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ARMENIA-EU TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION DISCUSSED IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 14:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On April 2, 2008 the 7th regular of the EC-Armenia
Subcommittee on Trade, Economic and Related Legal Issues was held in
Yerevan, reported the press office of the Delegation of the European
Commission to Armenia.
The co-chairman from the Armenian side was Deputy Minister of Trade
and Economic Development Mr. Vahe Danielyan, and the European side was
represented by Mr. Andres-Maldonado, Head of Unit, Southern Caucasus
and Central Asia Unit (RELEX).
Representatives from Armenian ministries, H.E. Raul de Luzenberger,
Ambassador, Head of the EC Delegation to Armenia, other members
of the Delegation and representatives from the European Commission
participated in the meeting.
During the meeting the following topics were discussed - implementation
of Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed between RA and EU
and issues related to the implementation of the ENP Action Plan,
including Armenia's economic development since the previous meeting,
and improvement of the investment and business climate.
The parties also discussed possible options for further strengthening
bilateral trade relations, including the state of play of the
EU feasibility study on the possible creation of a Free Trade Area
between the RA and the EU, the possible granting of Market Economy
Status by the EU to Armenia, and possibilities for Armenia to benefit
more from the European Union's Generalized System of Preferences and
to perhaps gain access to the EU's enhanced Generalised System of
Preferences known as GSP+.
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 14:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On April 2, 2008 the 7th regular of the EC-Armenia
Subcommittee on Trade, Economic and Related Legal Issues was held in
Yerevan, reported the press office of the Delegation of the European
Commission to Armenia.
The co-chairman from the Armenian side was Deputy Minister of Trade
and Economic Development Mr. Vahe Danielyan, and the European side was
represented by Mr. Andres-Maldonado, Head of Unit, Southern Caucasus
and Central Asia Unit (RELEX).
Representatives from Armenian ministries, H.E. Raul de Luzenberger,
Ambassador, Head of the EC Delegation to Armenia, other members
of the Delegation and representatives from the European Commission
participated in the meeting.
During the meeting the following topics were discussed - implementation
of Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed between RA and EU
and issues related to the implementation of the ENP Action Plan,
including Armenia's economic development since the previous meeting,
and improvement of the investment and business climate.
The parties also discussed possible options for further strengthening
bilateral trade relations, including the state of play of the
EU feasibility study on the possible creation of a Free Trade Area
between the RA and the EU, the possible granting of Market Economy
Status by the EU to Armenia, and possibilities for Armenia to benefit
more from the European Union's Generalized System of Preferences and
to perhaps gain access to the EU's enhanced Generalised System of
Preferences known as GSP+.