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Statement by David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection on US beef imports to the European Union
EU/NR 84/03: EU-US: EU ANNUAL REPORT ON US TRADE BARRIERS STRESSES NEED FOR ENHANCED CO-OPERATION
EU/NR 83/03: IRAN: COMMISSION WELCOMES IRAN'S SIGNATURE OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
EU/NR 82/03: EU COMMISSION TO PROPOSE “ADEQUACY FINDING” FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL TALKS WITH US ON PASSENGER DATA TRANSFERS
EU/NR 81/03: EUROPEAN COMMISSION STANDS BEHIND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
EU/NR 80/03: IRAQ: EU COMMISSION RELEASES FIRST EU CONTRIBUTION FOR RECONSTRUCTION
Statement of the Quartet Task Force on Palestinian Reform, December 11, 2002
EU/NR 79/03: EU-SYRIA: CONCLUSION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
EU/NR 78/03: EU COMMISSION URGES US TO RECONSIDER IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS DECISION
EU/NR 77/03: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: EU COMMISSION REACTS TO DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FINDINGS ON CONTRACTS
EU/NR 76/03: GALILEO: EU COMMISSION WELCOMES BIDS ON LAUNCH, OPERATION OF GLOBAL SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
EU/NR 75/03: ONE SINGLE SKY FOR THE WHOLE EU
EU/NR 74/03: SURVEY SHOWS MOST EUROPEANS SUPPORT A NEW EU CONSTITUTION
EU/NR 73/03: US STEEL: EU WELCOMES TERMINATION OF US STEEL SAFEGUARD MEASURE
EU/NR 72/03: EU/WTO: EU COMMISSION PROPOSES TO PUT DOHA TALKS BACK ON TRACK
EU/NR 71/03: EU AND US ENTER PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY
EU/NR 70/03: EU, US BRIDGE GAP ON RECIPROCAL TRANSATLANTIC CARGO SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
EU/NR 69/03: EU WELCOMES WTO RULING CONFIRMING US STEEL TARIFFS ARE ILLEGAL
EU/NR 68/03: FOREIGN SALES CORPORATION (FSC): EU COMMISSION PREPARES FOR IMPOSITION OF COUNTERMEASURES ON US PRODUCTS
EU/NR 67A/03: CHEMICALS: COMMISSION PRESENTS PROPOSAL TO MODERNISE EU LEGISLATION
EU/NR 67/03: EU COMMISSION ISSUES AUTUMN ECONOMIC FORECASTS FOR 2003-2005
EU/NR 66/03: SURVEY SHOWS EU CITIZENS WANT UN TO MANAGE IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
EU/NR 65/03: GALILEO: LOYOLA DE PALACIO WELCOMES THE GREEN LIGHT FOR AN EU-CHINA AGREEMENT
EU/NR 64/03: AFI AND THE EU COMMISSION’s WASHINGTON DELEGATION TO PRESENT 16th ANNUAL EU SHOWCASE FILM FESTIVAL, OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 9
EU/NR 63/03: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY’S LISNER AUDITORIUM HOSTS EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WASHINGTON, DC, PREMIERE
EU/NR 62/03: GALILEO: LAUNCHING OF THE CALL FOR A CONCESSIONAIRE
EU/NR 61/03: EU complies with WTO ruling on Hormone beef, calls on US and Canada to lift trade sanctions
EU/NR 60/03: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE IN MADRID: EU COMMISSION PROPOSES CONSOLIDATED EUROPEAN PLEDGE
EU/NR 59/03: EU COMMISSION, EIGHT ACCEDING COUNTRIES AND US SIGN BILATERAL INVESTMENT UNDERSTANDING
EU/NR 58/03: EU seeks retaliatory and protective measures in US 1916 Anti-Dumping Act dispute
EU/NR 57/03: AFTER CANCÚN: STATEMENTS BY PASCAL LAMY, EU TRADE COMMISSIONER, AND FRANZ FISCHLER, EU COMMISSIONER FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FISHERIES
EU/NR 56/03: WTO/CANCUN: EU DETERMINED TO MAKE TRADE WORK FOR ALL
EU/NR 55/03: Speech on Iraq: The Rt. Hon. Chris Patten, EU Commissioner for External Relations, European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, 3 September 2003
EU/NR 54/03: EU WELCOMES WTO DEAL ON GENERIC MEDICINES
EU/NR 53/03: GEORGE WASHINTON UNIVERSITY'S LISNER AUDITORIUM HOSTS EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (EUCO) WASHINGTON PREMIERE
EU/NR 52/03: EUROPEAN COMMISSION REGRETS THE REQUEST FOR A WTO PANEL ON GMOs
EU/NR 51/03: EU AND US PROPOSE A FRAMEWORK FOR A JOINT APPROACH ON AGRICULTURAL QUESTIONS IN WTO
EU/NR 50/03: EU, US AND CANADA SUBMIT PAPER ON WTO NEGOTIATIONS ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
EU/NR 49/03: COMMISSION GIVES MICROSOFT LAST OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT BEFORE CONCLUDING ITS ANTITRUST PROBE
EU/NR 48/03: WTO/AGRICULTURE: EU FARM COMMISSIONER CALLS MONTREAL MEETINGS "USEFUL," SAYS US AND EU MUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE
EU/NR 47/03: WTO Farm Talks/cancun: EU’s Fischler Calls For renewed effort to bridge differences
EU/NR 46/03: GMOs: COMMISSION PUBLISHES RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE CO-EXISTENCE OF GM AND NON-GM CROPS
EU/NR 45/03: EUROPEAN LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR GMOs IS NOW IN PLACE
EU/NR 44/03: SPAM: EUROPEAN COMMISSION GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE
EU/NR 43/03: EU/US AGREEMENT TO OPEN AVIATION TALKS
EU/NR 42/03: EU fundamentally reforms its farm policy to accomplish sustainable farming in Europe
EU/NR 41/03: EU JOINS FORCES WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ON RESEARCH TO “CLEAN UP” FOSSIL FUELS
EU/NR 40/03: JOINT STATEMENT OF THE US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EU/NR 39/03: EU-US SUMMIT—WASHINGTON, JUNE 25, 2003
EU/NR 38/03: FUEL CELLS AGREEMENT: EU AND US FORGE LINKS TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES FOR THE FUTURE
EU/NR 37/03: NEW ERA FOR AIR TRANSPORT: LOYOLA DE PALACIO WELCOMES THE MANDATE GIVEN TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR NEGOTIATING AN OPEN AVIATION AREA WITH THE US
EU/NR 36/03: EC REGRETS US DECISION TO FILE WTO CASE ON GMOS AS MISGUIDED AND UNNECESSARY
EU/NR 35/03: WASHINGTON ART CELEBRATES THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER AT THE GALLERIES OF DUPONT CIRCLE, JUNE 2003
EU/NR 34/03: FOREIGN SALES CORPORATIONS: FOLLOWING WTO AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY COUNTERMEASURES OF UP TO $4 BILLION, EU EXPECTS US TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH WTO RULES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR
EU/NR 33/03: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AIRLIFTS URGENT MEDICAL AID TO IRAQ
EU/NR 32/03: AFI SILVER THEATRE AND CULTURAL CENTER TO HOST “THIS IS EUROPE—EAST AND WEST” MAY FILM FESTIVAL
EU/NR 31/03: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNITED NATIONS STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP
EU/NR 30/03: WTO SERVICES: EU PROPOSES TO IMPROVE TRADING OPPORTUNITIES GIVING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A BETTER DEAL
EU/NR 29/03: US, EU Renew Commitment to TransAtlantic Business Dialogue
EU/NR 28/03: DECLARATION OF PRESIDENT PRODI ON BREAKTHROUGH IN TALKS ON NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET
EU/NR 27/03: EU concerned about US audit registration step
A “GREATER UNION” FOR EUROPE: OP/ED BY EU MEMBER AND ACCEDING STATE AMBASSADORS
"Let's Put Away the Megaphones;
A Trans-Atlantic Appeal": Chris Patten and Pascal Lamy
EU/NR 26/03: EU COMMISSION RELEASES SPRING ECONOMIC FORECASTS FOR 2003/2004
EU/NR 25/03: EU TRADE COMMISSIONER LAMY SAYS REALISTIC APPROACH NEEDED IN WTO TRADE TALKS
EU/NR 24/03: WTO FARM TALKS: EU COMMISSIONER FISCHLER VOWS TO PLOW ON
EU/NR 23/03: EU RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING SITUATION IN IRAQ
EU/NR 22/03: EU PRESIDENCY AND COMMISSION REACT TO WAR IN IRAQ; COMMISSION ALLOCATES $21 MILLION IN INITIAL HUMANITARIAN AID
EU/NR 21/03: WTO/AGRICULTURE: "HARBINSON 2" DOES NOT BRING WTO MEMBERS CLOSER
EU/NR 20/03: EU COMMISSION WELCOMES COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE WITH US ON TRANSPORT SECURITY COOPERATION
EU/NR 19/03: PRODI AND PATTEN REACT TO ASSASSINATION OF SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER
EU/NR 18/03: Passenger Name Record (PNR): Results of March 4 talks between the European Commission and US Customs and Border Protection
EU/NR 17/03: WTO/Agriculture: EU’S FISCHLER SAYS, “WAY TO A BALANCED AGREEMENT MUST WEIGH POLICIES ACCORDING TO TRADE-DISTORTING IMPACT”
EU/NR 16/03: EU COMMISSION CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS IN LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
EU/NR 15/03: EU COMMISSION INDICATOR FORECASTS EURO AREA GDP GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2003
EU/NR 14/03: EU COMMISSIONER LAMY TO DISCUSS TRADE ISSUES IN WASHINGTON
EU/NR 13/03: Foreign Sales Corporations: European Commission submits to Member States draft list of products that could be subject to countermeasures
EU/NR 12/03: IRAQ: CONCLUSIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL - February 17, 2003
EU/NR 11/03: EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER MARGOT WALLSTRÖM COMMENTS ON VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS BY US INDUSTRY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES
EU/NR 10/03: EU'S FISCHLER SAYS, "HARBINSON DRAFT WON'T BRIDGE GAPS" IN WTO AGRICULTURE TALKS
EU/NR 09/03: EU COMMISSIONER POUL NIELSON’S STATEMENT ON IRAQ
EU/NR 08/03: WTO/AGRICULTURE: COMMISSION'S FIRST REACTION TO CHAIRMAN HARBINSON'S DRAFT MODALITIES PAPER
EU/NR 07/03: EU FARM COMMISSIONER FRANZ FISCHLER CALLS FOR FAIR BURDEN-SHARING IN WTO FARM TALKS
EU/NR 06/03: EU RESEARCH COMMISSIONER WELCOMES US RETURN TO 'ITER' PROJECT
EU/NR 05/03: EU FARM COMMISSIONER FRANZ FISCHLER TO VISIT WASHINGTON, DC
EU/NR 04/03: WTO & AGRICULTURE: EU TAKES STEPS TO MOVE NEGOTIATIONS FORWARD
EU/NR 03/03: WTO APPELLATE BODY CONDEMNS THE “BYRD AMENDMENT” - THE US MUST NOW REPEAL IT
EU/NR 02/03: AFGHANISTAN: EU DELIVERING ON AID PROMISES, SEES CHALLENGES AHEAD
EU/NR 01/03: EU seeks to break deadlock for WTO access to medicines Deal
