Translation of "asean preferential trading agreement " (English → French) :

(49) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation as regards exports and certain general provisions, implementing powers should also be conferred on the Commission in respect of measures on the treatment of refund certificates by the Member States and the exchange of information and the specific administrative assistance between the Member States as regards the refund certificates, measures on the fixing of the global amount allocated to small exporters and the individual threshold of exemption from the presentation of refund certificates, measures on the issuing of replacement refund certificates and duplicate refund certificates, measures limiting the amounts for which refund certificates may be issued, ...[+++]rejecting amounts applied for in respect of those certificates and suspending the lodging of applications for refund certificates where amounts that exceed available amounts fixed on the basis of the commitments resulting from international agreements, are applied for, necessary procedural rules and technical criteria for the application of other measures with regard of exports, measures on fixing the applicable duty in case of direct offsetting in preferential trade and the related amounts payable on exports to the country or region concerned, measures ensuring that processed agricultural products declared for export under a preferential trade agreement are not in fact exported under a non- preferential agreement or vice versa , measures concerning the methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of processed agricultural products and non-Annex I goods, the technical provisions necessary for their identification and the procedures for the purpose of their classification in the Combined Nomenclature.

1. Stresses that observance of core labour standards (CLS) and the ILO's decent work agenda, as well as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the United Nations Global Compact, can have a positive impact on the economy of a country, by guaranteeing socio-political stability and raising the skill levels of a country's workforce; believes, in this context, that the inclusion of a social clause in WTO agreements is of utmost importance since labour standards are essential in order to achieve the MDGs and to boost endogenous development in poor countries; notes that the social provisions of EU ...[+++]preferential trade agreements are presented as objectives to be achieved rather than legal commitments to be enforced, as there is no provision for genuine enforcement mechanisms; underlines, accordingly, the importance of taking concrete measures to ensure that the social provisions of EU preferential trade agreements are achieved and adequately monitored, reviewed and enforced;

29. Believes with regards to the negotiation of the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that aspects of the agreement affecting public procurement, investments and services should recognise the varying level of development of ASEAN members and respect the right of all participants to regulate public services, particularly those relating to basic needs - this, however, should not prevent private companies filling in the gap where th ...[+++]e state fails to provide services required by citizens;

37. Calls on the Commission, in line with the criteria set out in its Communication on rules of origin in preferential trade agreements of 16 March 2005, to consider carefully how the preferential rules of origin might be simplified and warns against the risk that preferences might be misused; demands that an impact study be conducted of the simplified and made more flexible and the need for more effective monitoring of their application to prevent preferences being misused; and hopes that the new rules will guarantee compliance and fulfilment of its commitments to the Euro-Medi ...[+++]terranean area; demands that an impact study be conducted of the simplified preferential rules of origin for the textile and clothing industry sector in the EU and the least developed countries;

Recent years have seen a constant increase in consumption of tuna. The great demand for this product, the large number of countries catching and processing it, the impact which this demand has had on catches, the growing use of frozen tuna loins which facilitates the transport of the 'usable' product for canning purposes, the diversity of species, quality and prices and the internationalisation and liberalisation of the market, combined with the continued existence of preferential ...[+++] trade agreements, help to create, alongside other factors, an intricate set of circumstances which makes today's market for tuna particularly complex.

The EU has traditionally taken a different path with regard to its trading partners in establishing preferential trading agreements.