher order" thinking and problem-solving skills.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has called for lie detector tests to be introduced in a bid to combat the problem of match-fixing in cricket.
Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
Ministers says the new tests, to be introduced in 2016, will ensure higher standards and that all pupils receive the attention they deserve.
Widespread anger among New Zealanders led to petitions calling for a test to be introduced for visitors, including one started by a young boy whose father was killed in a road collision with a Chinese tourist.
