Traduction de «Amérique Centrale » (Français → Anglais) :

The Parties agree to use all existing cooperation instruments to promote activities aimed at developing active and reciprocal cooperation between the European Union and Central America and, without undermining cooperation between the Parties, between Central America and other countries/regions in Latin America and the Caribbean in areas such as trade and investment promotion, environment, natural disaster prevention and response, scientific, technical and technological research, energy, transport, communications infrastructure, culture, regional development and land use planning, among others.

Animals born in America is to include animals born in the North, Central and South America.

On 23 April 2007 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain countries of Central America (‘Central America’) for an Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (‘the Agreement’) on behalf of the Union and its Member States.

The EU Party, having examined the relevant legislation of each of the Republics of CA Party considers that this legislation, by providing protection periods of at least five years for pharmaceutical products and ten years for agricultural chemical products, affords a satisfactory level of protection that corresponds to the relevant international obligations entered to by the Republics of the CA Party including Article 39 of the WTO TRIPS Agreement, Article 15.10 of The Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement and for Panama Article 15.10 of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.

Notes the positive conclusion of the negotiations on the EU-Central America Association Agreement which, as a first example of a region-to-region agreement, should contribute, with appropriate accompanying policies, to enhancing not only wealth but also the further integration of Central American countries; takes note of the decision by Panama to begin the process of accession to the Central American Economic Integration Subsystem;

Recognises that the conclusion of the WTO agreements on trade in bananas put an end to a long-term dispute with Latin American and ACP partner countries’ banana suppliers, could facilitate progress in the Doha Round negotiations and has contributed to concluding the negotiations on the various agreements with Central America and Colombia and Peru; calls, nonetheless, for account to be taken of the commitments made to ACP partners and the interests of EU producers; calls, in order to avoid further disputes, for fair treatment to be guaranteed to all trade partners in Latin America, including those who have not concluded a trade agreemen ...[+++]t with the EU;