293. Calls for an assessment of the existing agreements with the four tobacco groups (Philip Morris International Corporation Inc (PMI), Japan Tobacco International Corporation, British American Tobacco Corporation and Imperial Tobacco Corporation), taking into account the new Directive on Tobacco Products , the ratification of the Protocol to the FCTC Convention and Parliament's view on the issue of whether and, if appropriate, how the tobacco cooperation agreement with PMI is to be extended;

N. whereas Taiwan and the People's Republic of China (PRC) have adopted a constructive approach contributing to the conclusion of 19 agreements signed between the Straits Exchange Foundation – for Taiwan – and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits – for the PRC; whereas these agreements include the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Agreement signed on 29 June 2010 as well as Investment Agreement and Customs Cooperation Agreement signed on 9 August 2012;

N. whereas Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have adopted a constructive approach contributing to the conclusion of 19 agreements signed between the Straits Exchange Foundation – for Taiwan – and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits – for the PRC; whereas these agreements include the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Agreement signed on 29 June 2010 as well as Investment Agreement and Customs Cooperation Agreement signed on 9 August 2012;

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16. Welcomes the progress in the police reform and increasing cooperation in the police field with the neighbouring and EU countries; welcomes, in particular, the agreement on police cooperation with Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina; welcomes the signing of a roadmap for cooperation with Europol with a view to the conclusion of an operational agreement with this EU law enforcement agency; stresses, however, that enhanced efforts are needed in order to meet the challenges of the roadmap, particularly in areas related to the protection of personal data and classified data, key elements also for the conclusion of a cooperat ...[+++]ion agreement with Eurojust;

[18] Article 1 of the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Cambodia, OJ L 269, 19.10.1999, p.18; Article 1 of the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, OJ L 136, 7.6.1996, p.29; Article 1 of the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, OJ L334, 5.12.1997, p. 15; by contrast, the Co-operation Agreement between the European Economic Community and Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, OJ L 144 , 10.6.1980, ...[+++] p. 2, does not contain an "essential elements" clause.