European Parliament 17 January 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-3713/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Former Commission employees' consultancies.

The need to help Pakistan was discussed at the General Affairs Council of 8 October 2001. It was promptly taken up by the Commission which has proposed trade measures on two fronts: tariffs [zero duty for clothing by adding Pakistan to the list of countries benefiting from the drug regime under the Generalised tariff preferences (GSP) as of 1 January 2002] and quotas [15 % increase under the