ESF: European Services Forum

European Services Forum
168, av. de Cortenbergh
B - 1000 - Brussels
Tel: +322 230 75 14
Fax: +322 230 61 68
E-mail: esf@esf.be

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ESF Chairman Letter to European Commission's President, Jose Manuel Barroso on EU-Korea FTA (6 July 2009)
ESF Chairman Letter to EU Trade Commissioner Ashton on EU-Korea FTA (10 November 2008)
GSC letter sent to the leaders of the G20 call to refrain from protectionism in international trade and resume DDA talks as a response to the financial crisis (3 November 2008)
ESF Chairman Letter to EU 27 Heads of States and Governments and EU Trade Ministers (3 July 2007)
ESF Commentary on Domestic Regulation Draft Disciplines by WTO WPDR Chairman (24 July 2007)
ESF Letter to WTO DG Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee (4 July 2007)
ESF Position Paper on EU Market Access Strategy (7 June 2007)
ESF Submission in response to DG Trade Questionnaire on FTAs (5 June 2007)
ESF Letter to G4 WTO Trade Ministers (4 June 2007)
ESF Letter to Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on Services in DDA and EPAs (17 April 2007) and The Commissioner Response (22 May 2007)
ESF Position Paper on EU Free Trade Agreements (28 February 2007)
7 CEO from companies members of ESF speak out for Doha (25 January 2007)
list of CEO quotes in support of the DDA (25 January 2007)
ESF Letter to Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on "Negative List Approach" in the trade in services negotiations in the framework of the bilateral and regional trade negotiations (12 December 2006)
ESF Position Paper on EU - China Trade Relations (21 June 2006)
ESF letter to Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on the external aspects of competitiveness (21 March 2006)
ESF and CSI Chairmen letter to WTO Director General Pascal Lamy on the importance of the services negotiations in the DDA (6 March 2006)
ESF Letter to EU-25 Prime Ministers on Services at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference (21 November 2005)
ESF Fourth Position Paper on the Temporary Movement of Persons (28 April 2005)
ESF Response to European Commission Green Paper on EU Approach to Managing Economic Migration – Com (2004)811 final (13 April 2005)
ESF Second Position Paper on GATS and Domestic Regulation (12 April 2005)
ESF Letter to Trade Commissioner Mandelson expressing "Urgent need for further progress in the WTO Services negotiations" (6 April 2005)
ESF Letter to EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on ESF Contribution to the Commission's Consultation on the EU/US Transatlantic Partnership (23 December 2004)
ESF Letter to EU Trade Commissioner Lamy on the importance of the services in the EU-Mercosur FTA negotiations (23 September 2004)
ESF New Priorities for the DDA (5th November 2003) - 41 kb
Joint Business Charter for Cancun (4th September 2003) - 255 kb
ESF calls for a success in Cancun (3rd September 2003) - 86 kb
ESF Position Paper on Trade Facilitation (25 June 2003) - 56 kb
ESF Position Paper on Trade and Competition in WTO (21 May 2003) - 29 kb
ESF Position Paper on Trade and Investment in WTO (30 April 2003) - 33 kb
ESF Second Position Paper on Public Procurement in Services (25 November 2002) - 40 kb
ESF Position paper on the desirability of Emergency Safeguard Measures in the GATS (20 September 2002) - 54 kb
ESF Third Position Paper on The Temporary Movement of Key Business Personnel (17 September 2001) - 97 kb
ESF calls for a new WTO Round in Qatar (September 2001) - 19 kb
ESF Preliminary Discussion Paper on GATS and Domestic Regulation (5/06/2001) - 68 kb
Second ESF Position paper on the Temporary Movement of Key Business Personnel (24/10/2000) - 86 kb
Second ESF Position Paper on GATS and Electronic Commerce (16/06/2000) - 438 kb
ESF Further Comments on Emergency Safeguard Measures (04/05/2000) - 237 kb
ESF Revised Paper on GATS 2000: Improvements in Scheduling Commitments (04/05/2000) - 505 kb
Preliminary Views on "Trade and Competition Policy" (23/11/1999) - 65 kb
Preliminary Views on "Trade and Investment" (23/11/1999) - 75 kb
ESF Declaration for the Third WTO Ministerial in Seattle (25/10/1999) - 42 kb
Preliminary Views on Temporary Movement of Key Business Personnel (19/10/1999) - 113 kb
Electronic Commerce and the GATS (12/07/1999) - 78 kb
Preliminary Views in Subsidies in Services (12/07/1999) - 61 kb
GATS 2000 and Emergency Safeguard Measures (03/05/1999) - 35 kb
ETSN Document Paper on Emergency Safeguard Measures (01/02/1996) - 263 kb
GATS 2000 and Public Procurement</b> (03/05/1999) - 35 kb

GATS 2000: Improvements in Scheduling Commitments (03/05/1999) - 25 kb

GATS Disciplines for Domestic Regulation and the Development of Pro-Competitive Regulatory Principles (03/05/1999) - 35 kb