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BRUSSELS: The European Union may be forced for legal reasons to drop sanctions on some members of the ousted Ukraine regime of president Victor Yanukovych, an EU official said Friday.
Last spring, the EU froze the assets of Yanukovych, his two sons and most of his former ministers, with a total of 22 people being accused of misappropriating public funds.
But a senior EU official said that, from a legal point of view, there is an "obvious" problem if Ukraine itself drops the cases against some of the officials -- as it may soon do amid reports that inquiries have ground to a halt.
"We now got news from our counterparts in Kiev, from the judicial authorities, that some of these people will not be investigated any more," the official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
"So then comes the question of whether we should delist or not delist these people," the official said.
"For some of them there is no more inquiry. For others the inquiry is going on but maybe under other evidence or substantiation."
The official spoke after a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday quoted diplomats as saying that the EU was likely to drop sanctions on three Ukrainians because the cases against them in Ukraine "have run out of steam."
The newspaper said the EU's lawyers had also raised concerns about asset freezes on another 13 people who may not have been correctly informed by Ukrainian authorities about the cases against them.
In May, Yanukovych and his two sons filed suit in European courts against the sanctions, saying the EU lacked a "proper legal basis" for imposing them.
In addition to former Ukrainian officials, the EU has also imposed sanctions on separatist entities and individuals in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
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Brussels: The European Union confirmed Friday that talks between Iran and world powers on Tehran's nuclear programme will resume on December 17 in Geneva.
The talks, first announced in a report from Iran on Thursday, will be at the level of senior officials rather than ministers, the EU's diplomatic service said.
"The political directors of the (world powers) and Iran will meet again on 17 December 2014 in Geneva for a one-day meeting to continue diplomatic efforts towards reaching a long-term, comprehensive solution," it said in a statement.
A final agreement is aimed at ensuring Tehran will never develop nuclear weapons under the guise of its civilian activities, and would lift international sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
Iran denies that it is seeking the bomb and insists its nuclear activities are for solely peaceful purposes.
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If approved, the inclusion of the Philippines in the EU's GSP+ would generate hundreds of thousands of jobs, mostly in rural areas, says the Department of Trade and Industry
MANILA, Philippines The Philippines is expected to clear the final hurdle of its bid for inclusion in the European Unions (EU) General System of Preferences Plus (GSP+), following the latest favorable endorsement of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA).
The European Commission (EC) formally accepted the GSP+ application of the Philippines In February, and favorably endorsed it to the Council of Ministers of the European Union (The Council) and the European Parliament (EP).
The Council had earlier issued a formal notice of No Objection to the proposal. but the European Parliament requested for two months to review the recommendation. Thus, the European Parliament must decide on the proposal not later than December 18, 2014.
The countrys inclusion in the EUs GSP+ will allow exporters to enjoy zero tariff for 6,274 covered products.
If approved by the EU Parliament, the Philippines will be the only GSP+ beneficiary in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Currently, there are 13 countries granted by EU with GSP+ privileges.
A high-level Philippine delegation presented the countrys case to the INTA and the GSP Monitoring Group in a joint committee hearing at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
The delegation was led by Trade Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal Jr, and included Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano, Labor Undersecretary Rebecca Chato, and officials from the Philippine missions in Brussels and Geneva.
Cristobal presented GSP+s importance to the country, citing the Philippines economic gains, good governance, and anti-corruption reforms. He added that GSP+ can create over 200,000 new jobs in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors in its early years of implementation.
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