Decision No 1/2000 of the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors of 28 February 2000 on transitional measures valid from 1 March 2000 - Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation - Protocol 2 on the implementation of Article 9 - Protocol 3 containing the text of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar - Protocol 4 on beef and veal - Protocol 5: The second banana Protocol - Joint Declaration
Date: 2000-02-28
Institutions: Provisional data
Subjects: ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors, ACP-EU Convention, cooperation agreement (EU), trade agreement (EU)

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DECISION No 1/2000 OF THE ACP-EC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

of 28 February 2000

on transitional measures valid from 1 March 2000

THE ACP-EC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention signed at
Lomé on 15 December 1989 as amended by the Agreement
signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995, and in particular
Article 366(3) thereof,

Article 1

Subject to Articles 3 and 4, all the provisions of the Fourth
ACP-EC Convention and of the acts adopted pursuant thereto
shall continue to apply from 1 March to 1 August 2000.

Having regard to the Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Minis-
ters of 8 December 1999 delegating powers to the ACP-EC
Committee of Ambassadors for the purpose of adopting trans-
itional measures on the expiry of the Fourth ACP-EC Conven-
tion,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Fourth ACP-EC Convention expires on 29 February
2000;

agreement

new partnership

The
the
Community and its Member States, on the one hand,
and ACP States, on the other hand, which is to be signed
at Suva on 8 June 2000, cannot enter into force on the
above date;

between

It is appropriate to extend most of the provisions of the
Fourth ACP-EC Convention as transitional measures
valid until 1 August 2000 and, at the same time, to
apply the trade arrangements of the partnership as trans-
itional measures;

At its first meeting after the partnership agreement has
been signed, the Council of Ministers will take a decision
on the transitional measures applicable between 1
August 2000 and the entry into force of the partnership
agreement,

Article 2

At its first meeting after the partnership agreement has been
signed, the Council of Ministers shall decide on the transitional
measures applicable from 1 August 2000 until the entry into
the partnership agreement. Those measures shall
force of
include the continued application of the trade arrangements
referred to in Article 3.

Article 3

By way of derogation from Article 1, the provisions concerning
the arrangements applicable during the preparatory period to
imports of products originating in ACP countries, as listed in
the Annex hereto (1), which will be annexed to the partnership
agreement, shall be applied as transitional measures from 1
March 2000 to 1 August 2000.

Article 4

Notwithstanding Article 91 of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention,
the Committee on Industrial Cooperation is hereby authorised
to appoint, as soon as possible before 1 August 2000,
two
following a fair and transparent selection procedure,
Deputy Directors of
the Development of
the Centre for
Industry (CDI) for the transitional period up to 31 August
2002. At the end of that period, the Committee of Ambassa-
dors, acting on the basis of recommendations from the Execu-
tive Board, shall take a decision, within the framework of the
future guidelines for the Centre for the Development of Enter-
prise (CDE), on the CDE's final structure and establishment
plan.

(1) This annex will be published as soon as possible.

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The ACP States, the Member States and the Community shall each take such measures as are required for
the implementation of this Decision.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2000.

It shall apply until 1 August 2000.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000.

For the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors

The President

V. VALENTE