Annexes to COM(2021)138 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations with Angola for an agreement on investment facilitation

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dossier COM(2021)138 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations with Angola for an agreement on investment facilitation.
document COM(2021)138 EN
date March 23, 2021
Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and regions, to the extent that they fall within the competence of the Union, OJ L 6, 10.1.2020, p. 101–111
(2) Angola is in the process of joining the existing EPA between the EU and the SADC EPA Group (consisting currently of Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa)
(3) https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/84859/5th-angola-eu-ministerial-meeting-joint-way-forward_en
(4) Such a negotiation is currently taking place with five countries of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) in the context of the “deepening” of the existing Economic Partnership Agreement.
(5) Article 21(2)(e) TEU
(6) 2020 Joint Communication Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/system/files/communication-eu-africa-strategy-join-2020-4-final_en.pdf  
(7) https://trade.ec.europa.eu/consultations/index.cfm?consul_id=266
(8) http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/expert-groups/  
(9) http://trade.ec.europa.eu/civilsoc/meetdetails.cfm?meet=11531  
(10) See World Bank, Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment, Political Risk and Policy Responses http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/387801576142339003/pdf/Political-Risk-and-Policy-Responses.pdf    
(11) Council Decision (EU) 2020/13 of 19 December 2019 amending the negotiating directives for the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and regions, to the extent that they fall within the competence of the Union (OJ L 6, 10.1.2020, p. 101).