Third countries and regions targeted are: North America, Russia, Latin America, Norway, Switzerland, Middle East, Serbia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

strategic, evidence-based and systematic use of all available instruments of the Global Approach to Migration — migration profiles, migration missions, cooperation platforms on migration and development and Mobility partnerships — for long-term cooperation on all dimensions of this policy in close partnership with selected third countries along priority migratory routes,

In the interests of legal certainty, the messages disseminated under programmes should comply with the legislation of the third countries targeted.

Bilateral cooperation with targeted third countries must be further developed.

Welcomes the fact that the Council establishes and regularly updates lists of focus countries in respect of which additional concerted efforts are made with a view to implementation of the European Union Guidelines on children and armed conflicts, on the death penalty (so-called ‘countries on the cusp’) and on human rights defenders; notes that a similar practice is also envisaged under the Implementation Strategy of the new European Union Guidelines on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child; encourages the Council and the Commission to extend this good practice, which allows the European Union inter alia to react in a ...[+++] more effective manner through demarches, statements and other forms of action, to the European Union Guidelines on torture; encourages the Council and the Commission to involve United Nations Special Mechanisms and to take into account recommendations and urgency resolutions of the European Parliament when identifying focus countries;

Products concerned and targeted third countries by programme Danske Slagterier/NAPORC: Pigmeat – Japan ASOP (Greek agriculture association): Fresh and packaged peaches and nectarines – Romania, Russia, Bulgaria.