Translation of "Conseil pour les échanges internationaux pédagogiques " (French → English) :

The Commission shall monitor market developments relating to this Directive and its implementation with regard to the smooth functioning of the internal market and international trade and shall submit a report on those developments, accompanied by proposals where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2019.

Following the Parliament's approval of the Commission's proposal without amendment in First Reading, the Council adopted a Common Position which adds further provisions to reflect changes to the International Standards (SI) system and to provide for a Commission report-back on developments in relation to Directive 80/181/EEC, in particular as concerns the smooth functioning of the internal market and international trade, ten years af ...[+++]ter the entry into force of this amending directive.

The death penalty, children’s rights – and, in particular, children in armed conflict – women’s rights and gender equality, the role of international business in human rights, human rights in the fight against terrorism and the role of the ICC in the fight against impunity are all issues that need to be given continued priority by consecutive Council presidencies and the Commission.

– having regard to its resolution of 18 November 1999 on the communication of the Commission to the Council and the Parliament on the EU approach to the WTO Millennium Round, its resolution of 15 December 1999 on the Third WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle , its resolution of 13 March 2001 on the built-in-agenda negotiations and the work of its Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on openness and democracy in international trade,

The instruments adopted by the Council are intended to: - amend the maximum pesticide-residue levels for glyphosate in soyabean and fenarimol in bananas in order to reflect the authorized uses in certain non-member countries and to facilitate international trade.

The Council thus confirmed that the integration of the textiles and clothing trade in the GATT had to be achieved through stricter rules and greater discipline and invited the United States and the other partners, including exporting countries, to put forward offers which met the Community objective of tariff harmonization; - on the question of subsidies, the Council noted the amendments lodged by the Community in December 1992, confirming the guidelines followed by the Commission and asking it to continue its action in the light of the clarification given to date; - with regard to steel, the Council confirmed the February 1993 guideline in favour of the co ...[+++]nclusion of a multilateral agreement as an effective way of producing a lasting and stable solution to the problem of international trade in steel; - with regard to aircraft construction, the Council confirmed the Community's wish to obtain a multilateral agreement on the basis of the principles of the bilateral agreement of 17 July 1992 concluded between the Community and the United States; - with regard to services, the Council recalled the scope of the offer made by the Community and its Member States and urged the Commission to press the third countries concerned to make offers that matched the Community's ambitions, particularly in the fields of shipping and financial services; - in the audiovisual field, the Council noted the Commission's confirmation that it would ensure that the section of the draft Final Act dealing with services was compatible with the Community Directive of 3 October 1989 and reiterated the need to preserve European cultural identities, without hindering normal international trade in this field; - with regard to the Multilateral Trade Organization (MTO), the Council recalled its conclusions of 20 September 1993 and confirmed that the objective to be achieved was the strengthening of the multilateral trade system and the exclusion of unilateralism; - finally, the Council noted the ...