Reform for GSP customs rules - EUbusiness Week 510
EUbusiness Week 510 top stories: Irish Central Bank sees EU offering 'substantial loan'; Green Europe eyes farming revolution; Europe to knock down barriers for disabled; Anti-counterfeiting international trade deal set: EC; Macedonians oppose name change for EU entry; Frantic call for European missing children hotline
This Week's Top Stories
1. Irish Central Bank sees EU offering 'substantial loan'
2. Green Europe eyes farming revolution
3. Europe to knock down barriers for disabled
4. Anti-counterfeiting international trade deal set: EC
5. Macedonians oppose name change for EU entry
6. Frantic call for European missing children hotline
Publisher's Note
The rules of origin for the EU's 'generalised system of preferences'
(GSP), dating back to the 1970s, have been seen as too complex and too
stringent. The revisions to the rules adopted this week by the
Commission are to be welcomed.
The GSP is a trade arrangement allowing reduced or zero import
duties on imports from developing countries. Rules of origin determine
whether imported goods really do originate in the countries covered by
the GSP.
The new Regulation greatly simplifies the rules of origin and
makes them easier for developing countries to understand and comply
with. The aim is that these countries should really benefit from the
trade preferences on offer to them, and, says Taxations Commissioner
Semeta, that the world's poorest "don't lose out due to unnecessary
complexities in our systems".
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Regards,
Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness
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1. Irish Central Bank sees EU offering 'substantial loan'
Ireland could receive "tens of billions" of euros in an international
bailout, says the head of Ireland's Central Bank as EU and IMF experts
arrive to assess the situation.
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2. Green Europe eyes farming revolution
In a radical overhaul of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy, the
Commission on Thursday suggested a greener, fairer farming policy for
the future, including a rethink of subsidies.
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3. Europe to knock down barriers for disabled
The one in six Europeans with a disability should be able to cross EU
borders carrying a single card offering bloc-wide entitlements from next
year, says the Commission.
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4. Anti-counterfeiting international trade deal set: EC
International trade negotiators working on an anti-counterfeiting deal
have struck agreement following the latest talks in Tokyo, the
Commission said on Monday.
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5. Macedonians oppose name change for EU entry
Over 60 per cent of Macedonians oppose any name change to solve the
country's long-running row with Greece and facilitate the Balkan
country's membership of the EU and NATO.
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6. Frantic call for European missing children hotline
Europe issued a frantic "final call" for a single continent-wide 116 000
hotline for missing children, yet to be activated by all Member States.
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EU-US Summit: after a stinging last-minute cancellation of an EU-US
summit six months ago, President Barack Obama meets the bloc's new
leadership Saturday in Lisbon to patch up ties strained by the economic
crisis.
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Commission Watch
Schengen: EU experts inspected two Romanian airports this week as part
of an assessment of Bucharest's bid to join the Schengen visa-free zone
next March.
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Commission in talks with IMF to help Irish banks
Commissioner wants revamped relations with Switzerland
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This week, EP budget negotiators appealed to the heads of government to
break the current deadlock; while the Agriculture Committee welcomed
Commission plans to make EU farm policy fairer to farmers but more
responsive to public concerns; and Culture and Education MEPs said the
EU should make more active use of its Lisbon Treaty powers to promote
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