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Module 5
HISTORY OF EU
1951: The European Coal and Steel Community is established by the six founding members: Belgium, The Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and The Netherlands
1957: The Treaty of Rome establishes a common market European Economic Community
1973: The Community expands to nine member states and develops its common policies for social and environmental concerns Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom
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1979: The first direct elections to the European Parliament The first Mediterranean enlargement Greece, followed by Spain & Portugal in 1986 made the communitys presence strong in southern Europe. Completion of the single market & The Treaty of Maastricht establishes the European Union The EU expands to 15 members Austria, Finland and Sweden
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HISTORY OF EU contd..
2002: Euro notes and coins were introduced 2004: Ten more countries join the Union- Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia 2007: Bulgaria & Romania On path: Turkey and Croatia
The EU Headquarter Brussels, Belgium Selected as the headquarters of the European Union because of its centralized location in Europe.
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EU-A SINGLE MARKET (a) Physical barriers All border controls within the EU on goods have been abolished, together with customs controls on people. (b) Technical barriers Any product legally manufactured and sold in one member state must be allowed to be placed on the market in all others. (c) Tax barriers Tax barriers have been reduced through the partial alignment of national VAT rates. (d) Public contracts Regardless of whether they are awarded by national, regional or local authorities, public contracts are now open to bidders from anywhere in the EU.
EU-India trade has grown impressively and more than doubled from 28.6billion in 2003 to over 67.9 billion in 2010. EU investment to India has more than tripled since 2003 from 759million to 3 billion in 2010 and trade in commercial services has tripled from 5.2billion in 2002 to 17.9 billion in 2010.
In 2004 India became one of the EU's "strategic partners". The EU-India FTA: Negotiations for such FTA were launched in June 2007 and, so far, eleven negotiating rounds have been held. The last EU-India Summit took place on 10 December 2010 in Brussels.
EU is providing trade related technical assistance to India. 13.4million were allocated through the Trade and Investment Development Programme (TIDP) funded from the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2002-2006. At present, the follow-up programme to the TIDP is being designed and will be funded by the Country Strategy Paper 2007-2013.
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