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AGREEMENT
ontheaccessionoftheRepublicofCapeVerdetotheACP-EECConventionofLomé
HISMAJESTYTHEKINGOFTHEBELGIANS,
HERMAJESTYTHEQUEENOFDENMARK ,
THEPRESIDENT OFTHEFEDERALREPUBLICOFGERMANY ,
THEPRESIDENT OFTHEFRENCHREPUBLIC,
THEPRESIDENTOFIRELAND,
THEPRESIDENTOFTHEITALIANREPUBLIC,
HISROYALHIGHNESSTHEGRANDDUKEOFLUXEMBOURG ,
HERMAJESTYTHEQUEENOFTHENETHERLANDS ,
HERMAJESTYTHEQUEENOFTHEUNITEDKINGDOMOFGREATBRITAINAND
NORTHERN IRELAND,
ContractingPartiestotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,signedatRomeon
25March1957(hereinaftercalledthe'Treaty'),whoseStatesarehereinaftercalled'MemberStates',
and
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
oftheonepart,and
THEPRESIDENTOFTHEREPUBLICOFCAPEVERDE,
oftheotherpart,
HAVINGREGARDtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HAVINGREGARDtotheACP-EECConventionofLomé,signedatLoméon28February1975
(hereinaftercalledthe'Convention'),andinparticularArticle90thereof,
WHEREAStheRepublicofCapeVerdehasappliedtoaccedetotheConvention ;
WHEREAStheACP-EECCouncilofMinistershasapprovedthisapplication;
HAVEDECIDEDtoconcludethisAgreementandtothisendhavedesignatedastheirPlenipotentiaries :
HISMAJESTYTHEKINGOFTHEBELGIANS :
JosephVANDERMEULEN,
AmbassadorExtraordinaryandPlenipotentiary ,
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
HERMAJESTYTHEQUEENOFDENMARK :
ErikB.LYRTOFT-PETERSEN ,
Minister-Counsellor ,
PermanentRepresentation totheEuropeanCommunities ;

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THEPRESIDENT OFTHEFEDERALREPUBLICOFGERMANY :
WalterKITTEL,
MinisterPlenipotentiary ,
DeputyPermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
THEPRESIDENT OFTHEFRENCHREPUBLIC :
LucdeLaBARREdeNANTEUIL ,
AmbassadorofFrance,
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
THEPRESIDENT OFIRELAND :
BrendanDILLON,
AmbassadorExtraordinaryandPlenipotentiary ,
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
THEPRESIDENT OFTHEITALIANREPUBLIC :
PaoloMassimoANTICI,
'MinisterPlenipotentiary ,
DeputyPermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
HISROYALHIGHNESSTHEGRANDDUKEOFLUXEMBOURG :
JeanDONDELINGER ,
AmbassadorExtraordinary andPlenipotentiary ,
PermanentRepresentative ofLuxembourg ;
HERMAJESTYTHEQUEENOFTHENETHERLANDS :
E.J.KORTHALS ALTES,
MinisterPlenipotentiary ,
DeputyPermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
HERMAJESTYTHEQUEENOFTHEUNITEDKINGDOMOFGREATBRITAINAND
NORTHERN IRELAND :
SirDonaldMAITLAND ,C.M.G.,O.B.E.,
AmbassadorExtraordinary andPlenipotentiary ,
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ;
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
SirDonaldMAITLAND ,C.M.G.,O.B.E.,
Ambassador ,
PermanentRepresentative oftheUnitedKingdom,
ChairmanofthePermanentRepresentatives Committee;
ClaudeCHEYSSON ,
MemberoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities ;
THEPRESIDENT OFTHEREPUBLICOFCAPEVERDE:
JoseBRITO,
StateSecretaryforcooperationandplanning;
WHO,havingexchangedtheirfullpowers,foundingoodanddueform,
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS :

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Article1
1.UnderthisAgreement,theRepublicofCapeVerde,
hereinaftercalled'CapeVerde',shallaccedetothe
Convention .
2.SaveasotherwiseprovidedinthisAgreement,the
Conventionandthedecisionsandotherimplementing
measurestakenbytheinstitutionsoftheConvention
shallapplytoCapeVerde.EuropeanCommunitiestakeninaccordancewiththe
provisionsoftheTreatyandnotifiedtotheParties.
ItwillberatifiedbytheSignatoryStatesinaccordance
withtheirrespectiveconstitutionalrequirements .
2.Theinstrumentsofratificationandtheactofnotifi­
cationoftheconclusionofthisAgreementshallbe
deposited,asconcernsCapeVerde,withtheSecretariat
oftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunitiesand,as
concernstheCommunityandtheMemberStates,with
theSecretariatoftheACPStates.TheSecretariatsshall
forthwithgivenoticethereoftotheSignatoryStatesand
theCommunity .Article2
ForthepurposeoftheapplicationofArticle7(2)(a)of
theConvention,CapeVerdeshallnotdiscriminate
amongtheMemberStatesasfromthedateofentryinto
forceofthisAgreement .
RegardingtheobligationtogranttotheCommunity
treatmentnolessfavourablethanthemost-favoured­
nationtreatment,CapeVerdeshallhaveatransitional
periodoftwoyearsandsixmonthsfromthedateon
whichthisAgreementissignedinwhichtomakethe
appropriateadjustmentstoitscustomstariff.Article5
ThisAgreementshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayof
thesecondmonthfollowingthedateofdepositofthe
instrumentsofratificationoftheMemberStatesandof
CapeVerde,andoftheactofnotificationofthecon­
clusionofthisAgreementbytheCommunity .
Article6
TheProtocolannexedtothisAgreementshallforman
integralpartthereof.Article3
ThetimelimitslaiddownbytheConventionandcalcu­
latedfromtheentryintoforceoftheConventionshall,
forthepurposeofapplicationtoCapeVerde,becalcu­
latedfromtheentfyintoforceofthisAgreement .Article7
ThisAgreement,drawnupintwocopiesintheDanish,
Dutch,English,French,GermanandItalianlanguages,
alltextsbeingequallyauthentic,shallbedepositedin
thearchivesoftheSecretariatoftheCouncilofthe
EuropeanCommunitiesandtheSecretariatoftheACP
States,whichshallbothtransmitacertifiedcopytothe
GovernmentofeachoftheSignatoryStates.Article4
1.AsregardstheCommunity,thisAgreementshallbe
validlyconcludedbyadecisionoftheCouncilofthe
Tilbekræftelseherafharundertegnedebefuldmægtigede underskrevetdenneaftale.
ZuUrkunddessenhabendieunterzeichneten Bevollmächtigten ihreUnterschriften unter
diesesAbkommengesetzt.
Inwitnesswhereof,theundersignedPlenipotentiaries haveaffixedtheirsignaturesbelow
thisAgreement .
Enfoidequoi,lesplénipotentiaires soussignésontapposéleurssignaturesaubasduprésent
accord.
Infedediche,iplenipotenziari sottoscrittihannoappostolelorofirmeincalcealpresente
accordo.
Tenblijkewaarvandeondergetekende gevolmachtigden hunhandtekeningonderdeze
Overeenkomst hebbengesteld.

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DoneatBrusselsonthetwenty-eighthdayofMarchintheyearonethousandninehundred
andseventy-seven .
FaitàBruxelles,levingt-huitmarsmilneufcentsoixante-dix-sept .
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GedaanteBrussel,deachtentwintigste maartnegentienhonderd zevenenzeventig .
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PROTOCOL
concerningthetransitionalarrangementsfortheissueofcertificatesoforigin
THEHIGHCONTRACTING PARTIES
HAVEAGREEDUPONTHEFOLLOWING PROVISIONS ,WHICHAREANNEXEDTOTHE
AGREEMENT :
GoodswhichconformtotheprovisionsofProtocol1totheACP-EECConventionofLomé
ontheconceptof'originating'productsandwhich,onthedateofentryintoforceofthe
Agreement,arebeingeithertransportedorheldintheCommunityorinanACPStatein
temporarystorage,inbondedwarehousesorinfreezones(includingfreeportsandfree
warehouses )maybeallowedtobenefitundertheprovisionsoftheAgreement,subjecttothe
submissiontothecustomsauthoritiesintheimportingState,withinfourmonthsofthesaid
date,of:
(a)amovementcertificateEUR.1issuedretrospectively bythecustomsauthoritiesinthe
exportingState,or
(b)acertificateoforiginissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesinthatState,
and,ineithercase,anydocumentswhichprovidesupportingevidenceofdirecttransport.