Press Release: Conclusions of the Presidency – Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Trade, Toledo, 19 March 2002

The second meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministers for Trade, took place in Toledo on 19 March 2002. Euromed Trade Ministers noted that important progress had been made since their first meeting in May 2001 and that the pragmatic approach they had adopted was fruitful. Concrete results in the field of rules of origin were obtained within a few months time. They thus decided to pursue further their strategy of developing concrete measures complementary to tariff dismantling aimed at achieving an effective Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area.