Author: Accord de CotonouPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Accord de Partenariat ACP-CE Signé a Cotonou, Le 13 Juin 2000
Author: Accord de CotonouThe Cotonou Agreement
Author: Commonwealth Secretariat. Economic Affairs DivisionPublisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN: 9780850927894
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The ACP-EU Partnership agreement commonly referred to as the Cotonou Agreement brings together over 100 countries in an integrated trade, development assistance and political co-operation relationship. The agreement represents one of the most comprehensive partnership agreement in the world, concluded between groups of developing countries on the one hand and developed countries on the other. The agreement consists of a basic framework of 100 articles supplemented by Annexes, Protocols, annexes to protocols, single and joint declarations integral to the legal text. This wealth of information makes the agreement both complex and difficult to follow. It is this complexity which has given rise to the production of this User's Guide to the Cotonou Agreement. By way of a simple question and answer format, the guide simplifies the agreement making it more accessible to end users, who include, amongst others, policy-makers, the private sector and other stakeholders, thereby making greater use of resources and enhancing the opportunities available under the agreement.
The Cotonou Agreement and Its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa
Author: Manuel De la RochaPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Subregional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and the security needs in the post independence period largely explain the rapid expansion. These arrangements are characterized by multiple and overlapping memberships, complex structures, and eventually, conflicting and confusing commitments. The influence of RTAs has been limited to assisting the region in increasing trade, attracting foreign direct investment, enhancing growth, and achieving convergence among member countries. But despite their limitations, RTAs have the potential, if properly designed and effectively implemented, to be an important instrument in integrating member countries into global markets. In 1998 most of the Southern African countries, as members of the Africa Caribbean Pacific group (ACP), signed the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union, which includes the negotiation of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the ACP. The Cotonou Agreement explicitly leaves to the ACP countries to decide the level and procedures of the EPA trade negotiations, taking into account the regional integration process. This raises the question of how to decide on the groupings in the context of conflicting regional trade agendas. The author argues that the Cotonou Agreement and EPA negotiations could become the external driving force that will push the regional organizations to rationalize and harmonize their regional trade arrangements, thus strengthening the integration process and economies of the region, and assisting the Eastern and Southern Africa region in becoming a more active partner in the global economy.
Nouvel accord de partenariat ACP-UE (Cotonou)
Author: Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond
Author: Konrad von MoltkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotonou Agreement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the end of Lomé IV came into sight, the European Commission produced a series of documents reviewing the results, which were modest.2 These reports emphasized the need for a new agreement that would be more focussed on trade and more readily compatible with the requirements of the trade regime that had been revitalized in 1994 by conclusion of the Uruguay Round (UR) and the creation of the Worl [...] Indeed, the Commission, the most important executive body of the EU, is technically but the "Commission of the European Community." In light of this confusion, it has become accepted practice to refer to the European Union without making any distinctions and to identify the Commission as the European Commission. [...] In practice, the contribution of foreign direct investment to the (sustainable) development objectives of a country will depend more on the specific charac- 3 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond teristics of that investment, the performance of investors as economic citizens, and the capabilities of host country governance than on the in [...] These texts may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the Council of Ministers on the basis of a rec- ommendation from the ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee." 8 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond ACP States in Brussels, which is not, however, a creation of the ACP itself but rather an expression of the importance of the [...] In addition to setting the framework for the EPA negotiations, the CPA pro- vides for cooperation between the partners in the WTO and in particular in "trade-related areas." The WTO cooperation is couched in fairly general lan- guage but achieved a measure of success in the process leading up to the adop- tion of the Doha agenda.
The European Union and the Developing Countries
Author: Olufemi BabarindePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047406788
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Authors from different backgrounds (including law, political science and economics) analyze the forces that gave rise to the new agreement as well as the negotiating process of the new agreement, and the negotiations that are taking place to produce the planned Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) that are to replace the existing non-reciprocal trade preferences that are incompatible with WTO law.
The Cotonou Treaty Establishing the EU-ACP Partnership
Author: Otieno-OdekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Cotonou Partnership Agreement
Author: Geert LaportePublisher:
ISBN: 9789072908339
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for sustainable development in the ACP Countries and beyond
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the end of Lomé IV came into sight, the European Commission produced a series of documents reviewing the results, which were modest.2 These reports emphasized the need for a new agreement that would be more focussed on trade and more readily compatible with the requirements of the trade regime that had been revitalized in 1994 by conclusion of the Uruguay Round (UR) and the creation of the Worl [...] Indeed, the Commission, the most important executive body of the EU, is technically but the "Commission of the European Community." In light of this confusion, it has become accepted practice to refer to the European Union without making any distinctions and to identify the Commission as the European Commission. [...] In practice, the contribution of foreign direct investment to the (sustainable) development objectives of a country will depend more on the specific charac- 3 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond teristics of that investment, the performance of investors as economic citizens, and the capabilities of host country governance than on the in [...] These texts may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the Council of Ministers on the basis of a rec- ommendation from the ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee." 8 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond ACP States in Brussels, which is not, however, a creation of the ACP itself but rather an expression of the importance of the [...] In addition to setting the framework for the EPA negotiations, the CPA pro- vides for cooperation between the partners in the WTO and in particular in "trade-related areas." The WTO cooperation is couched in fairly general lan- guage but achieved a measure of success in the process leading up to the adop- tion of the Doha agenda.
Developing Intra-Regional Exchanges Through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers / L'abolition Des Barrières Commerciales Et Tarifaires Dans la Région de L'Océan Indien
Author: Otmar SeulPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 2807601286
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
This book is related to the development of intraregional commercial exchanges in the region of the Indian Ocean. This issue is addressed from an economic as well as from a legal point of view. The contributions, in English and French, aim to present an overview of the economic, customs-related, technical, legal and cultural restraints that hinder the creation of a free trading area. Cet ouvrage est consacré au développement des échanges commerciaux intrarégionaux dans la région de l'Océan Indien. Cette question est examinée sous un angle politique, économique et juridique. Les différentes contributions, en anglais et en français, visent à établir un état des lieux des freins économiques, douaniers, techniques, juridiques et culturels à la création d'un espace de libre échange.