The Philippines will have an advantage when the single market is established among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2015, says an official of the Delegation of the European Union.
The Philippines’ partnership agreement with the EU covering trade and investments, which will also take effect in three years, “creates positive inputs with the ASEAN economic integration,” said EU political counselor Julian Vasallo on the sidelines of the media briefing on the European Higher Education Fair, which will be held on Nov. 14 in Makati City.
The Partnership Cooperation Agreement will likely be ratified by the EU in 2013 and, says the EU’s official site, “will allow the two sides to address new challenges in a more coherent and sustainable way.”
The PCA provides a legal basis for the Philippines and the EU to cooperate on issues such as migration, energy, human rights, anti-corruption, and trade and investment. It is also expected to pave the way for negotiations of a free trade agreement between the two parties.
The agreement also allows better access of Philippine exports to the European market through enhanced cooperation to meet the EU’s sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.
The EU is also negotiating similar bilateral agreements with Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. — BM, GMA News
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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