Browse by EU Subject

1982

UNSPECIFIED (1982) The European Community signs Multi-Fibre Agreement. European Community News Release (Ottawa), NR (82) 23, 21 December 1982. [EU Commission - Press Notice]

1994

UNSPECIFIED (1994) Oil: Europe's power industry. Europe: Magazine of the European Union No. 341, November 1994. [EU Other]

de Clercq, Willy and Randzio-Plath, Christa and Kittelmann, Peter (1994) Oral Question 0-0125/94 pursuant to Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure. Subject: Conclusion of the Uruguay Round and future activities of the WTO: 1. How does the Commission plan to implement on behalf of the Union the undertakings given in the Marrakesh Final Act (reduction in customs duties, agricultural and textile products) and monitor their implementation by the other parties to GATT?; 2. Has enough progress been made in those areas in which negotiations are still under way after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round (financial services, telecommunications, civil aircraft, steel) to justify the retention of the deadlines set (mid-1995 or 1996)?; 3. How does the Commission plan to ensure that the Union continues to present a united front in all areas in the new World Trade Organization as it has done in GATT?; 4. What steps does the Commission plan to take to encourage, in the forum provided by the WTO, the incorporation of environmental considerations, minimum social standards and international competition rules into the world trading system? Session Documents 1994, Document B4-0198/94, 18 November 1994. [EU European Parliament Document]

de Clercq, Willy and Randzio-Plath, Christa and Kettelmann, Peter (1994) Oral question 0-0126/94 pursuant to Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure. Subject: Conclusion of the Uruguay Round and future activities of the WTO: 1. In the light of the CJEC's legal opinion, how does the Council view the future role of the Commission and the Member States in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?; 2. Is the Council prepared to negotiate with the Commission and the European Parliament an interinstitutional agreement which guarantees that the Union will present a united front in the WTO, leaves the common commercial policy unaffected and gives the EP observer status in the EU delegation to the WTO? Session Documents 1994, Document B4-0199/94, 18 November 1994. [EU European Parliament Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1994) The World Trade Organisation and the European Community. Research and Documentation Papers, External Economic Relations Series, Working Paper E-1, 8-1995. [EU European Parliament Document]

1995

UNSPECIFIED (1995) Competition policy in the new trade order: strengthening international cooperation and rules. Report of the Group of Experts. COM (95) 359 final, 12 July 1995. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1995) The European Union and world trade. Europe on the move, 1995. [EU Commission - Brochure]

UNSPECIFIED (1995) Free trade areas: an appraisal. Communication from the Commission. SEC (95) 322 final, 8 March 1995. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1995) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of concessions for certain processed agricultural products provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the agreement on agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (95) 646 final, 8 December 1995. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1995) A level playing field for direct investment world-wide. Communication from the Commission. COM (95) 42 final, 1 March 1995. [EU Commission - COM Document]

1996

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on trade and environment. COM (96) 54 final, 28 February 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Community external trade policy in the field of standards and conformity assessment. Communication from the Commission. COM (96) 564 final, 13 November 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the results of the WTO negotiations on financial services and on movement of natural persons (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 154 final, 11 April 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Agreements on free trade and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 383 final, 26 July 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 618 final, 28 November 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 221 final, 22 May 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 612 final, 27 November 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the period during which transitional measures may be adopted under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 233 final, 29 May 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) providing for the reduction of the tariff rate applicable to imports under the WTO tariff quota for certain live bovine animals (presented by the Commission). COM (96) 324 final, 5 July 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Symposium on market access. Summary of proceedings. Brussels, 12 November 1996. [EU Commission - Working Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) Towards an international framework of competition rules. Communication from the Commission to the Council. COM (96) 284 final, 18 June 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

Brittan, Leon (1996) The outcome of the WTO ministerial in Singapore. European Union News No. 74/96, 13 December 1996. [Policy Paper]

UNSPECIFIED (1996) The trading system and internationally recognized labour standards. Communication from the Commission. COM (96) 402 final, 24 July 1996 and COM (96) 402 final/2, 4 September 1996. [EU Commission - COM Document]

1997

UNSPECIFIED (1997) EU and U.S. held WTO consultations on FSC export subsidies. European Union News No. 85/1997, 17 December 1997. [EU Commission - Press Notice]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the results of the WTO negotiations on basic telecommunications services. COM (97) 368 final, 15 July 1997. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the elimination of duties on information technology products. Proposal for a Council Decision concerning elimination of duties on certain spirituous beverages. COM (97) 96 final, 5 March 1997. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (97) 291 final, 11 June 1997. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector (presented by the Commission). COM (97) 307 final, 18 June 1997. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) Report from the Commission to the Council on the respect of market access commitments by WTO Members in the textiles and clothing sectors. COM (97) 219 final, 15 May 1997. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) Summary of work conducted within the OECD, ILO and WTO on the link between international trade and social standards. Commission report to the Council pursuant to Article 7(2) of Council Regulations Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 on the scheme of generalized preferences. Summary of work conducted within the ITTO, OECD and WTO on the relationship between international trade and the environment. Commission report to the Council pursuant to Article 8(2) of Council Regulations Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 on the scheme of generalized preferences. COM (97) 260 final, 2 June 1997. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1997) WTO aspects of EU's preferential trade agreements with third countires. Communication from the Commission. SEC (96) 2168 final, 16 January 1997. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

1998

UNSPECIFIED (1998) EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT PRESS PACK, EU-US SUMMIT. Background brief 1: US extraterritorial legislation The dispute over the US's Helms-Burton and ILSA legislation Background brief 2: Trade issues Bilateral trade issues, the WTO Ministerial, current concerns Background brief 3: Bridging differences and forging ahead Other Summit stories: global issues, foreign policy, extending the dialogue Background brief 4: Summit background Summit agenda, the New Transatlantic Agenda, key EU personalities. LONDON, 18 MAY 1998. [EU Commission - Working Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1998) Globalisation and the information society. The need for strengthened international coordination. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM (98) 50 final, 4 February 1998. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1998) III Report from the Commission concerning negotiations regarding access to third country public procurement markets in the fields covered by Directive 93/38 (the Utilities Directive). COM (98) 203 final, 23 April 1998. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1998) Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the results of the World Trade Organisation negotiations on financial services. COM (98) 440 final, 14 July 1998. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1998) Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the results of the World Trade Organisation negotiations on financial services. COM (98) 659 final, 17 November 1998. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1998) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (presented by the Commission). COM (98) 321 final, 18 May 1998. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1998) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organisation of the market in bananas. Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate with countries having a substantial interest in the supply of bananas in order to reach an agreement on allocation of the tariff quotas and the tranditional ACP quantity. COM (98) 4 final, 14 January 1998. [EU Commission - COM Document]

Nagarajan, Nigel (1998) Regionalism and the WTO: new rules for a new game? Economic Papers No. 128, June 1998. [EU Commission - Working Document]

1999

UNSPECIFIED (1999) The Cologne report on environmental integration: mainstreaming of environmental policy. Commission working paper addressed to the European Council. SEC (99) 777 final, 26 May 1999. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) Communication from the Commission to the Council on bananas. SEC (99) 799 final, 26 May 1999. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) Creating a trade agenda for the 21st century. Europe: Magazine of the European Union No. 391, November 1999. [EU Other]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) The EU approach to the WTO Millenium Round. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. COM (99) 331 final, 8 July 1999. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) The European Union and world trade. Europe on the move, 1999. [EU Commission - Brochure]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector (presented by the Commission). COM (99) 186 final, 22 April 1999. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) Report from the Commission to the Council on consultations with a view to settlement of the banana disputes. SEC (99) 1397 final, 8 September 1999. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

UNSPECIFIED (1999) WTO decisions regarding the EC hormones ban. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. COM (99) 81 final, 10 February 1999. [EU Commission - COM Document]

Nagarajan, Nigel (1999) The millennium round: an economic appraisal. Economic Papers No. 139, November 1999. ECFIN/659/99-Rev. EN. [EU Commission - Working Document]

2000

UNSPECIFIED (2000) BACKGROUND ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FSC TRADE DISPUTE. No. 74/00, 17 November 2000. [EU Commission - Press Notice]

UNSPECIFIED (2000) EU-ACP negotiations. The Courier No. 179, February/March 2000. [EU Commission - Working Document]

2001

UNSPECIFIED (2001) Promoting core labour standards and improving social governance in the context of globalisation. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee. COM (2001) 416 final, 18 July 2001. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (2001) September 11, 2001. Europe: Magazine of the European Union No. 410, October 2001. [EU Other]

UNSPECIFIED (2001) Towards a new trade round. [EU Commission - Brochure]

2002

UNSPECIFIED (2002) Trade and development. Assisting developing countries to benefit from trade. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. COM (2002) 513 final, 18 September 2002. [EU Commission - COM Document]

2003

UNSPECIFIED (2003) Political dialogue and Cotonou. The Courier No. 200, September/October 2003. [EU Commission - Working Document]

UNSPECIFIED (2003) Reviving the DDA negotiations [Doha Development Agenda] – the EU perspective. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. COM (2003) 734 final, 26 November 2003. [EU Commission - COM Document]

2004

UNSPECIFIED (2004) Green paper on the future of rules of origin in preferential trade arrangements. COM (2003) 787 final, 18 December 2003. [EU Commission - COM Document]

UNSPECIFIED (2004) Proposal for an EU-Africa partnership in support of cotton sector development. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. COM (2004) 87 final, 12 February 2004. [EU Commission - COM Document]

2005

UNSPECIFIED (2005) Aid for trade. Draft conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council. 15579/05, 9 December 2005. [EU Council of the EU Document]

2009

UNSPECIFIED (2009) Report from the Commission concerning negotiations regarding access of Community undertakings to the markets of third countries in fields covered by the Directive 2004/17/EC. COM (2009) 592 final, 28 October 2009. [EU Commission - COM Document]

2010

UNSPECIFIED (2010) Report on progress achieved on the global Europe strategy, 2006-2010. Commission staff working document accompanying the communication on trade, growth and world affairs. Trade policy as a core component of the EU's 2020 strategy. SEC (2010) 1268 final, 9 November 2010. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

UNSPECIFIED (2010) Trade as a driver of prosperity. Commission staff working document accompanying the communication on trade, growth and world affairs. Trade policy as a core component of the EU's 2020 strategy. SEC (2010) 1269 final, 9 November 2010. [EU Commission - SEC Document]

UNSPECIFIED (2010) Trade, growth and world affairs. Trade policy as a core component of the EU's 2020 strategy. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM (2010) 612 final, 9 November 2010. [EU Commission - COM Document]