free zone [ free trade zone | foreign trade zone | customs-free zone | customs-free area ]

free trade area [ FTA | free-trade area ]

free-trade area

Continental Free Trade Area | CFTA [Abbr.]

free trade area

Framework Agreement for the Creation of a Free Trade Area between the Andean Community and Mercosur

Free-Trade and Investment Area | FTIA [Abbr.]

free trade area | FTA [Abbr.]

free-throw lane | key | key-hole | lane | paint | restricted area | 3-second area | 3-second lane

creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Area: the completion of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area is crucial for the textile sector, as it will enable the sector to maintain the whole chain of production close to the European market and, therefore, attain advantages involving costs, quality and proximity. The Commission is therefore focusing on the conclusion of free trade agreements between the countries concerned.

4. Competent authorities may abolish a demarcated area and terminate the respective eradication measures where the pest-free status of that area has been verified.

16. Deplores the use of trade by Russia as an instrument to destabilise the region by introducing several import bans on products from Ukraine and Moldova, and more recently by renouncing the CIS FTAs with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova and by consequently reintroducing most favoured nation (MFN) duties for products coming from these countries;

7. Welcomes the decision of the European Council to sign the political chapters of the Association Agreement before the presidential elections in Ukraine; welcomes the European Council’s commitment to ensuring that the EU unilaterally adopts measures that will allow Ukraine to benefit substantially from the advantages offered in the Deep and Comprehensive Trade Area, such as the application of provisions related to the import of goods by reducing tariffs and opening tariff rate quotas; reiterates that the outstanding parts of the AA/DCFTA should be signed as soon as possible; insists on the need for clear signals demonstrating to Russ ...[+++]ia that nothing in this agreement endangers or harms future cooperative bilateral political and economic relations between Ukraine and Russia; welcomes the recent recognition by the Council that the Association Agreement, including a DCFTA, does not constitute a final goal in EU-Ukraine cooperation; stresses, furthermore, that Article 49 TEU refers to all European states, including Ukraine, which has a European perspective, and may apply to become a Member of the Union, provided that it adheres to the principles of democracy, respects fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;