The vote, 81 to 18, eliminates the biggest remaining uncertainty behind efforts to rewrite the nation's communications laws and replace traditional regulations with open competition.

The scheme will replace current regulations based on the concentrations of chemicals in the water.

They replace previous regulations that focused solely on production.

In some instances, they say, the bill would replace regulations with nothing because there are no federal standards.

The most recent relevant EU legislation is Council Directive 2009/157, which in 2009 repealed and replaced several earlier EU directives and regulations.

Eventually, this approach has the potential for replacing much more intrusive and burdensome regulations that firms inevitably find ways to evade.

The Svalbard Environmental Protection Act was passed on 15 June 2001 and took effect on 1 July 2002, replacing various regulations.

They would replace environmental regulations with tradable carbon-emission permits and require companies to pay the market value for use of the electromagnetic spectrum, trees in national forests, minerals on public lands and grazing rights.

It does not in any way replace regulations that govern research in particular areas, including certain ethical rules such as those on human integrity.

Finally, is it intended that the EU regulations should replace national regulations on weapons exports to other countries, or will the national regulations even be taken over?