Considerations on COM(2021)686 - EU position in the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors, with regard to amending Decision No 3/2019 - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2021)686 - EU position in the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors, with regard to amending Decision No 3/2019. |
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document | COM(2021)686 |
date | November 25, 2021 |
(2) | Pursuant to Article 95(4), first subparagraph, of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, negotiations towards a new ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (the ‘new Agreement’) were launched in September 2018. The new Agreement will not be ready to be applied by 30 November 2021, the expiry date of the current legal framework. It is therefore necessary to amend the decision on transitional measures in order to further extend the application of the provisions of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement. |
(3) | Article 95(4), second subparagraph, of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement provides for the ACP-EU Council of Ministers to adopt any transitional measures that may be required until the new Agreement comes into force. |
(4) | Pursuant to Article 15(4) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, on 23 May 2019, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers delegated the powers to adopt the transitional measures to the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors (3). Therefore it is for the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors to amend the transitional measures pursuant to Article 95(4) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement. |
(5) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors, as the envisaged act will be binding on the Union. |
(6) | The provisions of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement will continue to be applied with the aim of maintaining continuity in relations between the Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the ACP States, on the other. Accordingly, the amended transitional measures are not intended as amendments to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement as provided for in Article 95(3) thereof, |