Considerations on COM(2013)272 - EU position on the status of Somalia in relation to the Partnership Agreement with the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

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dossier COM(2013)272 - EU position on the status of Somalia in relation to the Partnership Agreement with the members of the African, Caribbean and ...
document COM(2013)272 EN
date May 27, 2013
 
table>(1)Article 94 of the 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, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (2), as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (3) and amended in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010 (4) (‘the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’) stipulates that any request for accession by a State is to be presented to, and approved by, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers.
(2)On 25 February 2013, the Federal Republic of Somalia presented a request for accession in accordance with Article 94 of the ACP-EU Agreement.

(3)The approval of the accession of the Federal Republic of Somalia by the ACP-EU Council of Ministers should be supported by the Union.

(4)The Federal Republic of Somalia should deposit its Act of Accession with the Secretariat-General of the Council of the European Union and the Secretariat of the ACP States, as the Depositaries of the ACP-EU Agreement.

(5)It is therefore appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the status of the Federal Republic of Somalia in relation to the ACP-EU Agreement,