Brussels, 17/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - EU and Mercosur high level representatives met in Madrid on Thursday in the framework of the third EU/Mercosur business forum where business leaders from the two regions met to discuss ways and means of facilitating trade. Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen and Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy announced the signing of an EU-Mercosur Business Facilitation Action Plan. The Plan will include a range of practical measures for helping business leaders in both regions in the domains of customs, standards and e-commerce, incorporating health and plant health measures. Pascal Lamy said that alongside practical short and medium term advantages the Action Plan will help "put in place several of the building blocks for the bi-regional Association Agreement, and help Mercosur's own regional integration - especially in areas like customs where the Mercosur customs union is still not fully in place but needs to be".