Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 in order to add the Republic of Zambia to the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations {SEC(2008) 2740}
Date: 2008-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, Zambia, abolition of customs duties, administrative cooperation, cooperation agreement (EU), import, originating product, protective clause, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 5.11.2008 
COM(2008) 694 final 

2008/0203 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 in order to add the 
Republic of Zambia to the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations 

{SEC(2008) 2740} 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

On the 28 November 2007, the Republic of Zambia (hereafter "Zambia") initialled an interim 
agreement  establishing  a  framework  for  an  Economic  Partnership  Agreement  with  the 
European  Community  in  the  framework  of  the  wider  negotiations  within  the  Eastern  and 
Southern Africa (ESA) Region. However, negotiations failed to agree on a Zambian market 
access  offer  and  Zambia  was  therefore  not  included  in  the  Annex  I  of  Council  Regulation 
(EC) No 1528/2007 of 20 December 2007 applying the arrangements for products originating 
in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States 
provided  for  in  agreements  establishing,  or  leading  to  the  establishment  of,  Economic 
Partnership  Agreements.  On  30  September  2008,  the  EC  and  Zambia  initialled  Zambia's 
market  access  offer.  On  this  basis,  the  attached  proposal  is  intended  to  include  Zambia  in 
Annex  I  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1528/2007.  As  a  consequence  of  the  inclusion  of 
Zambia in Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 it is also necessary to modify 
Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  950/2006  of  28  June  2006  laying  down  detailed  rules  of 
application for the 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years for the import and 
refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements. This will be 
done through a Commission Regulation. 

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2008/0203 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 in order to add the 
Republic of Zambia to the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
133 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

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(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

On  28  November  2007,  the  Community  concluded  negotiations  on  an  interim 
agreement  establishing  a  framework  for  an  Economic  Partnership  Agreement 
(hereinafter referred to as the 'interim EPA') with Seychelles, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 
Negotiations on the interim EPA were concluded with Mauritius on 4 December 2007, 
and with Comoros and Madagascar on 11 December 2007. 

However,  because  the  Community  and  the  Republic  of  Zambia  did  not,  when 
negotiations  on  the  interim  EPA  were  concluded  on  28  November  2007,  agree  on  a 
Zambian market access offer, the inclusion of the Republic of Zambia in Annex I of 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/20072 ("the Regulation") was not possible. 

The  Community  and  the  Republic  of  Zambia  concluded  negotiations  on  a  market 
access offer on 30 September 2008.  

Consequently, in the light of Article 2 of the Regulation, Annex I should be amended 
to include the Republic of Zambia. 

In  order  to  accommodate  the  addition  of  the  Republic  of  Zambia  to  the  scope  of 
application  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1528/2007.  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No. 
950/2006 of 28 June 2006 should be amended with effect from the date of entry into 
force of the present Regulation,  

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OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 1. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, "the Republic of Zambia" is inserted 
between the entries "the Republic of Uganda" and "the Republic of Zimbabwe". 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Union.  

Article 2 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the Council 
The President 
[…] 

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