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12 May 1964 |
Official establishment of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the European Community Ambassador Vicente I. Singian headed the first PH Mission to the European Community |
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1972 |
The European Economic Community (EEC), the precursor to the EU, established informal relations with ASEAN through the Special Coordinating Committee of ASEAN (SCCAN) |
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7 March 1980 |
Signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the member countries of the ASEAN and the European Community. This strengthened PH relations with EU |
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8 November 1984 |
Signing of PH-EC Framework Agreement which provided the basis for EC-assisted development projects in PH |
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28 June 1986 |
Signing of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of the Philippines on Trade and Textile Products |
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14 July 1989 |
Visit of President Corazon C. Aquino to Brussels |
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May 1991 |
Opening of the European Commission Delegation Office to the Philippines |
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15 September 1994 |
Signing of the Framework Agreement for Financial Cooperation between the Republic of the Philippines and the European Investment Bank (EIB) |
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15-16 September 1994 |
Visit of President Fidel V. Ramos to Brussels President Ramos met with European Commission President Jacques Delors and witnessed the signing of the agreements for PH-EC projects |
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23-26 March 1995 |
Visit of H.E. Manuel Marin, Vice-President of the European Commission, to the Philippines |
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9-10 December 1997 |
1st PH-EC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), Manila |
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22-23 November 1999 |
2nd PH-EC SOM, Brussels |
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21-22 November 2002 |
3rd PH-EC SOM, Manila |
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16-17 February 2005 |
4th PH-EC SOM, Brussels |
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6 February 2006 |
Visit of EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries to the Philippines |
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15-16 May 2006 |
Visit of EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to the Philippines |
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11-13 September 2006 |
Visit of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Brussels Meeting of President Arroyo with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Parliament President Josep Bonell |
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12-13 February 2007 |
5th PH-EC SOM, Manila |
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1 August 2007 |
Meeting of Secretary Romulo with EU Council Secretary General/High Representative for CFSP Dr. Javier Solana, at the sidelines of the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference and ASEAN Regional Forum Meetings in Manila |
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18-23 November 2007 |
Visit of European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Southeast Asia and ASEAN (DASE) |
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19-31 May 2008 |
Visit of European Union Identification Mission (EUIM) to prepare for the European Union Justice Assistance Mission (EUJAM) |
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4-5 December 2008 |
6th PH-EC SOM, Brussels |
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9-10 February 2009 |
1st Round of Negotiations on the PH-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), Manila |
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25-26 June 2009 |
PH-EU Seminar on Migration, Manila |
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6-7 October 2009 |
2nd Round of PCA Negotiations, Manila |
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8 October 2009 |
Signing of the EU-Philippines Justice Support Programme (EPJUST) formerly known as EU Justice Assistance Mission (EUJAM), Manila |
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3-4 December 2009 |
3rd Round of PCA Negotiations, Brussels |
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4-5 February 2010 |
4th Round of PCA Negotiations, Manila |
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19 & 22 March 2010 |
5th Round of PCA Negotiations, Brussels |
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4-5 May 2010 |
6th Round of PCA Negotiations, Brussels |
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2-3 June 2010 |
7th Round of PCA Negotiations, Brussels |
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25 June 2010 |
Initialing of PH-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Brussels |
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3-5 November 2010 |
Visit of European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Southeast Asia and ASEAN (DASE) |
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11 November 2010 |
Signing of MoU between PH and European Union on the Multi-Annual Indicative Programme 2011-2013, Manila |
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13 December 2011 |
7th PH-EU SOM, Manila |
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11 July 2012 |
Signing of the PH-EU PCA by SFA Albert del Rosario and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Asthon in Cambodia |
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15-18 October 2012 |
Vice President Jejomar Binay is invited to speak at the European Development Days in Brussels He also met with Home Affairs Commission Cecilia Malmstrom, Development Cooperation Andris Pielbags and Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas |
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28 October - 2 November 2012 |
Visit of PCA Rapporteur Madame Norica Nicolai |
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5-6 November 2012 |
President Benigno S. Aquino III met with Commission President Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy at the sidelines of ASEM9 in Vientiane, Laos |
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11-15 February 2013 |
Visit of European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Southeast Asia and ASEAN (DASE) to Manila, Cotabato City and Camp Darapanan in Maguindanao |
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11 June 2013 |
8th PH-EU SOM, Brussels |
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07-10 July 2013 |
Visit of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario to Brussels He met with the following officials of the European Union:
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10 July 2013 |
EU updated for the 21st time its list of airlines subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union, better known as the “EU air safety list.” Following improvements in the aviation safety situation in the Philippines, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the first airline from the country allowed back to fly into the European skies since the ban was imposed in 2010. |
