1.   An EU-Ukraine partnership accord takes effect Sunday through which the two sides grant each other trade benefits and commit to regular political consultations.

2.   Negotiations on the so-called partnership accord are complete, but the EU has held it up because of the war in Chechnya.

3.   The economic agreement, signed at a summit in June, is a precursor to the trade portions of a wide-ranging EU-Russia partnership accord.

4.   The European Union said Friday Ukraine is jeopardizing its partnership accord with the EU by effectively banning imports of European cars.

5.   The EU has completed negotiations on a so-called partnership accord with Russia, but has held it up because Moscow is still warring against the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

6.   The partnership accord has been exempted from EU competition rules for six years.

7.   Hassan said negotiations will continue with the EU for an economic, social and cultural partnership accord which both parties have been trying to reach since last year.

8.   A number of obstacles still stand in the way of a partnership accord between Lebanon and the European Union, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.

9.   Algeria will shortly begin negotiations with the EU on a partnership accord.

10.   Bush and Putin are also expected to clinch a new strategic partnership accord effectively drawing a line under the mutual suspicion and nuclear rivalry of the Cold War era.