Sections
Preliminary
The Cotonou Agreement Benefits the Poorest
The international development agenda: 5 years of the Cotonou Agreement. The Cotonou Agreement reflects a strong EU Commitment to Development. Towards a more effective political dialogue.
The Revised ACP-EC Partnership Agreement: Perspectives for the Future
Political perspective. Security perspective. Development perspective.
Building on the experience of 30 years of ACP-EC partnership. The Cotonou Agreement (2000). The revised Cotonou Agreement (2005). Significant evolutions in the Agreement: from Cotonou 2000 to the revision of 2005. The initial political dimension (2000). The political dimension: enlarged to include security issues (2005). Civil society and the participatory approach (2000). 2005 Revision: deepening of participatory approaches. Development strategies: focus on poverty reduction (2000). Developm...
Millennium Development Goals, Targets and Indicators (MDGS)
The Millennium Development Goals and targets come from the Millennium Declaration, signed by 189 countries, including 147 heads of State and Government, in September 2000. The goals and targets are interrelated and should be seen as a whole. They represent a partnership between the developed countries and the developing countries "to create an environment - at the national and global levels alike - which is conducive to development and the elimination of poverty".
List of Countries Signatories of the ACP-EC Agreement Amending the Partnership Agreement
Partnership Agreement Between The Members Of The African, Caribbean And Pacific Group Of States Of The One Part, And The European Community And Its Member States Of The Other Part
Title I. Objectives, principles and actors. Chapter 1. Objectives and principles. Article 1. Objectives of the partnership. Article 2. Fundamental principles. Article 3. Achievement of this Agreement's objectives. Chapter 2. The actors of the partnership. Article 4. General approach. Article 5. Information. Article 6. Definitions. Article 7. Capacity building. Title II. The political dimension. Article 8. Political dialogue. Article 9. Essential elements regarding human rights, democratic pr...
Part 2. Institutional Provisions
Article 14. The joint institutions. Article 15. The Council of Ministers. Article 16. The Committee of Ambassadors. Article 17. The Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
Part 3. Cooperation Strategies
Article 18. Title I. Development Strategies. Chapter 1. General Framework. Article 19. Principles and objectives. Article 20. The Approach. Chapter 2. Areas of Support. Section 1. Economic Development. Article 21. Investment and private sector development. Article 22. Macroeconomic and structural reforms and policies.Article 23. Economic sector development. Article 24. Tourism. Section 2. Social and Human Development. Article 25. Social sector development. Article 26. Youth issues. Article 27...
Part 4. Development Finance Cooperation
Title I. General Provisions. Chapter 1. Objectives, Principles, Guidelines and Eligibility. Article 55. Objectives. Article 56. Principles. Article 57. Guidelines. Article 58. Eligibility for financing. Chapter 2. Scope and nature of financing. Article 59. Article 60. Scope of Financing. Article 61. Nature of Financing. Title II. Financial cooperation. Chapter 1. Financial resources. Article 62. Overall amount. Article 63. Methods of financing.Article 64. On lending operations. Article 65. Co...
Part 5. General provisions for the least developed, landlocked and island acp states (LDLICS)
Chapter 1. General provisions. Article 84. Chapter 2. Least developed ACP States. Article 85. Article 86. Chapter 3. Landlocked ACP States. Article 87. Article 88. Chapter 4. Island ACP States. Article 89. Article 90.
Article 91. Conflict between this Agreement and other treaties. Article 92. Scope of territorial application. Article 93. Ratification and entry into force. Article 94. Accession. Article 95. Duration of the agreement and revision clause. Article 96. Essential elements: consultation procedure and appropriate measures as regards human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law. Article 97. Consultation procedure and appropriate measures as regards corruption. Article 98. Dispute settlem...
Annexes to the Agreement
Annexe Ia. Multi-annual financial framework of cooperation under this agreement. Annexe Ib. Multi-annual financial framework for the period 2008 to 2013.
Annexe II. Terms and conditions of financing
Chapter 1. Investment financing. Article 1. Article 2. Resources of the investment facility. Article 3. Operations of the investment facility. Article 4. Bank own resource loans. Article 5. Conditions for foreign exchange rate risk. Article 6. Conditions for foreign exchange transfer. Article 6a. Annual reporting on the Investment Facility. Article 6b. Review of performance of the Investment Facility. Chapter 2. Special operations. Article 7. Chapter 3. Financing for short-term fluctuations i...
Annexe III. Institutional support, CDE and CTA
Article 1. Article 2. CDE. Article 3. CTA.
Annexe IV. Implementation and management procedures
Chapter 1. Programming (national). Article 1. Article 2. Country support strategy. Article 3. Resource allocation. Article 4. Preparation and adoption of the indicative programme. Article 5. Review process. Chapter 2. Programming and preparation (regional). Article 6. Participation. Article 7. Regional programmes. Article 8. Regional programming. Article 9. Resource allocation. Article 10. Regional indicative programme. Article 11. Review process. Article 12. Intra-ACP cooperation. Article 13...
Annexe V. Trade regime applicable during the preparatory period referred to in article 37 (1)
Chapter 1. General trade arrangements. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. Article 10. Article 11. Article 12. Chapter 2. Special undertaking on sugar and beef and veal. Article 13. Article 14. Chapter 3. Final provisions. Article 15.
Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation. Title I. General provisions. Article 1. Definitions. Title II. Definition of the concept of "originating products". Article 2. General requirements. Article 3. Wholly obtained products. Article 4. Sufficiently worked or processed products. Article 5. Insufficient working or processing operations. Article 6. Cumulation of origin. Article 7. Unit of qualification. Article 8....
Protocol 2 on the implementation of Article 9
Protocol 3. Containing the text of protocol 3 on ACP Sugar
Protocol 3 on ACP sugar. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. Article 10. Annexe to protocol 3. Declarations on Protocol 3. Annexe to protocol 3. Exchange of Letters between the Dominican Republic and the community concerning the Protocol on ACP sugar. Annexe to protocol 3. Agreement. Annexe to protocol 3. Agreement. Annexe to protocol 3. Agreement. Annexe to protocol 3. Agreement.
Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6.
Protocol 5. The Second Banana Protocol
Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4.
Annexe VI. List of the least developed, landlocked and island ACP States (LDLICS)
Least-developed ACP states. Article 1. Landlocked ACP states. Article 2. Article 3. Island ACP states. Article 4. Article 5. Annexe VII. Political dialogue as regards human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law. Article 1. Objectives. Article 2. Article 3.
Protocol 1 on the operating expenditure of the joint institutions. Protocol 2 on privileges and immunities. Chapter 1 persons taking part in the work of the agreement. Article 1. Chapter 2 property, funds and assets of the council of ACP ministers. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Chapter 3 official communications. Article 6. Chapter 4 staff of the secretariat of the ACP states. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. Chapter 5 commission delegations in the ACP states. Article 10. Chapter...
Declaration I. Joint Declaration on the actors of the partnership (Article 6). Declaration II. Declaration of the Commission and the Council of the European Union on the clause concerning the return and readmission of illegal immigrants (Article 13(5)). Declaration III. Joint Declaration on participation in the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Article 17(1)). Declaration IV. Community Declaration on the financing of the ACP Secretariat. Declaration V. Community Declaration on the financing o...
