EU Government Notices for April 14
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on April 14, 2011:
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- Customs cooperation, EU borders. At the Seminar on Customs Co-operation and Controls at the External Borders of the EU, EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud discussed how customs cooperation can be recast around three broad priorities: safe and fluid trade lanes; risk management and the fight against fraud; and investing in customs modernization. (here)
- GMOs. Members of European Parliament from the Environment Committee voted to allow EU countries to ban or restrict the use of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on environmental grounds, giving them better legal protection in the event of challenges from trading partners opposed to a ban. This issue is expected to be on the June plenary agenda. (here)
- EU-Mediterranean rules of origin. The European Council adopted a decision authorizing the signature, on behalf of the EU, of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin. (here)
- Illegal logging & trade. The European Economic and Social Committee and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe conducted a joint policy workshop in an effort to contribute to the global debate on illegal logging and its associated trade in wood-based products and to evaluate implications of recent legislation for the forestry based sector. (here)
- U.S.-EU cybersecurity cooperation. Senior EU officials and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano agreed to strengthen trans-Atlantic cooperation in cyber-security by defining the issues to be tackled by the EU-US Working Group on Cyber-Security and Cyber-Crime. (here)