Without this, we can only offer the generalised system of preferences.

The generalised system of preferences has been an important tool for supporting developing countries by encouraging them to participate in world trade.

Lastly, I have great hopes that things will happen quickly at unilateral level, since the generalised system of preferences should be reformed quite soon.

The next item is the Commission statement on the European Union's generalised system of preferences.

The current generalised system of preferences (GSP) will soon be coming to an end.

Both the generalised system of preferences and GSP+ are effective instruments for encouraging democratic values in partner countries.

The next item is the Commission communication on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up a generalised system of preferences for 2002 - 2004.

Generalised system of preferences (GSP)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union has been the pioneer in the establishment of the generalised system of preferences (GSP).

Respect of labor rights are a condition for Jakarta's generalised system of preferences (GSP) trade status with Washington under US law.

It is in favour of imposing sanctions, especially on transnational companies that profit from failure to observe core labour standards and welcomes the use of the generalised system of preferences.

Some of the Mercosur countries, in fact, already benefit from the European Union's generalised system of preferences, which gives them duty-free and quota-free access to the European market.

Sri Lanka currently benefits from considerable advantages under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance, which forms part of the European Union's generalised system of preferences.

Preferential tariff arrangements, whether under the Lomé Convention or the generalised system of preferences (GSP) are still under-used because of contradictions between the European Union's own policies.

The reference to trade, to the generalised system of preferences and to the need for a coherent policy is one of the key points of this report and a key to the future negotiations.

At the September 28, 2010 GSP Subcommittee hearing, Azurix formally called for the removal of Argentina's benefits under the generalised system of preferences (GSP).

I should like to come back once more to the system of incentives in the GSP, in the generalised system of preferences, which has of course been extended to social policy and the environment.

The resolution calls for the notion of corporate social responsibility, a concept recognised by the OECD, ILO and United Nations, to be incorporated in the generalised system of preferences.

What is needed, then, is to ensure effective implementation both of the 27 conventions for countries to benefit from the generalised system of preferences (GSP), and of the accompanying measures designed to improve implementation capacity.

Madam President, with regard to the systems of preferences referred to many times in the course of the debate, I would say that all the participating Mercosur states can benefit from the EU's generalised system of preferences.

These alternatives must be based on the principle of non-reciprocity established in the generalised system of preferences (GSP) as well as on the introduction of a clause establishing special, differentiated treatment at the WTO.

Member of the Commission. - Mr President, let me first apologise on behalf of Peter Mandelson, who is not able to be here to discuss with this House the regulation on the generalised system of preferences (GSP).

I am thinking, in particular, of the introduction of effective penalty clauses into preferential arrangements, supported by a mechanism for providing regular information to importers, like the one put forward by the Commission in its recent proposal on the new generalised system of preferences.

If we are to alleviate the effects on the poorer and weaker countries of abolishing quotas, we must think how to concentrate the preferential access we grant to the developing countries, through the generalised system of preferences, for example, on what will probably be the most vulnerable countries.

At the same time, additional action is needed by the European Union for a fair system of world trade, for improving the functioning of the World Trade Organisation and for bold reform of the generalised system of preferences for the benefit of the poor countries.