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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10003

22 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Sri Lanka, accused of violating its human rights commitments, is threatened with suspension from "SPG+"

Brussels, 21/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - Further to an investigation launched on 14 October 2008 into Sri Lanka's violation of its human rights commitments taken in the framework of the generalised system of preferences of the EU, "GSP+", the European Commission is threatening temporarily to suspend the preferential access of this country to the Community market. The in-depth investigation notes "significant shortcomings" with the country's observation of three UN conventions on human rights-...

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