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BRUSSELS: The European Union will discuss Internet security during talks this week in Brussels with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a senior EU official said on Monday.

Speaking ahead of Abe's arrival on Tuesday, the official said a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) being negotiated with Japan would now include closer cooperation on cyber-security.

"We are encouraged by the deepening cooperation (with Japan) in the security sphere through the launch of new dialogue on cyber issues," the official said.

Japanese media reports say Abe and EUnion leaders are expected to agree the issue at a summit on Wednesday, with a draft joint statement calling for the "protection of a safe, open and secure cyber-space."

Cyber-attacks occur when the computer information systems of individuals, organisations or infrastructure are targeted, whether by criminals, terrorists or even states with an interest in disrupting computer networks.

The EU says there has been an increase in cyber-crime and that attacks go beyond national borders, making international cooperation a vital part of cyber-security.

Abe arrives in Brussels on the last leg of a nine-day tour of six EU countries.

The SPA negotiations were launched in early 2013 and an agreement would cover more than 30 policy areas, ranging from political to scientific and cultural cooperation.

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EU accuses India of not meeting requirements of WTOs Safeguard Agreement

New Delhi, May 5:

The European Union, the US, Japan, Russia and Chinese Taipei are upset over the high number of investigations being carried out by India to impose steeper import duties on a number of products across sectors.

India is doing this to protect its industry from cheap imports.

The higher duties are in the form of penalties imposed under the World Trade Organizations Safeguard Agreement. This Agreement allows such levies in case there is a surge in imports hurting the domestic industry.

The Government recently notified five safeguard investigations on sodium citrate, bare elastomeric filament yarn, saturated fatty alcohol, not-alloyed ingots of unwrought aluminium, and seamless pipes. Three of the investigations were initiated in the first quarter of 2014.

India has also been accused by the 27-member EU of not meeting the requirements of the Safeguard Agreement while launching these investigations, an official who attended a recent meeting of the WTOs Safeguards Committee, told Business Line.

India, in its defence, has submitted that its safeguard investigations feature checks and balances that involve several Government agencies and are consistent with the WTO agreement, said a Commerce Ministry official.

The US pointed out that India has imposed 30 safeguard measures since 1995, the highest by any WTO member. It said India should reflect on its methods and procedures in the light of the Safeguard Agreement.

In February, the Finance Ministry imposed a safeguard duty of 30 per cent on import of sodium nitrite a white crystalline powder mostly used in pharmaceuticals, dyes, construction and chemical industries for a year.

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