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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10344

25 March 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/trade
Parliament backs extending GSP for 2012-2013

Brussels, 24/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) has backed extending the EU's generalised system of preferences (GSP) for developing countries from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013, while awaiting full revision. After receiving a pledge from European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on information sharing, the plenary session gave up its amendments and adopted the report by Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL, Germany) by the overwhelming margin of 598 votes to 5, with 16...

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