Sentence examples for which become compulsory from inspiring English sources

And in 2003 EDF adopted, but rather selectively, international accounting standards, which become compulsory for companies listed in the EU from 2005.The effect of the selective adoption of new accounting standards was to increase the book value of EDF's shareholders' funds by €5.4 billion—an increase of nearly 40% thereby, at the stroke of a pen, improving its over-stretched debt-to-equity ratio.

Consumers and operators have faced these and other obstacles in making cellphone number transfers, which became compulsory in the European Union on July 25.

Participation in the Dutch breeding programme which became compulsory in 2004, was made voluntary again in 2007.

After two years of consultation and cabinet wrangles, the bill proposes a biometric card which could become compulsory by 2013.

He said many heads believed that the EBacc – which will become compulsory from September – is not appropriate for all students.

Evening Standard Editorial, London, November 24 "[David Blunkett] is offering a controversial bill to establish a national system of ID cards, which could become compulsory by 2012.

Piketty, author of the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which has become compulsory reading for world leaders, added: "They'd be better off concentrating on boosting growth in France and Europe".

If we want to further develop the algorithm to only identify patients with COPD, we could include more variables, e.g. the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) codes, the use of which will become compulsory in general practice in Denmark before 2013.

The Home Information Pack (HIP), which is to become compulsory on June 1st, will not make home-buying easier, fretted their Lordships, and moreover the greenery that has been tacked on to it is unnecessarily expensive and onerous.

The age at which education became compulsory was lowered to five years in 1988.

Like Glee it will become compulsory viewing.