EUR-Lex
...After more than ten years of region-to-region negotiations with the GCC, in 2001, the Council adopted revised negotiating directives to reinvigorate those negotiations while taking into account new international obligations, in particular the establishment of the World Trade Organisation....
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0194
EN Council of the European Un - data.consilium.europa.eu
...The proposed negotiating directives will further support modern agreements with GCC countries, which will build on a Joint Communication for a Strategic Partnership with the Gulf and complement and form part of a broader network of agreements between the EU and its international partners....
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8749-2025-INIT/en/pdf
UK-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Trade Deal - GOV.UK
...The UK has concluded a trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on 20 May 2026. Negotiations were launched on 22 June 2022....
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-gulf-cooperation-council-gcc-trade-deal
EU Council approves negotiating mandates for trade agreements with ...
...27/06/2025 (Agence Europe) ? On Friday 27 June, the ambassadors of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) approved negotiating directives for a regional trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as well as bilateral trade agreements with certain countries in the region....
https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/13669/32/eu-council-approves-negotiating-mandates-for-trade-agreements-with-certain-countries-in-region
GCC States Warn of the Implications of the EU?s Proposed Corporate ...
...The GCC States stressed that their concern arises from the fact that the proposed legislation would require major European and international companies to follow the European Union?s own definition of sustainability....
https://www.gcc-sg.org/en/MediaCenter/News/Pages/news2025-12-5-1.aspx
HE GCCSG: GCC States Reiterate Commitment to Accelerate FTA ...
...At the beginning of his remarks, HE the Secretary General extended a warm welcome to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade of the United Kingdom, emphasising the significance of this joint meeting taking place alongside the Trade Cooperation Committee of the GCC....
https://www.gcc-sg.org/en/MediaCenter/News/Pages/news2024-10-31-3.aspx
COUNCIL DECISION concerning new negotiating directives for a regional ...
...Mit den Sachgebietscodes werden die in einem Dokument behandelten Themenbereiche des Rates ausgewiesen. Der Link führt zu Dokumenten mit dem gleichen Sachgebiet....
https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVIII/EU/24459
BESCHLUSS DES RATES über die Ermächtigung zur Aufnahme von ...
...BESCHLUSS DES RATES über die Ermächtigung zur Aufnahme von Verhandlungen mit jedem der sechs Länder des Golf-Kooperationsrates (dem Königreich Bahrain, dem Staat Kuwait, dem Sultanat Oman, dem Staat Katar, dem Königreich Saudi-Arabien und den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten) über individuelle Abkommen über eine strategische Partnerschaft....
https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVIII/EU/27377
Commission welcomes the adoption of the EU mandate by the Council to ...
...The aim of the SPAs is to provide for an ambitious, modern, comprehensive and effective framework for bilateral cooperation tailored to the shared priorities and objectives of the EU and each respective GCC partner....
https://www.eureporter.co/politics/european-commission/2025/07/23/commission-welcomes-the-adoption-of-the-eu-mandate-by-the-council-to-launch-negotiations-with-the-six-gcc-countries/
Commission welcomes EU mandate to start negotiations with GCC countries ...
...The European Commission and the High Representative welcome the Council?s decision authorising them to enter into negotiations with each of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ? Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with the aim of concluding bilateral Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs)....
https://www.cde.ual.es/en/commission-welcomes-eu-mandate-to-start-negotiations-with-gcc-countries/