Saturday, April 6 2019 15:37

ArmInfo. The first discussion took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia around the draft Roadmap on the application of Part 6 of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enlarged Partnership Agreement (CEPA), on trade in the  government-civil society format.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia,  about 3 dozen representatives of civil society were present at the  discussion. They touched on sensitive topics such as intellectual  property protection, state registration, transparency and  competition, dispute resolution.

Representatives of civil society are particularly interested in the  work that will be carried out in the direction of encouraging the  effective and smooth termination of the use of the geographical name  of "Cognac" labeling, its rebranding, and receiving technical and  financial assistance from the EU in order to preserve the competitive  position of products in foreign markets.

To recall, on November 27, 2017 in Brussels, Armenia signed the  Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the EU. The  document covers a wide range of political, economic, financial and  humanitarian issues. The  agreement has no expiration date, but the  parties may cancel it, notifying in writing through diplomatic  channels. The regime of  preferential export of Armenian goods GSP +  remains in force. It is also envisaged to strengthen cooperation in  the economic and political sectors, based on close ties and common  values, to promote the democratic, political, economic and  institutional stability of Armenia.

Earlier, ArmInfo, citing the report of the European Commission,  reported that Armenia will receive loans from the European Union  amounting to more than 700 mln EUR for the implementation of reform  programs.

In early April, Germany became the 11th EU country to ratify the  Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA).  Also in the near future is expected to ratify the agreement by  Sweden.