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22 July 2009, 06:52 CET | The 2003 reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) introduced a new system of direct payments , known as the single payment scheme, under which aid is... | CAP Policies: Direct Payments |
16 July 2009, 23:48 CET | The agenda of the Doha Round is much broader than past global trade negotiations and is specifically targeted at addressing the needs of developing countries. | Trade and Development: the Doha Development Agenda |
16 July 2009, 18:40 CET | The WTO and the multilateral trading system are the core focus for EU trade policy. The EU believes that a system of global rules is the best way to ensure that... | The EU and the WTO |
16 July 2009, 18:17 CET | The EU's Generalised System of Preferences is a trade arrangement through which the EU provides preferential access to the EU market to 176 developing countries... | The EU's Generalised System of Preferences |
16 July 2009, 16:51 CET | The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) - an important tool in the EU efforts to ensure food safety - turns 30 this year. The European Commission says ... | Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) - briefing |
16 July 2009, 16:12 CET | The names of twelve European authors to receive the first ever European Union Prize for Literature were announced today by t he European Commission, the Europea... | European Union Prize for Literature - briefing |
16 July 2009, 15:53 CET | The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a regulation to receive better information on investment projects into energy infrastructure within the EU. T... | Greater EU coordination of measures to improve the security of gas supplies - briefing |
15 July 2009, 15:38 CET | Economic Partnership Agreements: A New Approach in trade relations between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP). | The EU-ACP Trade Relations |
15 July 2009, 16:21 CET | The European Union and the United States have the largest bilateral trade relationship in the world. The size and importance of these trade ties make the EU and... | The EU's Trade Relationship with the United States |
15 July 2009, 15:52 CET | As a highly developed economy and major global trader and investor, Japan is an important partner for the EU. Japan is the world's third largest national econom... | The EU's Trade Relationship with Japan |
15 July 2009, 14:41 CET | The EU and Turkey are linked by a Customs Union agreement, which came in force on 31 December 1995, pursuant to the 1963 EU-Turkey Association Agreement, which ... | The EU's Trade Relationship with Turkey |
15 July 2009, 15:24 CET | China is the single most important challenge for EU trade policy. China has re-emerged as the world's third economy and the biggest exporter in the global econo... | The EU's Trade Relationship with China |
15 July 2009, 14:02 CET | The European Union and the Russian Federation have a strong trade relationship. Bilateral trade and investments continue to grow rapidly. Russia is one of the E... | The EU's Trade Relationship with Russia |
14 July 2009, 00:52 CET | The European Commission has adopted a proposal to further amend the Capital Requirements Directive. The proposed amendments address capital requirements for the... | Further amendments to the Capital Requirements Directive - briefing |
13 July 2009, 23:24 CET | Today the Commission published a report on the conservation status of over 1150 species and 200 habitat types protected under EU law. Only a small proportion of... | Many of Europe's most vulnerable species and habitats under threat - Habitats Directive report |
13 July 2009, 14:07 CET | EU Financial Markets and Services Contacts | |
11 July 2009, 11:47 CET | The ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) aims at stimulating innovation and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of ICT by citizens, gover... | Information Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) |
11 July 2009, 09:55 CET | UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) are investment funds that have been established in accordance with UCITS Directive (ad... | Investment Funds in the EU |
10 July 2009, 18:06 CET | The Union for the Mediterranean (UpM), created at the Paris Summit of Euro-Mediterranean Heads of State and Government on 13 July 2008, is the framework of mult... | Union for the Mediterranean - background |
10 July 2009, 18:03 CET | On the eve of the first anniversary of the launching of the Union for the Mediterranean (Paris, 13 July 2008), the European Commission has announced an addition... | Union for the Mediterranean: Commission increases contribution to priority projects - briefing |