Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Union negotiations with MERCOSUR and Chile: economic and social aspects’

On 1 March 2001 the Economic and Social Committee, acting under the third paragraph of Rule 23 of the Rules of Procedure, decided to draw up an opinion on the the "European Union negotiations with MERCOSUR and Chile: economic and social aspects"

The Section for External Relations, which was responsible for preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 28 June 2001. The rapporteur was Mr Zufiaur.

At its 383rd plenary session of 11 and 12 July 2001 (meeting of 12 July), the Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 69 votes to four with nine abstentions.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Relations between Chile and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-chile-and-the-european-union/

European Commission: DG Trade: Policy: Countries and regions: Mercosur http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/regions/mercosur/

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