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
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
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