Translation of "Canada-China Trade Council " (English → French) :

having regard to the Commission Communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘EU – China: Closer partners, growing responsibilities’ (COM(2006)0631) and its accompanying policy paper ‘Competition and Partnership – A policy for EU-China trade and investment’ (COM(2006)0632),

|| 3 relevant areas of significant alignment of technical regulations with main trading partners (US, Japan, China, Brazil, Russia, Canada, India) (2017) 5 policy areas of the SBA in the three policy region (candidate countries region, neighbourhood East and neighbourhood MED) (2017)

International Industrial Cooperation Number of cases of improved alignment between EU and third countries’ regulations for industrial products Number of areas and good practices of the EU Small Business Act which have been introduced in neighbourhood and candidate countries || It is estimated that in regulatory co-operation with main trading partners (US, Japan, China, Brazil, Russia, Canada, India) there is an average of 2 relevant areas of significant alignment of technical regulations It is estimated that on average in the three po ...[+++]licy region (candidate countries region, neighbourhood East and neighbourhood MED) of the 10 policy areas of the SBA at least 3 of those have been regulated in these countries.

Taking into account increased international trade in plants and plant products, a phytosanitary protection of the Community is needed against the introduction of the following harmful organisms which are so far not known to be present in the Community: Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov; Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.); Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire on plants of Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch., Ulmus parvifolia Jacq., and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold Zucc., and only known to be present in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and the United States; Chrysanthemum stem necrosis v ...[+++]irus on plants of Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul. and Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) Karsten ex Farw.; Scrobipalpopsis solanivora (Povolny) on tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. and Stegophora ulmea (Schweinitz : Fries) Sydow Sydow on plants of Ulmus L. and Zelkova L., intended for planting, other than seeds.

Further, significant barriers to trade in services exist in many sectors and many partner countries of interest to European business like for legal services, for instance, in India, China and Singapore, distribution services in India, China and ASEAN countries, postal and courier services in India, Brazil, China and Egypt, transport services in Brazil and India as well as in Canada, South Africa and Singapore, while barriers to telecommunication services exist in China, Korea, Japan, India, Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Brazil.

In April 1993 the Council adopted a Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate a customs cooperation agreement on behalf of the Community with Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and the United States which was extended in May 1997 with regard to the ASEAN countries and China.