2009/152/EC: Council Decision of 20 November 2008 on the signature and provisional application of the interim agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Central Africa Party, of the other part
Date: 2008-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central Africa, cooperation agreement, economic cooperation, ratification of an agreement

28.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/1

II

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 November 2008

on the signature and provisional application of the interim agreement with a view to an Economic
Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part,
and the Central Africa Party, of the other part

(2009/152/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Articles 133 and 181 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) On 12 June 2002, the Council authorised the Commission
to open negotiations with a view to concluding Economic
Partnership Agreements with ACP countries.

(2)

These negotiations have been concluded and the interim
agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership
Agreement between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the Central Africa
Party, of the other part (comprising Cameroon) (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘interim agreement with a view to an EPA’)
was initialled on 17 December 2007.

(3) Article 98(4) of the interim agreement with a view to an
EPA provides for its provisional application pending its
entry into force.

(4)

The interim agreement with a view to an EPA should be
signed on behalf of
the Community and applied, as
concerns elements falling within the competence of the
Community, on a provisional basis subject to its conclusion
at a later date,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

the interim agreement with a view to an
The signing of
Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Com-
munity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Central
Africa Party, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of

the Community, subject to the Council Decision concerning the
conclusion of the said Agreement.

The text of the interim agreement with a view to an EPA is
attached to this Decision.

Article 2

For the purposes of Article 92(2) of the interim agreement with a
view to an EPA, the EPA Committee shall be composed, on the
one hand, of the members of the Council and of representatives
of the Commission and, on the other hand, of representatives of
the Governments of the signatory Central African States. The
Commission shall propose to the Council, for its Decision, the
position of the Community with a view to the negotiation of the
EPA Committee's rules of procedure.

Article 3

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the interim agreement with a
view to an EPA on behalf of the European Community subject to
its conclusion.

Article 4

As concerns elements falling within the competence of
the
Community, the interim agreement with a view to an EPA shall
be applied on a provisional basis, as provided for in Article 98(4)
thereof, pending completion of the procedures for conclusion.
The Commission shall publish a notice providing information on
the date of provisional application.

Done in Brussels, 20 November 2008.

For the Council

The President

B. LAPORTE