Translation of "délégations représentations et bureaux extérieurs " (French → English) :

While no specific action has been taken in the area of support for human rights as it relates to child sex tourism, information and awareness-raising campaigns on this subject could be organised for the delegations, representations and external offices of the European Commission and, if necessary, for the consular and diplomatic staff of the Member States.

5. Considers the scaling down of the EU's external relations service in the ACP countries to be counterproductive and calls on the Commission to reconsider closing down delegations, to adjust staff policy to the new tasks, to fill vacant posts promptly and to ensure the exchange of information with the JPA so that the desired goals of decentralisation and deconcentration produce fruitful results;

1. The Member of the Commission responsible for security matters shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, when handling EU classified information, the rules referred to in Article 1 are respected within the Commission by Commission officials and other servants, by personnel seconded to the Commission, as well as within all Commission premises, including its Representations and Offices in the Union and its Delegations in third countries and by contractors external to the Commission.

(j) The term "Commission departments" means Commission departments and services, including the cabinets, in all places of employment, including Joint Research Centre, Representations and Offices in the Union and Delegations in third countries.

notes that the new 'Europe Aid' service is an important step towards solving existing problems of arrears in payment appropriations. Nonetheless considers that such a step is not sufficient to achieve the desired level of efficiency; therefore invites the Commission to draw on the experience of external agencies in implementing external aid on the ground, provided that these agencies can demonstrate a higher level efficiency than the existing centralised and decentralised services; points out that in such cases the activities of these agencies must be carried out in compliance with policy guidelines set by the Commission and the Europe ...[+++]an Community's legal framework with regard to financial and accounting standards;

* raise the EU's profile across Asia, strengthening and broadening our network of Delegations across the region, enhancing EU coordination at all levels, and intensifying information and communication efforts across the region. As indicated in the Commission's recent Communication on the development of the External Service, [21] and in addition to strengthening our existing Delegations (notably in the context of deconcentration of aid management), the Commission also proposes to open new Delegations in those countries where we are still under-represented politically, taking into account both trade and cooperation issues. In particular, i ...[+++]t is proposed that new Delegations be opened in Malaysia and in Singapore, and in Cambodia, Laos and Nepal.. Consideration will also be given to opening a trade representation office in Taiwan;