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2009/729/EC: Council Decision of 13 July 2009 on the signature and provisional application of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2009/729 |
| Original proposal | COM(2008)858  |
| CELEX number i | 32009D0729 |
| Document | 13-07-2009 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 16-10-2009; OJ L 272 p. 1-1 |
| Effect | 13-07-2009; Entry into force Date of document |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
16.10.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 272/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 July 2009
on the signature and provisional application of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part
(2009/729/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 12 June 2002 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements with ACP countries. |
(2) |
Negotiations for an Interim Partnership Agreement, which establishes a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the ‘interim EPA’) were concluded on 23 November 2007 with Papua New Guinea and Republic of the Fiji Islands. |
(3) |
Article 76(3) of the interim EPA provides for its provisional application pending its entry into force. |
(4) |
The interim EPA should be signed on behalf of the Community and applied on a provisional basis subject to its conclusion at a later date, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The signing of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the said interim EPA.
The text of the interim EPA is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the interim EPA on behalf of the European Community, subject to its conclusion.
Article 3
The interim EPA shall be applied on a provisional basis as provided for in Article 76(3) of the Agreement, pending completion of the procedures for conclusion. The Commission will publish a notice providing information on the date of provisional application.
Done at Brussels; 13 July 2009.
For the Council
The President
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E.ERLANDSSON
INTERIM PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as ‘the EC Party’,
of the one part, and
THE REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS,
THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Papua New Guinea’),
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Pacific States’,
of the other part,
HAVING REGARD TO 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 and revised in 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Cotonou Agreement’);
HAVING REGARD TO the fact that the trade preferences granted under the Cotonou Agreement will expire on 31 December 2007;
HAVING REGARD TO the negative impact on the exports from Pacific States to the European Community that may result from the expiration of the Cotonou trade preferences in case no WTO compatible successor trade arrangement is in place by 31 December 2007 and that it is therefore necessary to establish an Interim Partnership Agreement that would safeguard the trade and development interests of the Pacific States affected;
HAVING REGARD TO the fact that the EC Party has offered improved market access within the framework of the negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and that Pacific States wish to start benefiting from this offer as from 1 January 2008;
REAFFIRMING their continuing commitment to the ongoing negotiations aiming at the conclusion of a comprehensive EPA by 31 December 2008 which will contain all relevant elements and include all interested Pacific...
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