Considerations on COM(2010)279 - EU position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers concerning the transitional measures applicable from the date of signing to the date of entry into force of the Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement with the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as first revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2010)279 - EU position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers concerning the transitional measures applicable from the date of signing ... |
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| document | COM(2010)279  |
| date | June 14, 2010 |
| (2) | Negotiations for the first amendment of the Cotonou Agreement were concluded in Brussels on 23 February 2005. The Amending Agreement was signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and entered into force on 1 July 2008. |
| (3) | On 23 February 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States with a view to undertaking the second amendment of the Cotonou Agreement. |
| (4) | The negotiations were concluded on 19 March 2010 by the initialling, at an extraordinary ACP-EU Council of Ministers’ meeting, of the texts forming the basis of the Agreement amending for the second time the Cotonou Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’). |
| (5) | The Agreement, to be signed in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010, will enter into force upon completion of the ratification procedures referred to in Article 93 of the Cotonou Agreement. |
| (6) | In accordance with Article 95(3) of the Cotonou Agreement, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers shall adopt transitional measures as necessary to cover the period from the date of signing to the date of entry into force of the Agreement. |
| (7) | The provisional application of the Agreement should constitute both a necessary and sufficient transitional measure, |