D. whereas the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement is set to expire in 2007 and whereas joint efforts are continuing with a view to removing the obstacles of the Russian import ban on certain food products and the problems concerning the Druzhba pipeline and to launching the negotiations for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement,

B. whereas the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement is set to expire in 2007 and whereas joint efforts to remove the obstacles of the Russian import ban on certain food products and to launch the negotiations for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement are continuing,

The Liberal Party has called, both on March 13 and on April 24, for action by the government to deal with the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe and the fact that Mugabe has deployed his security forces, his green bomber militia, to basically turn a country which used to be an exporter of food into an importer.

An effort must be made to inform consumers, who must support it, be informed and understand that, in buying eco-labelled products, they can be sure that they are buying healthy and safe food and that they are protecting the environment.

The plan involves the distribution of essential food items to more than 220,000 families in the West Bank and Gaza over the next 6 months.

This case underlines the fact that only an enforcement body like the Commission with European-wide powers of investigation can uncover and sanction such huge and covert cartels. Despite the elaborate steps taken by the firms to cover up their unlawful activities, the Commission inspectors were able once again to discover the detailed evidence which enabled the Commission to condemn a serious breach of competition rules". THE CARTONBOARD SECTOR Cartonboard is a stiff card-like product used in a variety of applications but mainly for producing folding boxes for packaging food and non-food consumer goods and for graphics purposes.