The system will be effective among countries that have concluded free trade agreements with the EU and EFTA countries and with each other. The prospect of the entry into force of the scheme constitutes therefore a major incentive for the conclusion of free trade agreements between the Mediterranean countries. The system also harmonises among all participating countries the rules of origin which determine which goods can benefit from the lower rates of customs duty under the preferential trade arrangements.
The EU has already signed agreements with all Mediterranean countries concerned and therefore the EU's participation in the scheme only requires the amendment of the rules of origin attached to these agreements. As a result of the Council's decision, the EU now formally proposes to the partner countries the adoption of the new rules of origin.
More than one hundred states have posted diplomatic missions in Brussels, accredited to the European Union. Similarly The European Commission has over one hundred delegations worldwide. The Delegation of the European Commission to the State of Israel was officially opened in 1981 - as a diplomatic mission.
The Delegation deals with six main fields: political, economic, projects, information, culture and science. In the political field the Delegation deals mostly with the study and analysis of the political system and political events in Israel, and reports on these to the Commission offices in Brussels. It also represents the Commission's position in contacts with senior Israeli decision makers.
The European Commission's Delegation to Israel
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