Document ID: 32001D0510

Council Decision
of 25 June 2001
concluding consultations with Côte d'Ivoire under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
(2001/510/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 as already put into anticipated application by Decision 1/2000 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers(1),
Having regard to the internal agreement on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, as put into provisional application by Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 18 September 2000,(2) and, in particular, Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The essential elements cited in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement have been violated by the lack of openness of the presidential and legislative elections held respectively in October and December 2000, and by the acts of violence carried out against civilians throughout the period of democratic transition. In addition, the Ivorian authorities have failed to fulfil the undertakings they gave as part of the consultations, held under Article 366a of the Agreement amending the fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé, signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995(3), between January and June 2000.
(2) Pursuant to Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, consultations were held on 15 February 2001 with Côte d'Ivoire, at which the Ivorian authorities gave specific undertakings so as to remedy the problems set out by the European Union.
(3) Since then, an intensive dialogue has been conducted between the European Union and the Government of Côte d'Ivoire and a number of practical measures have been taken in order to implement the above undertakings. Nevertheless, certain measures have still not been adequately implemented in practice,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Consultations with Côte d'Ivoire pursuant to Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement are hereby concluded.
Article 2
The measures specified in the attached draft letter are hereby adopted as appropriate measures within the meaning of Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
Article 3
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption and shall expire on 30 June 2002.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2001.

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