Summary: July 26, 2004: 2601st Council Meeting. General Affairs and External Relations - External Trade - Doha Development Agenda - Council conclusions (Brussels)
The Council adopted the following conclusions on the position to be defended by the EU at the World Trade Organisation's General Council meeting in Geneva on 27-30 July:
The Council held an extensive discussion on the state of play of the WTO Doha negotiations on the basis of a presentation by Commissioner Lamy. The Council confirmed the Union's commitment for an agreement on a balanced framework agreement on future DDA negotiations. The Council endorsed the approach proposed by the Commission for the negotiations in Geneva this week, and underlined the need in particular to improve the balance of the texts presented by the Chairman of the WTO General Council
on several important aspects and that the outcome of the July negotiations should maintain the momentum of the DDA without prejudging the Community position on the final outcome of the negotiations.
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