In the December 18, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on December 17, 2010:
On December 15, 2010, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added eight chemical substances to the European Union’s “Candidate List” of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs), bringing the total number of substances on the Candidate List to 46.
In the December 17, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for December 16, 2010 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
Mexico's Diario Oficial of December 17, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for December 15, 2010 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
The Government of Canada issued the following notices on December 16, 2010:
Citing news sources, the World Bank reports that on December 14, 2010, leaders from 11 central African nations signed a pledge to stamp out the illegal trade of conflict minerals through national, regional and international legal means and putting in place infrastructure as well as joint projects and industries in the extractive sector.
The United Nations Security Council held an open meeting on December 15, 2010, in which Council members voted to approve three resolutions which terminate certain major sanctions against Iraq, including measures related to weapons of mass destruction, the residual activities for the oil-for-food program, and the Development Fund for Iraq.