2006/611/EC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 10 April 2006 on the provisional application of the Internal Agreement amending the Internal Agreement of 18 September 2000 on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
Date: 2006-04-10
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: ACP countries, Cotonou Agreement, EU relations, interim agreement (EU), revision of an agreement

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.9.2006

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES,
MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 10 April 2006

on the provisional application of the Internal Agreement amending the Internal Agreement of
the
18 September 2000 on measures

to be taken and procedures

to be followed for

implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(2006/611/EC)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE
COUNCIL,

the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, hereinafter referred
to as ‘the Agreement amending the Internal Agreement’.
The Agreement amending the Internal Agreement cannot
enter into force until it is adopted by each Member State
in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in
Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000, hereinafter referred to as
‘the ACP-EC Agreement’, as amended by the Agreement signed
in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005, hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Agreement amending the ACP-EC Agreement’,

Having regard to the draft from the Commission,

(4)

(5)

In accordance with Article 2 of Decision No 5/2005 of
the ACP-EC Council of Ministers, the Member States and
the Community will be required to take the appropriate
steps to implement that Decision, each acting on its own
behalf.

Therefore,
in order to establish the procedures to be
followed by the Member States during the period of
early application of the Agreement amending the ACP-
EC Agreement, provision should be made for the provi-
sional application of
the Agreement amending the
Internal Agreement,

Whereas:

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the ACP-EC
In accordance with Article 95(3) of
Agreement,
the ACP-EC Council of Ministers adopted
on 25 June 2005 Decision No 5/2005 (1) on transitional
measures applicable from the date of signing to the date
of entry into force of the revised ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement.

the majority of

the provisions of

The adoption of these transitional measures entails early
application of
the
Agreement amending the ACP-EC Agreement, with the
exception of
the required amendments to the multi-
annual financial framework and the provisions on the
fight against terrorism and cooperation on combating
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which
are conditional upon a Council Decision establishing the
availability of financial resources.

The Representatives of the Governments of the Member
States, meeting within the Council, have agreed on an
Internal Agreement amending the Internal Agreement of
18 September 2000 on measures to be taken and
procedures to be followed for the implementation of

Article 1

The provisions of the Internal Agreement between the Repre-
sentatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting
within the Council, amending the Internal Agreement of 18
September 2000 on measures to be taken and procedures to
be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement amending
the Internal Agreement’, shall be applied provisionally from 25
June 2005.

The text of the Agreement amending the Internal Agreement is
attached to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force at the same time as the
transitional measures
the
the
Agreement amending the ACP-EC Agreement.

application of

early

for

(1) OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 1.

It shall remain in force until
Agreement amending the Internal Agreement.

the entry into force of

the

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

Article 3

Done in Luxembourg, 10 April 2006.

On behalf of the Government of the Member States
The President

U. PLASSNIK