The agreement, known as the National Front, was approved in a 1957 referendum.

In 2001, bilateral relations were strengthened by an agreement known as the "Pacific Solution".

Even if an already delayed agreement, known as a standby program, can be reached with Russia, it will happen only toward the end of the year.

Recent court decisions have generally upheld such agreements, known as mandatory arbitration clauses.

Under a new law, the Government can challenge such agreements, known as "golden parachutes," but not retroactively.

The agreement, known as a memorandum of understanding, is a milestone for the project.

The economy was booming then, and state officials now admit that in negotiating the agreement, known as a compact, they bargained badly.

That agreement, known as the Louvre accord, has come under growing pressure because none of the countries has lived up to it.

Following a 1989 agreement, known as the cordon sanitaire, the party was effectively blocked from entering any level of government.

On 12 January 1998, both companies signed an agreement, commonly known as the "98 agreement".