2004/804/EC: Council Decision of 30 March 2004 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Barbados, Belize, the Republic of Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe concerning the accession of the Republic of Mozambique to Protocol No 3 on ACP Sugar of Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, ACP-EU Convention, Mozambique, accession to an agreement, protocol on sugar, ratification of an agreement

1.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 356/1

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 March 2004

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and Barbados, Belize, the Republic of Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana,
the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the
Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and
Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe concerning
the accession of the Republic of Mozambique to Protocol No 3 on ACP Sugar of Annex V to the
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(2004/804/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133,
with the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,

establishing the European
in conjunction

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Joint Declaration in Protocol No 3 on ACP Sugar of
Annex V to the Partnership Agreement between the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European
Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou
on 23 June 2000 (‘ACP-EC Partnership
(Benin)
Agreement’) (1) provides
from an
that
African, Caribbean or Pacific (ACP) State Contracting
Party to the Agreement not specifically referred to in
that Protocol
to participate in its provisions shall be
examined;

any request

State
The Republic of Mozambique
Contracting Party to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
and has requested to participate in the provisions of the
said Protocol;

an ACP

is

In a letter of 20 October 2003, the ACP States have
signified their assent to the accession of the Republic
of Mozambique to the said Protocol;

Following an examination of the request of the Republic
the country is a net
of Mozambique showing that
exporter of sugar and capable to export sugar on a
permanent basis,
is appropriate to propose the
accession of the Republic of Mozambique to the said
Protocol,

it

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and Barbados, Belize, the Republic of
Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic
of Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of
Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius,
the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the
Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the
Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe on the
accession of the Republic of Mozambique to Protocol No 3
on ACP Sugar of Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2004.

For the Council
The President

M. McDOWELL

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 269.