Proposal for a Council Decision regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers with a view to extend the decision N°1/2000 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 27 July 2000 regarding transitional measures valid from 2 August 2000 until the entry into force of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
Date: 2002-04-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP-EU Council of Ministers, Lomé Convention, renewal of an agreement, transitional period (EU)

27.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/45

Proposal for a Council Decision regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the
ACP-EC Council of Ministers with a view to extend the Decision No 1/2000 of the ACP-EC
Council of Ministers of 27 July 2000 regarding transitional measures valid from 2 August 2000
until the entry into force of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(2002/C 203 E/08)

COM(2002) 174 final

(Submitted by the Commission on 10 April 2002)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 300(2) in conjunction with Article 310 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Article 30 of the fourth ACP-EC Convention, as amended
by the agreement signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’), establishes a
Council
powers
of Ministers with
determined by the Convention.

decision-making

(2) In accordance with Article 366(3) of the Convention, the
Council of Ministers must adopt any transitional measures
that might be required until a new Convention enters into
force.

(3) By decision of 27 July 2000,

the ACP-EC Council of
Ministers adopted transitional measures valid from 2
August 2000 until the entry into force of the ACP-EC
Partnership Agreement, limited however till 1 June 2002.
Considering the state of progress of the ratification process,
an extension of the Decision is needed

(4) The Community's position within the Council of Ministers
regarding the latter's adoption of a decision regarding
extension of the transitional measures on the expiry of
the transitional measures currently in force should be
determined,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Community's position within the Council of Ministers
regarding the extension of the transitional measures to cover
the period between 2 June 2002 and the entry into force of the
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement shall be based on the draft
Decision annexed hereto.

C 203 E/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27.8.2002

Draft of a Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers extending Decision No 1/2000 of 27 July
2000 regarding transitional measures valid from 2 August 2000 until the entry into force of the
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

Having regard to the fourth ACP-EC Convention, signed in
Lomé on 15 December 1989 and revised in Port Louis on 4
November 1995, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’,
and in particular Article 366(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The new ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Cotonou on
23 June 2000. The Agreement will not enter into force
until requirements set out
in Article 93(3) have been
fulfilled.

(2) The ACP-EC Council of Ministers took a decision on 27
July 2000 whereby transitional measures applicable from 2
August 2000 until the entry into force of the ACP-EC
Partnership Agreement were adopted.

(3) In accordance with Article 7 of the Decision No 1/2000,
the decision shall apply until the Agreement enters into

force but no longer than 1 June 2002. Given that the
Agreement will not have entered into force by that date,
the Council of Ministers should decide to extend the
application of Decision No 1/2000 for a limited period
of time,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision No 1/2000 is amended as follows:

Article 7, shall be replaced by the following:

‘This Decision shall enter into force on 2 August 2000. It
shall apply until the Agreement enters into force but no
longer than 31 July 2003. The Council of Ministers may
decide to extend its application’.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.