Revised General Arrangement for the Progressive Removal of Obstacles to Normal Competitive Conditions in the Shipbuilding Industry

barrier to trade | obstacle to trade | trade barrier | trade irritant

lower barriers to trade [ lower trade barriers ]

dismantling of trade barriers

trade barrier | trade impediment

Committee on defence against obstacles to trade which affect the market of the Community or a non-member country | TBR [Abbr.]

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (1994) [ ATBT ]

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (1979) [ TBT ]

(1) Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union provides that the Union is to define and pursue common policies and actions, and work for a high degree of cooperation in all fields in international relations in order, inter alia, to encourage the integration of all countries into the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade.

(1) Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union provides that the Union is to define and pursue common policies and actions, and work for a high degree of cooperation in all fields in international relations in order, inter alia, to safeguard its values, fundamental interests, security, independence and integrity and to encourage the integration of all countries into the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade.

(1) Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union provides that the Union is to define and pursue common policies and actions, and work for a high degree of cooperation in all fields in international relations in order, inter alia, to encourage the integration of all countries into the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade; pursuant to the same article the Union should promote democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedo ...[+++]ms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity and the respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law; the cooperation in the field of international relations should serve to foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty.

Welcomes the Commission’s declared intention to draw up guidelines on good practice and the reform of national support arrangements; calls on the Commission to produce the guidelines as soon as possible to ensure that the different national schemes do not distort competition or create barriers to trade and investment within the EU, in order to encourage predictability and cost-effectiveness and avoid excessive subsidies; urges the Commission, in this connection, to ensure that the internal market acquis is fully respected by the Member States; is convinced that good practice guidelines are an important step to ensure a functioning single market for energy and believes the guidelines could be supplemented with an evaluation of the cost-ef ...[+++]fectiveness of current national support systems, taking into account the different technologies they cover in order to ensure better comparability and coordination for the gradual and progressive convergence of national support mechanisms; is also convinced that implementation of these guidelines at Member State level will be crucial as they can help to avoid national support schemes being retrospectively amended or cancelled, which would send out disastrous signals to investors, as well as potentially causing severe economic distress to private citizens having invested in RES on the basis of such schemes; stresses that the implementation of these guidelines should be ensured by the Member States, and that special support arrangements for the development of local and regional resources should be allowed;