Example sentences of "be [verb] by the ec " in BNC.

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1 HIGHER tobacco taxes and national targets for reducing the number of people who smoke should be considered by the EC , health minister Dr Brian Mawhinney told a seminar in London today .
2 An undertaking which abuses its dominant position on a particular product and geographic market may be fined by the EC Commission or sued in reliance on Article 86 for damages and/or an injunction in a national court by a party that has suffered damage .
3 The table shows the results of a doubling of Eastern Europe 's farm exports ( from their pre-reform levels in 1989 ) , assuming that all the increase would be bought by the EC , and that the increase in EC imports would be allowed to depress farm prices — the worst case , as EC farmers would see it .
4 The matter is shortly to be discussed by the EC Council of Ministers .
5 The Chief Secretary then sought to imply that the Government might in some way be forced by the EC to extend the coverage of VAT .
6 Under new disputes procedures , ( i ) competition cases would be handled by the EC Commission and the ECJ if they involved companies from both the EC and EFTA ( and by EFTA only if they concerned only EFTA companies ) ; ( ii ) disagreements over the operation of the EEA would go to a joint EEA political committee , with either party having the right to seek binding arbitration if the issue were unresolved ; and ( iii ) the ECJ would have sole powers to rule on the interpretation of EEA laws , while EFTA courts would give their " best endeavours " to comply with such rulings .
7 A technical report is expected to be released by the EC next week .
8 It is expected that a technical report will be released by the EC next week .
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