Many other EU countries appear to have similar laws.

The European Commission's Market Access Database provides information on exports from the European Union (EU) to non EU countries.

Similar provisions are also found in some national legislation of EU countries.

6 Reinforcing EU disaster and crisis response in third countries , Brussels, 20 April 2005.

With the EU 15 comprising around 80 of all EU GHG emissions, these countries should be the ones taking a leading role in EU climate change policy. It is past time that they step up their efforts.

EUFOR currently comprises some 6,200 troops from 22 EU member States and 11 third countries.

Such ambitious goals, however unrealistic, can have a disciplining effect, leading some EU countries to increase their spending, while the EU itself has launched a number of promising schemes.

Ten countries joined the fifth enlargement of the European Union (EU) in 2004, having fulfilled the Copenhagen Criteria that contribute to institutionalizing EU standards for governance and public administration.

The EU regrets that there are three countries, India, Israel and Pakistan, still outside the Treaty.

But it gets worse, because these models still assume that the EU picks the cheapest renewables to fulfill its requirements. Instead, most EU countries give higher subsidies to the most costly renewables.

EU SEC will act as the project secretariat and coordinate the work carried out by the partner countries.

In 2004, 33 per cent of businesses in EU countries with more than 10 employees used an intranet.

The European Union, for example, has contributed to the innovation systems of developing countries by encouraging an exchange of scientists and closer interaction between universities in developing countries and EU member countries.

Likewise, the rift between the eurozone s 17 members and the other ten EU countries is widening. Most notably, the United Kingdom is seeking to renegotiate the terms of its EU membership, with a referendum on the outcome that will determine whether it leaves the EU altogether.

It is in Russia s own interest that the EU deal with it as a united entity. Continued fear and uncertainty about Russian gas supplies would undoubtedly lead the most exposed EU countries to seek to protect themselves by blocking EU Russia negotiations on new partnership and cooperation agreements.

Some EU countries, such as Denmark, do better, but still lag far behind the US, which spends more than 25,000.

Some EU countries, such as Denmark, do better, but still lag far behind the US, which spends more than 25,000.

Many Governments and international organizations have endorsed its use, including the Group of Eight Ministers, EU and dozens of countries.

The EU calls on all countries to communicate to the Director General their political commitment to comply with the Code.

The EU drew the right conclusions when it stressed that national bank rescue packages must not be designed in ways that starve subsidiaries, and also by doubling to 50 billion the crisis funds available to EU countries outside the euro zone. The EU must not stand aside when solidarity is needed.

But in the 15 year period between 1990 and 2005, the EU 15 managed to reduce GHG emissions by only 2 , and it is now obvious that the EU 15 will not fulfill its Kyoto commitment. Only five of the EU 15 countries are on track to meet their targets.

Transit countries such as Hungary try to divert refugees elsewhere. Resettling the almost 750,000 people who have sought asylum in the EU this year still only 0.14 of the EU population has thus become an existential crisis.

Though the fund will not be operational until mid 2015, EU member countries have already proposed projects for the European Commission s consideration. By early December, all 28 EU governments had submitted applications and they are still coming.

The draft EU constitution, which failed in the French and Dutch referenda last year, breathes the spirit of this approach. Unfortunately, harmonization would probably apply to wage replacement payments, implying uniform minimum wage constraints for EU countries.

Mr. Freeman (United Kingdom) I am speaking on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania.

The EU will continue, in its relations with third countries, to stress the importance of these treaties and promote universal adherence.

Today, several countries in the European Union (EU), including France, Sweden and the Netherlands, are implementing a sugar beet fuel network.

But the EU budget has already enabled an indirect form of leveraging the European Commission s use of implicit budget guarantees to raise capital on financial markets. These funds are used to provide financial assistance to non eurozone EU countries through the Medium Term Financial Assistance Facility, to eurozone countries through the now expired European Financial Stabilization Mechanism, and to partner third countries.

There are now no EU countries where Euroskeptics are in the majority, and the widespread impression that citizens in Western and Eastern Europe alike are turning their backs on the EU is wrong. The reality is that even though voters may find the EU remote, most appreciate the need for Europe to unite in a world where China, India, and other fast developing countries are set to challenge it.

There are now no EU countries where Euroskeptics are in the majority, and the widespread impression that citizens in Western and Eastern Europe alike are turning their backs on the EU is wrong. The reality is that even though voters may find the EU remote, most appreciate the need for Europe to unite in a world where China, India, and other fast developing countries are set to challenge it.

Citizens of the EU can move freely within the Union (Britain wants to stop this, too, though it is unlikely to succeed). But economic migration from non EU countries, under carefully managed conditions, is both legitimate and imperative.

In exchange, these countries should be helped financially and provided with other incentives for example, easier access to the EU for their citizens. Indeed, the EU should establish or expand programs that allow entry to non asylum seekers.

The situation screams emergency and has triggered a response by the EU. Most notably, the EU has tripled the budget of Operation Triton, designed to strengthen border security launched an EU wide naval operation against human smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) and allocated additional funds to overwhelmed frontline member countries.

This means that cooperation with non EU countries should not be to the detriment of solidarity and common rules within the EU. Consulting at an early stage would help manage misperceptions often fueled by reports in the media long before deals are concluded and thus strengthen convergence and unity among EU member states.

How to deal with Russia on security issues particularly on energy security is one of the most divisive issues facing the EU. Despite their commitment to speak to Russia with one voice, various EU countries negotiate with Russia bilaterally whenever possible (especially over lucrative business contracts), congregating under the EU umbrella only when necessary.

Free trade agreements with competition provisions have also been concluded by EFTA countries, Israel and Turkey with Eastern European non EU member countries, as well as within this latter group of countries the EFTA countries have also concluded free trade agreements with a large number of other countries, including some developing countries.

The EU would invite non EU states to do likewise

The problem is that some countries in the eastern part of the EU are much more dependent on Russian gas than the average figures suggest. Thus, they must be guaranteed the kind of solidarity that is fundamental to EU membership.

The eight countries that acceded from this region to the EU in 2004 are covered under the term CEE in the present note.

In 2004, only 12 per cent of businesses in EU countries had extranets, with Belgium also reporting the highest proportion (23 per cent).

She welcomed the EU initiative to raise ODA to 0.7 per cent of GDP by 2015 and encouraged other countries to do likewise.

Indeed, the euro has quickly become a symbol of European unity. When asked, What does the EU mean to you personally, 50 of citizens in the 15 countries that were EU members before enlargement in May 2004 say the euro the second most common response (just behind the ability to travel, study, and work anywhere in the EU ).

As if this weren t bad enough, the Commission is preparing an emission trading scheme for EU airlines, with 2004 as the base year for setting quotas. This is a clear disadvantage for airlines from the new EU members, as the number of passengers they carry increased sharply only after 2004, when these countries joined the EU.

Against this background, it seems inconceivable that the EU should refuse to support an EMU member in a situation similar to that of Hungary and Latvia, especially as all the countries that are currently on market watch lists are long time EU members. In case of real distress, the rest of the EU will offer a bailout package.

Meanwhile, the EU has yet to open its markets for business services and digital trade, on which the American economy thrives, even though services account for about 70 of GDP in most EU countries. In 2006, the European Commission issued a directive on the liberalization of trade in services, but major countries particularly Germany have refused to implement it.