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— last modified 13 March 2007 Commissioner Meglena Kuneva on 13 March set out more than 20 legislative and non legislative initiatives to boost the retail side of the European…

— last modified 23 August 2011 Nearly 23,700 workers dismissed due to economic crisis and major structural changes in world trade patterns were helped by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund…

— last modified 27 October 2006 RoHS is the acronym for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, the European Union (EU) directive (Directive 2002/95/EC) which bans new electrical and electronic equipment from…

— last modified 12 October 2006 The issue of demographic ageing is not confined to older workers and pensioners. Europe’s population structure is changing. Demographic ageing affects the whole of…

— last modified 24 July 2008 The Generalised System of Preferences scheme – The GSP is an autonomous trade arrangement through which the EU provides non-reciprocal preferential access to the…

— last modified 26 August 2006 Tourism relates to a wide range of areas, to name only a few: employment, regional development, education, environment, consumer protection, health, safety, new technology,…

— last modified 26 August 2006 Open frontiers and affordable transport have given Europeans unprecedented levels of personal mobility. Goods are shipped rapidly and efficiently from factory to customer, often…

— last modified 26 August 2006 On 11 June 1998, the Foreign Ministers of the 15 European Union Member States adopted an EU Code of Conduct on arms exports. The…

— last modified 11 September 2006 Nearly half the money spent to help poor countries comes from the European Union and its member states, making it the world’s biggest aid…

— last modified 25 August 2006 The European Union is the world’s biggest trader, accounting for 20 per cent of global imports and exports. Free trade among its members underpinned…