General Information: EU Perspective

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General Information: US perspective

 http://www.trade.gov/td/tic/  http:// www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion  http:// www.buyusa.gov/home/worldwide_us.html  http://www.buyusa.gov/europe  http://www.useu.be

General Information: EU perspective

 The EU Online http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

 European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

 RAPID Press Room http://europa.eu/press_room/index_en.htm

 The EU in the World http://ec.europa.eu/comm/world/

 EU Relations with the US http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/us/intro/index.htm

 DG Trade http://ec.europa.eu/trade/index_en.htm

 European Commission – DG Enterprise http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm

 European Parliament http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm

 OEIL Legislative Observatory http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/search.jsp?form=/words/summaries

 Council of Ministers http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.ASP?lang=en

 EU Presidency http://www.ue2006.fi/fr_FR/

 Electronic Directory of the European Institutions http://ec.europa.eu/staffdir/plsql/gsys_page.display_index?pLang=EN

EU - Useful Websites Page 1  Commission Directory http://ec.europa.eu/staffdir/plsql/gsys_page.display_index?pLang=EN

 EUR- Lex – Portal to EU law http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

 Eurostat – EU Statistics http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page? _pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

 Summaries of EU Legislation – SCAD PLUS http://europa.eu/scadplus/scad_en.htm

 One Stop Internet Shop for Business http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/index_en.html

 Euro Info Centers http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/networks/eic/eic.html

EU News Sources

 EurActiv.com – EU news, policy positions & EU actors online http://www.euractiv.com/en/HomePage  EUObserver http://euobserver.com/  EU Politix http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/

AmCham EU

 http://www.eucommittee.be/

Getting Your Product Approved for the EU Market

 To look for product legislation click on: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/index_en.htm

 New Approach legislation:

http://www.newapproach.org/Directives/Default.asp

 CE Mark Guidance: http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/ncsci/export-eu.htm http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/ce_mark/ceindex1.htm

 List of CE Mark directives and harmonized standards: http://www.newapproach.org/Directives/Default.asp

 European Standards Organizations: http://www.cenorm.be/ http://www.cenelec.org http://www.etsi.org

 Accredited laboratories: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/legislation/nb/notified_bodies.htm http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mra/listuscabs.html http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/gsig/mra.htm

Protecting Your Industrial Property Rights

 EU Intellectual Property Legislation:

EU - Useful Websites Page 2 http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/s06020.htm

 European Patent Office: http://www.european-patent-office.org/

 European Commission – Industrial Property Latest News http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/indprop/index_en.htm

 Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) http://oami.eu.int/en/default.htm

 World Intellectual Property Organization’s SME website http:www.wipo.org/sme/en/index.html

 Community Design http://oami.eu.int/en/design/default.htm

 U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office http://www.uspto.gov/

Packaging for the EU

 Packaging and Recovery Organization Europe (“Green Dot” info) http://www.pro-europe.be

 Commission’s site on packaging waste http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/packaging_index.htm

EU Customs

 Commission’s main Customs site http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/customs/customs.htm

 TARIC – Integrated Tariff of the Community http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/dds/cgi-bin/tarchap?Lang=EN

 Rules of Origin http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/customs/origin/rules_origin/rules_origin_0_en.ht m

EU Value Added Tax

 European Commission’s VAT Website http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/taxation/vatindex_en.htm

 European Commission’s Taxation Legislation Website http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/s10000.htm

Product Liability/Safety

 Commission web page liability http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/cons_safe/prod_safe/defect_prod/index_en.htm

 Commission web page product safety http://europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/cons_safe/prod_safe/gpsd/index_en.htm

Rules for Handling EU Personal Data

EU - Useful Websites Page 3  Safe Harbor site http://www.export.gov/safeharbor

 European Commission - DG Internal Market http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/dataprot/index.htm

 UK Information Commissioner’s Site – education and training on DP http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/education.htm

EU-Funded Programs

 EU regional policies, the four Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/index_en.htm

 The European Investment Bank in Luxembourg www.eib.org

 For the list of EU grants per sector and product, with an alphabetical order listing http://europa.eu.int/grants/index_en.htm

 For business-oriented information on how to use EU grants and calls for proposals www.welcomeurope.com/index.asp

EU Public Procurement Legislation

 The European Commission directorate-General for Internal Market is responsible for the drafting of European public procurement legislation, the surveillance of its implementation, the launching of infringement procedures: http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/publicprocurement/index_en.htm

 About the “greening” of public procurement: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/gpp/index.htm

 All legislation on public procurement explained to the business community: http://simap.eu.int/EN/pub/src/welcome.htm

 About the Government Procurement Agreement, on the site of the WTO: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gproc_e/agrmnt_e.htm

EU Tenders

 The US Mission to the Union Tenders database: http://www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion/eu_tenders.html

 The TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) website: (Also consult us for a list of consultants who sell sector- specific tenders listings, that are licensed with the TED office): http://ted.publications.eu.int/CD/application/pif/resources/shtml/common/home/home.html

 Public procurement seen from a commercial point of view: http://europa.eu.int/business/en/topics/publicproc/index.html

 EU Tenders Alert Service – (somehow limited offers) http://www.eubusiness.com/tenders

 National public tenders databases: http://simap.eu.int/EN/pub/src/welcome.htm

EU - Useful Websites Page 4 EU Lobbying / Consultative Bodies

 Consultation, the European Commission and Civil Society http://europa.eu.int/comm/civil_society/coneccs/index_en.htm

Compliance

 Trade Compliance Center, Department of Commerce www.tcc.mac.doc.gov  World Trade Organization – Trade Topics www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tratop_e.htm  International Trade Commission – Trade Remedy Assistance Office http://www.usitc.gov/trao.htm  National Trade Estimate Report on significant trade barriers facing US exports to the European Union (sectors covered include: pharmaceuticals, biotech, government procurement, IPR, services and telecommunications) http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2004/2004_National_Trade_Esti mate/2004_NTE_Report/asset_upload_file778_4766.pdf  Office of the United States Trade Representative – Monitoring and Enforcement http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Monitoring_Enforcement/Section_Index.html

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