Already on 28 February, in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution, an arms embargo was imposed prohibiting the trade with Libya of equipment that could be used for internal repression. The Council`s decision was taken at an unprecedented pace. The North Africa window, created in 2015 in the EU`s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, is the main instrument for aiding action for migration in Libya. It builds on the strategic lines of the European Commission`s joint communication entitled “Migration on the Central Mediterranean Route – Flow Management, Saving Human Lives” and the statement of the European Council of Malta on the promotion and support of a management and asylum system in Libya in accordance with international standards and the human rights of migrants and refugees. Hungarian Minister of State Enik-F5 Gy-F5ri and Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, visited the Tunisian border with Libya on 2 and 3 March to gather first-hand information. The EU is committed to helping Libya regain peace and resume its transition to a stable, safe and prosperous country. The EU is in favour of the so-called “Berlin Process” under the auspices of the United Nations, the only viable framework for reviving the political process in Libya. In addition to diplomatic measures, the EU supports this objective through its international cooperation. Unlike most countries in the southern neighbourhood, Libya does not have an association agreement with the EU. Negotiations on an EU-Libya framework agreement and ongoing cooperation agreements with the country were suspended on 22 February.
Libya is also not a member of the WTO. Libya`s WTO accession negotiations began in 2004. Negotiations on the EU-Libya trade framework agreement, which began in 2008, paved the way for Libya`s accession to the WTO. However, negotiations were suspended in February 2011. The resumption of bilateral negotiations with Libya remains an option. However, Libya`s political transition has stalled as violence has intensified. The lack of a political agreement prevents trade talks with the country for the time being. Libya European Commission Summary of trade between the EU and Libya, with statistics on trade in goods and services and foreign direct investment.
It describes trade agreements or relations with the EU and recalls rules and requirements for trade with Libya.
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