Text Summary Metadata Send a comment
EU - Cameroon EPA (2009)
Previous page

3. The Parties agree that nothing in this Agreement requires them to act in a manner inconsistent with their WTO obligations.

4. The Parties agree to examine, in 2008, whether the provisions of this Agreement are consistent with the customs unions to which the signatories to this Agreement belong.

Article 107. Authentic Texts

This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.

Article 108. Annexes and Protocol

The Annexes and the Protocol to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.

Conclusion

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures below this Agreement.

Done at Yaoundé on the fifteenth day of January, two thousand and nine and at Brussels on the twenty-second day of January, two thousand and nine, respectively.

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

FOR THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

This signature also commits the French Community, the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

FOR THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

FOR IRELAND,

FOR THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

FOR THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

FOR THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

FOR THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

FOR MALTA,

FOR THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

FOR THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

FOR ROMANIA,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

FOR THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND

FOR THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Previous page Page 5
  • Article   Article 1
  • Title   I Objectives 1
  • Article   1 Interim Agreement 1
  • Article   2 General Objectives and Scope 1
  • Article   3 Specific Objectives 1
  • Title   II Partnership for Development 1
  • Article   4 Framework for Capacity Building In Central Africa 1
  • Article   5 Priority Areas for Capacity Building and Modernisation 1
  • Article   6 Business Environment 1
  • Article   7 Development Finance Cooperation 1
  • Article   8 Supporting the Implementation of Trade-related Rules 1
  • Article   9 Financing of the Partnership 1
  • Article   10 Cooperation on Fiscal Adjustment 1
  • Article   11 Cooperation In International Fora 1
  • Article   12 Review of the Partnership for Development 1
  • Title   III TRADE REGIME FOR GOODS 1
  • Chapter   1 Customs Duties and Non-tariff Measures 1
  • Article   13 Rules of Origin 1
  • Article   14 Customs Duties 1
  • Article   15 Elimination of Customs Duties on Exports 1
  • Article   16 Movement of Products 1
  • Article   17 Classification of Products 1
  • Article   18 Fees and other Charges 1
  • Article   19 More Favourable Treatment on the Basis of Economic Integration Agreements 1
  • Article   20 Customs Duties on Products Originating In the Signatory Central African States 1
  • Article   21 Customs Duties on Products Originating In the European Community 1
  • Article   22 Prohibition of Quantitative Restrictions 2
  • Article   23 National Treatment on Internal Regulations and Taxation 2
  • Article   24 Agricultural Export Subsidies 2
  • Article   25 Food Security 2
  • Article   26 Special Provisions on Administrative Cooperation 2
  • Article   27 Management of Administrative Errors 2
  • Article   28 Cooperation 2
  • Chapter   2 Trade Defence Instruments 2
  • Article   29 Anti-dumping and Countervailing Measures 2
  • Article   30 Multilateral Safeguard Measures 2
  • Article   31 Bilateral Safeguard Measures 2
  • Chapter   3 Customs and Trade Facilitation 2
  • Article   32 Objectives 2
  • Article   33 Customs and Administrative Cooperation 2
  • Article   34 Terms of Cooperation 2
  • Article   35 Customs and Trade Standards 2
  • Article   36 Transit of Products 2
  • Article   37 Relations with the Business Community 2
  • Article   38 Customs Valuation 2
  • Article   39 Regional Integration In Central Africa 2
  • Chapter   4 Technical Barriers to Trade, and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 2
  • Article   40 Objectives 2
  • Article   41 Multilateral Obligations and General Background 2
  • Article   42 Scope and Definitions 2
  • Article   43 Competent Authorities 3
  • Article   44 Zoning 3
  • Article   45 Transparency of Trade Conditions and Information Exchange 3
  • Article   46 Regional Integration 3
  • Article   47 Capacity-building and Technical Assistance 3
  • Chapter   5 Forestry Governance and Trade In Timber and Forest Products 3
  • Article   48 Definitions 3
  • Article   49 Scope 3
  • Article   50 Trade In Timber, Non-timber Forest Products and Derivatives 3
  • Article   51 Regional Integration 3
  • Article   52 Capacity-building and Technical Assistance 3
  • Article   53 Other Agreements 3
  • Title   IV Establishment, Trade In Services and E-commerce 3
  • Article   54 Framework 3
  • Article   55 Cooperation 3
  • Title   V Trade-Related Rules 3
  • Chapter   1 Current Payments and Capital Movements 3
  • Article   56 Continuation of Negotiations on Current Payments and Movement of Capital 3
  • Chapter   2 Competition 3
  • Article   57 Continuation of Negotiations on Competition 3
  • Chapter   3 Intellectual Property 3
  • Article   58 Continuation of Negotiations on Intellectual Property 3
  • Chapter   4 Public Procurement 3
  • Article   59 Continuation of Negotiations on Public Procurement 3
  • Chapter   5 Sustainable Development 3
  • Article   60 Continuation of Negotiations on Sustainable Development 3
  • Chapter   6 Protection of Personal Data 3
  • Article   61 Overall Objective 3
  • Article   62 Definitions 3
  • Article   63 Principles and General Rules 3
  • Article   64 Consistency with International Commitments 3
  • Article   65 Cooperation 3
  • Title   VI Dispute Avoidance and Settlement 3
  • Chapter   1 Objective and Scope 3
  • Article   66 Objective 3
  • Article   67 Scope 3
  • Chapter   2 Consultations and Mediation 3
  • Article   68 Consultations 3
  • Article   69 Mediation 3
  • Chapter   3 Procedures for the Settlement of Disputes 3
  • Section   I Arbitration Procedure 3
  • Article   70 Initiation of the Arbitration Procedure 3
  • Article   71 Establishment of an Arbitration Panel 3
  • Article   72 Interim Report by the Panel 4
  • Article   73 Arbitration Panel Ruling 4
  • Section   II Compliance 4
  • Article   74 Compliance with the Arbitration Panel Ruling 4
  • Article   75 Reasonable Period of Time for Compliance 4
  • Article   76 Review of Measures Taken to Comply with the Arbitration Panel Ruling 4
  • Article   77 Temporary Provisions In Case of Non-compliance 4
  • Article   78 Review of Measures Taken to Comply Following the Adoption of Appropriate Measures 4
  • Section   III Common Provisions 4
  • Article   79 Mutually Agreed Solution 4
  • Article   80 Rules of Procedure and Code of Conduct 4
  • Article   81 Information and Technical Advice 4
  • Article   82 Languages for Communications 4
  • Article   83 Rules of Interpretation 4
  • Article   84 Arbitration Panel Rulings 4
  • Chapter   4 General Provisions 4
  • Article   85 List of Arbitrators 4
  • Article   86 Relationship to Wto Obligations 4
  • Article   87 Time Limits 4
  • Article   88 Amendment of Title Vi 4
  • Title   VII General Exceptions 4
  • Article   89 General Exception Clause 4
  • Article   90 Security Exceptions 4
  • Article   91 Taxation 4
  • Title   VIII General and Final Provisions 4
  • Article   92 EPa Committee 4
  • Article   93 Regional Organisations 4
  • Article   94 Continuation of Negotiations and Implementation of the Agreement 4
  • Article   95 Definition of the Parties and Fulfilment of Obligations 4
  • Article   96 Coordinators and Exchange of Information 4
  • Article   97 Regional Preference 4
  • Article   98 Entry Into Force 4
  • Article   99 Duration 4
  • Article   100 Territorial Application 4
  • Article   101 Accession of States or of Regional Organisations In Central Africa 4
  • Article   102 Accession of New Member States to the European Union 4
  • Article   103 Outermost Regions of the European Community 4
  • Article   104 Dialogue on Financial Matters 4
  • Article   105 Collaboration In Tackling Illegal Financial Activities 4
  • Article   106 Relationship to other Agreements 4
  • Article   107 Authentic Texts 5
  • Article   108 Annexes and Protocol 5
    • Name
    EU - Cameroon EPA (2009)
    PDF Link
    EU - Cameroon EPA (2009)
    Signed date
    15 / Jan / 2009
    Treaty type
    Other International Investment Agreements
    Origin language
    en
    Party ISO codes
    CMR,EU
    Relationship with other documents
    Type Agreements Date of signature Date of entry in force
    IT_OVERLAP Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) Model BIT (2019)
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Comoros BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP First Yaoundé Convention (1963) 20 / Jul / 1963
    IT_OVERLAP Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) Model BIT (2002)
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Oman BIT (2008) 16 / Dec / 2008
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Romania BIT (1978) 08 / May / 1978 01 / May / 1980
    IT_OVERLAP Albania - BLEU BIT (1999) 01 / Feb / 1999 18 / Oct / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Rwanda BIT (1983) 02 / Nov / 1983 01 / Aug / 1985
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Czechoslovak Socialist Republic BIT (1989) 24 / Apr / 1989 13 / Feb / 1992
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Estonia BIT (1996) 24 / Jan / 1996 23 / Oct / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Mongolia BIT (1992) 03 / Mar / 1992 15 / Apr / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Serbia BIT (2004) 04 / Mar / 2004 12 / Aug / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Lebanon BIT (1999) 06 / Sep / 1999 05 / Mar / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Philippines BIT (1998) 14 / Jan / 1998 19 / Dec / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Ukraine BIT (1996) 20 / May / 1996 27 / Jul / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Lithuania BIT (1997) 15 / Oct / 1997 06 / Sep / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Brazil BIT (1999) 06 / Jan / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP EU - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific (OACP) States Partnership Agreement (2023) 15 / Nov / 2023
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Mozambique BIT (2006) 18 / Jul / 2006 01 / Sep / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Kazakhstan BIT (1998) 16 / Apr / 1998 06 / Feb / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Second Yaoundé Convention (1969) 29 / Jul / 1969 01 / Jan / 1971
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Liberia BIT (1985) 05 / Jun / 1985
    IT_OVERLAP Algeria - BLEU BIT (1991) 24 / Apr / 1991 17 / Oct / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Latvia BIT (1996) 27 / Mar / 1996 04 / Apr / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Saudi Arabia BIT (2001) 22 / Apr / 2001 11 / Jun / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - United Arab Emirates BIT (2004) 05 / Mar / 2004 22 / Nov / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP Azerbaijan - BLEU BIT (2004) 18 / May / 2004 27 / May / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP Cameroon - Italy BIT (1999) 29 / Jun / 1999 04 / Jan / 2004
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Cameroon - Netherlands BIT (1965) 06 / Jul / 1965 07 / May / 1966
    IT_OVERLAP Fourth Lomé Convention (1989) 15 / Dec / 1989 01 / Mar / 1990
    IT_OVERLAP The Energy Charter Treaty (1994) 17 / Dec / 1994 16 / Apr / 1998
    IT_OVERLAP Cameroon - Germany BIT (1962) 29 / Jun / 1962 21 / Nov / 1963
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Sudan BIT (2005) 07 / Nov / 2005
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of BIT (1998) 17 / Mar / 1998 29 / Apr / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP Second Lomé Convention (1979) 31 / Oct / 1979 23 / Dec / 1980
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Turkey BIT (1986) 27 / Aug / 1986 04 / May / 1990
    IT_OVERLAP Investment Facilitation for Development (2024)
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Nicaragua BIT (2005) 27 / May / 2005
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Cameroon - Germany BIT (1962) 29 / Jun / 1962 21 / Nov / 1963
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Cameroon - Italy BIT (1999) 29 / Jun / 1999 04 / Jan / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Guatemala BIT (2005) 14 / Apr / 2005 01 / Sep / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Bosnia and Herzegovina BIT (2004) 03 / Mar / 2004 16 / Sep / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Burundi BIT (1989) 13 / Apr / 1989 12 / Sep / 1993
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - India BIT (1997) 31 / Oct / 1997 08 / Jan / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Mexico BIT (1998) 27 / Aug / 1998 18 / Mar / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Third Lomé Convention (1984) 08 / Dec / 1984 01 / May / 1986
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Tunisia BIT (1997) 08 / Jan / 1997 18 / Oct / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Tunisia BIT (1964) 15 / Jul / 1964 09 / Mar / 1966
    IT_OVERLAP Belgium - Luxembourg - USSR BIT (1989) 09 / Feb / 1989 18 / Aug / 1991
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Bolivia, Plurinational State of BIT (1990) 25 / Apr / 1990 10 / Jan / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Cyprus BIT (1991) 26 / Feb / 1991 05 / Jun / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Malaysia BIT (1979) 22 / Nov / 1979 08 / Feb / 1982
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Georgia BIT (1993) 23 / Jun / 1993 03 / Jul / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Korea, Republic of BIT (2006) 12 / Dec / 2006 27 / Mar / 2011
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Qatar BIT (2007) 06 / Nov / 2007 30 / Apr / 2014
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Congo, Democratic Republic of the BIT (2005) 17 / Feb / 2005
    IT_OVERLAP Barbados - BLEU BIT (2009) 29 / May / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Romania BIT (1996) 04 / Mar / 1996 09 / Mar / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Uganda BIT (2005) 01 / Feb / 2005
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Rwanda BIT (2007) 16 / Apr / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Bulgaria BIT (1988) 25 / Oct / 1988 29 / May / 1991
    IT_OVERLAP Bahrain - BLEU BIT (2006) 11 / Jul / 2006 29 / Jun / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Sri Lanka BIT (1982) 05 / Apr / 1982 26 / Apr / 1984
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Egypt BIT (1977) 28 / Feb / 1977 20 / Sep / 1978
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Singapore BIT (1978) 17 / Nov / 1978 27 / Nov / 1980
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - North Macedonia BIT (1999) 17 / Feb / 1999 04 / Nov / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Montenegro BIT (2010) 16 / Feb / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Mauritania BIT (1983) 23 / Nov / 1983
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - China BIT (1984) 04 / Jun / 1984 05 / Oct / 1986
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - South Africa BIT (1998) 14 / Aug / 1998 14 / Mar / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Chile BIT (1992) 15 / Jul / 1992 05 / Aug / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Gabon BIT (1998) 27 / May / 1998 28 / May / 2005
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Yemen BIT (2000) 20 / Nov / 2000 31 / Dec / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements (1961) 12 / Dec / 1961 12 / Dec / 1961
    IT_OVERLAP Bangladesh - BLEU BIT (1981) 22 / May / 1981 15 / Sep / 1987
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Madagascar BIT (2005) 29 / Sep / 2005 29 / Nov / 2008
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Ethiopia BIT (2006) 26 / Oct / 2006
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Costa Rica BIT (2002) 26 / Apr / 2002
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Cotonou Agreement (2000) 23 / Jun / 2000 01 / Apr / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Uzbekistan BIT (1998) 17 / Apr / 1998 06 / Feb / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Hungary BIT (1986) 14 / May / 1986 23 / Sep / 1988
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Cameroon BIT (1980) 27 / Mar / 1980 01 / Nov / 1981
    IT_OVERLAP Argentina - BLEU BIT (1990) 28 / Jun / 1990 20 / May / 1994
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Cameroon - Romania BIT (1980) 30 / Aug / 1980 24 / Sep / 1981
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Kuwait BIT (2000) 28 / Sep / 2000 08 / Dec / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Belarus - BLEU BIT (2002) 09 / Apr / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Tajikistan BIT (2009) 12 / Feb / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Zambia BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Malta BIT (1987) 05 / Mar / 1987 15 / Jun / 1993
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Ethiopia BIT (2003) 01 / Jul / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Uruguay BIT (1991) 04 / Nov / 1991 23 / Apr / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Croatia BIT (2001) 31 / Oct / 2001 29 / Dec / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - El Salvador BIT (1999) 12 / Oct / 1999 18 / Nov / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Poland BIT (1987) 19 / May / 1987 02 / Aug / 1991
    IT_OVERLAP Cotonou Agreement (2000) 23 / Jun / 2000 01 / Apr / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Hong Kong, China SAR BIT (1996) 07 / Oct / 1996 18 / Jun / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Benin BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001 30 / Aug / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - China BIT (2005) 06 / Jun / 2005 01 / Dec / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Peru BIT (2005) 12 / Oct / 2005 12 / Sep / 2008
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Colombia BIT (2009) 04 / Feb / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Cuba BIT (1998) 19 / May / 1998
    IT_OVERLAP Armenia - BLEU BIT (2001) 07 / Jun / 2001 19 / Dec / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Egypt BIT (1999) 28 / Feb / 1999 24 / May / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP Cameroon - Netherlands BIT (1965) 06 / Jul / 1965 07 / May / 1966
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Moldova, Republic of BIT (1996) 21 / May / 1996 20 / Apr / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Pakistan BIT (1998) 23 / Apr / 1998 07 / Aug / 2015
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Thailand BIT (2002) 12 / Jun / 2002 19 / Sep / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Burkina Faso BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001 13 / Jan / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Slovenia BIT (1999) 01 / Feb / 1999 14 / Jan / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Panama BIT (2009) 26 / Mar / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Mauritius BIT (2005) 30 / Nov / 2005 16 / Jan / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP First Lomé Convention (1975) 28 / Feb / 1975 01 / Apr / 1976
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Côte d'Ivoire BIT (1999) 01 / Apr / 1999 15 / Jun / 2016
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Korea, Republic of BIT (1974) 20 / Dec / 1974 03 / Sep / 1976
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Kosovo BIT (2010) 09 / Mar / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Viet Nam BIT (1991) 24 / Jan / 1991 11 / Jun / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Togo BIT (2009) 06 / Jun / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Libya BIT (2004) 15 / Feb / 2004 08 / Dec / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP Cameroon - Romania BIT (1980) 30 / Aug / 1980 24 / Sep / 1981
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Morocco BIT (1965) 28 / Apr / 1965 18 / Oct / 1967
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Paraguay BIT (1992) 06 / Oct / 1992 09 / Jan / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Morocco BIT (1999) 13 / Apr / 1999 29 / May / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Botswana BIT (2006) 07 / Jun / 2006
    PDF
    PDF
    Original PDF
    Original PDF