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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9547
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development

Council adopts conclusions on how to overcome obstacles to signing economic partnership agreements - France and Spain obtain assurances over bananas

Brussels, 20/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - At the end of an exchange of views with Commissioners Louis Michel (development) and Peter Mandelson (trade), the Council adopted conclusions on Friday that were likely to lead to obstacles being overcome to the signing of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), the expected successor to the preferential trade regime (“Cotonou Agreement”) that has linked the European Union and six ACP regions (four African regions, the Caribbean and Pacific) for 30...

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