EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus | European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus | EUSR for the South Caucasus

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia | European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia | EUSR for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia

Advancing Canadian Foreign Policy Objectives in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade [ Advancing Canadian Foreign Policy Objectives in the South Caucasus and Central Asia ]

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Netherlands [ Holland | Kingdom of the Netherlands ]

Netherlands OCT [ Overseas countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ]

Caucasus Logistics Advisory Unit

We shall continue to offer integration with the internal market to some neighbouring countries (such as Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus countries, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) in sectors such as financial, postal and telecom services.As suggested during the public consultation process, we should also seek to ensure that regulation of services in all third countries is open, non-discriminatory, transparent and in the public interest, so that also our providers can better do business there.

Particular attention should therefore be paid to transit states such as Turkey, the CEEC countries, Ukraine, the Baltic States and the Caucasian countries.

Target regions and countries include Greenland[54], Mediterranean partner countries, South Caucasus countries, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

35. Welcomes the possibility provided by the Eastern Partnership to deepen bilateral relations with the countries of the South Caucasus and the EU by establishing new contractual relations in the form of Association Agreements; highlights the importance of incorporating milestones and benchmarks to be included in the successor documents of the current Action Plans; recalls that the conditions for starting negotiations include a sufficient level of democracy, the rule of law and human rights, and calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance where necessary, in order to assist the countries in meeting the preconditions; welco ...[+++]mes, in particular, the Comprehensive Institution-Building Programme offered by the Eastern Partnership as an innovative tool, specifically intended to help the countries to meet these preconditions; reiterates the prerogative of the European Parliament to be immediately and fully informed at all stages of the process of the negotiation of Association Agreements, also since it will have to give its consent for the conclusion thereof; expects the implementation of Association Agreements by all South Caucasus countries to accelerate the process of economic integration and political cooperation with the EU;