Press Release: EU Trade Commissioner publishes first White Paper on EU preferential trade access programmes

The European Commission on 23 May 2005 presented a White Paper on the effectiveness of the EU's preferential trading access programmes for developing countries, entitled 'Opening the door to development'. The Paper was the first of the annual assessments European Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandelson, committed to producing for the European Parliament on 17 March 2005.

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European Commission: White Paper, COM(2005) Opening the Door to Development. Developing Country Access to EU Markets 1999 - 2003 http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/doclib/html/123305.htm

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