The applicant has provided sufficient evidence that the producers of the product under review in the United States of America have benefited and are likely to continue to benefit from a number of federal subsidies granted by the Government of the United States of America and a number of state subsidies granted by the Governments of several States of the United States of America.

The Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the United States of America, on the other hand (‘the Air Transport Agreement’), signed by the United States of America and the Member States of the European Community and the European Community on 25 and 30 April 2007, as amended by the Protocol to amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community and its Member States, signed on 25 and 30 April 2007 (‘the Protocol’), signed by the United States of America, the Member States of the European Union and the European Union on 24 June 2010, ex ...[+++]plicitly provides for the accession of third countries to the Air Transport Agreement.

whereas the European Union has strengthened its economic and trade relations with Latin America, becoming its second most important trading partner and the leading trading partner for MERCOSUR and Chile; whereas, according to Eurostat, trade volumes doubled between 1999 and 2008, with EU imports of goods from Latin America increasing to EUR 96,14 billion and exports of goods to the region to EUR 76,81 billion, while there was a steady rise in trade in services; whereas, owing to the dramatic effect of the financial and economic crisis, these figures dropped in 2009 to EUR 70,11 billion (imports) and EUR 61,57 billion (exports), but sta ...[+++]rted to grow again in 2010; whereas European countries constitute the largest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America,

whereas there is a general desire in Latin America to increase the region’s economic importance in the global economy, and whereas Latin America has reduced its economic dependence by actively diversifying its economic relations; whereas Europe should act wisely in order to strengthen its role as a very important commercial partner for this purpose, and whereas Europe and Latin America remain committed to further strengthening their strategic partnership underpinned by their shared principles, values and interests,

North America, Central America and the Antilles, South America.

(8) The verification mission carried out by the Commission in January/February 2000 revealed that despite some progress having been made, there are still serious problems as regards the implementation and the enforcement of the residue monitoring programme in place in the United States of America, and demonstrated that the programme does not entirely provide the guarantees concerning the protection of public health against risks from residues as required by the European Community; whereas the United States of America have agreed to take further action to rapidly remedy the deficiencies and have proposed on 8 February 2000 to contract ou ...[+++]t analytical work for the detection of certain substances to one or more approved laboratories capable of carrying out the required analyses and situated outside the United States of America; whereas a period of one month is considered as necessary for the United States of America to take the appropriate steps and make the relevant arrangements.