On this page you will find, for each EPA region, the agreements initialled or signed so far including: (a) the main texts and (b) the Annexes which notably contain the liberalisation schedules.

CARIFORUM

Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM states, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 30 October 2008 FR
(The same link gives access to the annexes containing the liberalisation schedule)

West Africa

Cote d'Ivoire:
Accord de partenariat économique d'étape entre la Côte d'Ivoire, d'une part, et la Communauté européenne et ses États membres, d'autre part, Journal officiel de l'Union européenne, 3 mars 2009
English version:
Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, Official Journal of the European Union, 3 March 2009

Ghana:
Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, published by the Council of the European Union as annex to a Council decision on the signature and provisional application ofthe agreement, 10 November 2008
-> Liberalisation schedule of Ghana: Customs duties on products originating in the EC Party
( part 1 ) ( part 2 ) ( part 3 ) ( part 4 )
French version:
Accord de partenariat économique d'étape entre le Ghana, d'une part, et la Communauté européenne et ses États membres, d'autre part, publié par le Conseil de l'Union européenne, annexe à une décision du Conseil relative à la signature et à l'application provisoire de l'accord, 10 novembre 2008
-> Droits de douane sur les produits originaires de la partie CE
(partie 1) (partie 2) (partie 3) (partie 4)

Central Africa

Accord d'étape vers un accord de partenariat économique entre la Communauté européenne et ses États membres, d'une part, et la partie Afrique centrale, d'autre part, Journal officiel de l'Union européenne, 28 février 2009
English version:
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, Official Journal of the European Union, 28 February 2009

SADC

Interim Agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, published by the Council of the European Union as an annex to the Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the agreement, 2 February 2009
-> see also corrigendum: Joint declarations to be added to the final act
-> liberalisation schedules:
* Customs duties applicable on imports into the EU of products originating in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (BLNS) and Mozambique
(part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
* Customs duties on products originating in SADC EPA states
* Customs duties applicable on imports into Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland of products originating in the EC
(part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
* Customs duties applicable on imports into Mozambique of products originating in the EC
(part 1) (part 2)
-> protocols:
Protocol 1 (rules of origin), see also: corrigendum to protocol 1
Protocol 2 (administrative assistance in customs matters)
-> Final act , see also: corrigendum to the final act

East and Southern Africa

ESA:
Interim agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between Eastern and Southern Africa States on the one part and the European Community and its Member States on the other part, published by the Council of the European Union as annex to a Council decision on the signature and provisional application of the agreement, 30 April 2009
-> liberalisation schedules:
* Cuistoms duties on products originating in ESA states
* Customs duties on products originating in EU states into the signatory ESA states:
Comoros: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
Madagascar: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
Mauritius: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
Seychelles: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
Zambia: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5) (part 6) (part 7)
Zimbabwe: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5) (part 6)
-> Annexes III and IV: ESA states exceptions on duties, taxes on exports, national treatment on internal taxation and regulation (annex III) AND development matrix (annex IV)
-> rules of origin : Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation
(part 1) (part 2)
-> Protocol 2: mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
-> Final act

EAC:
Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on one part, and the East African Community Partner States, on the other part, published by the Council of the European Union as annex to a Council decision on the signature and provisional application of the agreement, 3 April 2009
-> Annexes I and II
-> liberalisation schedules:
EAC tariff reduction offers (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
-> Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation (part 1) (part 2)
-> Protocol 2 on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
-> Final act

Pacific

Interim Partnership Agreement between Pacific States, on the one part, and the European Community, on the other part, published by the Council of the European Union as annex to a Council decision on the signature and provisional application of the agreement, 8 May 2009
-> liberalisation schedules:
* Customs duties on products originating in Pacific States (and summary of Fiji market access offer in the same document)
* Customs duties on products originating in the EC party:
Fiji: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5) (part 6) (part 7) (part 8) (part 9) (part 10) (part 11)
Papua New Guinea: (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
-> Annex III on technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary measures
-> Protocols on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters AND on the definition of the concept of "originating products" (rules of origin) and methods of administrative cooperation (part 1) (part 2)
-> Final act

 

EU regulation on market access for ACP under EPAs/interim agreements

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, published in the Official Journal of the European Union, 31 December 2007 FR
-> Council regulation amending Annex I in order to add the Republic of Zambia, 9 December 2008 FR
-- amendment on ESA state execptions
-- amendment on tariff lines

(This page includes links to documents published by the European Commission, in the register of the Council of the European Union and in the Official Journal of the European Union. Please note the sources indicated. Only those texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union should be considered final.)

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