Traduction de «Pays en développement les plus défavorisés » (Français → Anglais) :

33. Is convinced that the failure to differentiate sufficiently between developing countries, in spite of the wide variety in economic development levels and the specific needs of those countries, could be an obstacle to adopting effective measures to benefit these countries in accordance with the stated objective of the Doha Round and is to the detriment of developing countries which are most in need; urges advanced developing countries to take up their share of responsibility already during the current Round and make contributions commensurate to their level of development and (sectoral) competitiveness;

33. Is convinced that the failure to differentiate sufficiently between developing countries, in spite of the wide variety in economic development levels and the specific needs of those countries, could be an obstacle to adopting effective measures to benefit these countries in accordance with the stated objective of the Doha Round and is to the detriment of developing countries which are most in need ; urges advanced developing countries to take up their share of responsibility already during the current Round and make contributions commensurate to their level of development and (sectoral) competitiveness;

- Potentially, the developing countries are placed at a disadvantage since they are less attractive as partners to an agreement.

Fair Trade contributes to the European Union’s commitments as laid down in Article 177 of the EC Treaty, which states that the EU’s development policy will foster “the sustainable economic and social development of developing countries, and more particularly the most disadvantaged among them, - the smooth and gradual integration of the developing countries into the world economy, - the campaign against poverty in the developing countries”.

- an adjustment of the conditions imposed on production processes to confer originating status, insofar as development policy and developing countries are concerned, with a view to guaranteeing easier access to the Community market through preferential tariff treatment corresponding to the real production and export capacity of the beneficiary countries, in particular for the least developed and smallest countries.

Accordingly, in the future, the GSP should focus on the countries most in need, such as the LDCs and the most vulnerable developing countries (small economies, land-locked countries, small island states, and low income countries) in order to help them play a greater role in international trade.