[PDF] Top 20 EU report on policy coherence for development. Commission working paper. COM (2007) 545 final, 20 September 2007

... of EU policies other than aid must be enhanced, at country and regional levels as well as ...the Commission and Member States can develop such policy ...most policy areas the positive impact ... See full document

... The entry into force of the TRIPS Agreement in 1995 marked the emergence of political debates on the impact of intellectual property rights on development. The main focus of this controversy was that TRIPS, ... See full document

... The EU has gone one step ...the Report of the Ad Hoc Working Party on Harmonization 5 , the EU agreed to develop an operational strategy towards ...on Development and is a central ... See full document

... the policy level, DG ECHO has taken several initiatives to cater for the fact that the international context in which humanitarian aid takes place is changing significantly, not only in terms of nature, frequency ... See full document

... 8 EU countries); 13 Member States have received state aid approval for new biofuels tax exemptions and a number of countries integrate support for biofuels in rural development ...the EU target), ... See full document

... At the end of the current reporting period, once it became clear that due to the ongoing discussions of the legal basis the project would not be on time, a new reporting template was developed and made available to ... See full document

... ensuring coherence across policy areas is a challenge at all levels of ...At EU level, the challenge is to work towards convergence of the overarching long term objective of sustainable ... See full document

... Indicator 20: Employment in agriculture (in % of total employment), which are to be monitored in subsequent annual ...macroeconomic policy annex of the new GBS guidelines currently being ...will ... See full document

... the development of this classic communicable disease, which continues to have a high death toll and to put a major strain on the health care systems and economies of the most affected regions: Africa, South-East ... See full document

... monetary policy, given that Kosovo uses the euro as legal tender, the budget is the only viable tool for macroeconomic policy in ...overall policy mix was ... See full document

... relevant EU energy acquis as from July 2007, with the exception of the provisions related to market opening to which a specific timetable ...in September 2007 but its compliance with the ... See full document

... The Report illustrates the positive relationship between aggregate produc- tivity and globalisation, using trade openness as a proxy, and summarises the empirical fi ndings on the relationship between productivity ... See full document

... The Commission is taking the recommended action. For the 2007-13 Financial Perspective period a number of changes should reduce the administrative burden associated with structural ...than EU ... See full document

... The Commission was also represented in the meetings of the Heads of International Health Research Organisations (HIROs), confirming the Commission’s place among the main health R&D funding agencies in the ... See full document

... of EU donors have started a process of reducing their list of priority ...some 20 priority countries), by broadly speaking using three selection criteria: (i) poverty level, (ii) macroeconomic performance ... See full document

... the EU, the proposed Directive also includes a number of safeguards and flanking measures to avoid any negative impact on developing countries’ ability to achieve the ...provisions working out in practice ... See full document

... as working conditions, social security rights, pensions, access to education or recognition of diplomas based on equal footing with nationals of that Member ...other EU rules, nor will it apply to seasonal ... See full document

... the EU ETS is the biggest international trading scheme and a key pillar of the fast- growing global carbon trading ...market. EU Member States and companies under the EU ETS are also making ample use ... See full document

... The Commission has taken due note of the Council’s recommendations concerning administrative ...the Commission governing missions of its staff – is currently under review to take due account of the remarks ... See full document

... Regarding freedom of thought, conscience and religion, a regulation adopted in November lifts the requirement to fill in the religious affiliation in family registries. A delegation composed of high-level officials from ... See full document