Second Lomé Convention (1979)
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SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION

Preamble

Signed at Lomé on 31 October 1979

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, hereinafter referred to as "the Community", signed at Rome on 25 March 1957, whose States are hereinafter referred to as "the Member States";

and

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

of the one part, and

THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE BAHAMAS,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BENIN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF THE COMOROS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE IVORY COAST,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF JIBUTI,

THE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF DOMINICA,

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL AND OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OF ETHIOPIA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF FIJI,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF GRENADA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE OF GUINEA BISSAU,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UPPER VOLTA,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF JAMAICA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF MAURITIUS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER,

THE HEAD OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,

THE HEAD OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAINT LUCIA,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF WESTERN SAMOA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SOLOMON ISLANDS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAM,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TOGO,

HIS MAJESTY KING TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV OF TONGA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF TUVALU,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA,

whose States are hereinafter called "the ACP States",

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, hereinafter referred to as "the Treaty", and to the Georgetown Agreement constituting the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States;

ANXIOUS to reinforce, on the basis of complete equality between partners and in their mutual interest, close and continuing cooperation in the spirit of international solidarity;

RESOLVED to intensify their efforts together for the economic development and social progress of the ACP States, and to ensure the greater well-being of their populations;

WISHING to demonstrate their common desire to maintain and develop the friendly relations existing between their countries, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter;

RESOLVED to continue and intensify their efforts to establish a model for relations between developed and developing States which is compatible with the aspirations of the international community towards the establishment of a new, more just and more balanced international economic order;

RESOLVED to promote, having regard to their respective levels of development, trade cooperation between the ACP States and the Community and to provide a sound basis therefor in conformity with their international obligations;

CONSCIOUS of the need to develop cooperation and trade among the ACP States as a whole and the particular need to accelerate economic cooperation and development within and between the regions of the ACP States;

CONSCIOUS of the particular importance of the agricultural and rural development of the ACP States and of the need to intensify efforts to that end;

DESIROUS of safeguarding the interests of the ACP States whose economies depend to a considerable extent on the export of commodities and of developing their resources;

ANXIOUS to promote the industrial development of the ACP States through increased cooperation between these States and the Member States;

ACKNOWLEDGING the need for special treatment to be accorded to the least-developed ACP States and for special measures to be introduced in favour of the land-locked and island ACP States in order to help them overcome the specific difficulties with which they are faced;

CONSICIOUS of the need to establish adequate machinery for widest possible consultations, with a view to promoting ACP-ECC cooperation;

HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Convention and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS:

Mr Paul NOTERDAEME, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the European Communities;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK:

Mr Niels ERSBOLL,

State Secretary, Ambassador,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY:

Mr Klaus von DOHNANYI, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC:

Mr Robert GALLEY, Minister for Cooperation,

Mr Pierre BERNARD-REYMOND, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND:

Mr Michael O'KENNEDY, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC:

The Honourable Guiseppe ZAMBERLETTI, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG:

Mr Jean DONDELINGER, Ambassador;

Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the European Communities;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS:

Mr D.F. VAN DER MEI, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND:

The Honourable Douglas Richard HURD, CBE, Member of Parliament, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs;

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:

Mr Michael O'KENNEDY,

President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities,

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland;

Mr Claude CHEYSSON,

Member of the Commission of the European Communities;

THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS:

HE. Mr R.F. Anthony ROBERTS,

High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in London;

THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS:

The Honourable Harold Bernard St JOHN, QC, MP,

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BENIN:

Mr André ATCHADE,

Minister for Trade and Tourism;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA:

Mr Archibald MOOKETSA MOGWE, Minister of External Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI:

Mr Donatien BIHUTE, Minister for Planning;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON:

Mr Robert NAAH, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE:

Mr Abilio Augusto MONTERO DUARTE, Minister for Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:

Mr Jean-Pierre LE BOUDER,

Minister for Cooperation, Planning, General Statistics, Companies and Consultancy Bureaux on Projects relating inter alia to the Organization and Promotion of Agro-Industrial Operations;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF THE COMOROS:

Mr Ali MROUDJAE, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO:

Mr Elenga NGAPORO, Minister for Trade;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE IVORY COAST: Mr Abdoulaye KONE, Minister for Economic Affairs, Financing and Planning;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF JIBUTI:

H.E. Mr Ahmed Ibrahim ABDI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Jibuti to the French Government and to the European Economic Community;

THE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA:

Mr Arden SHILLINGFORD, High Commissioner of Dominica in London;

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL AND OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OF ETHIOPIA:

Mr Teferra WOLDE-SEMAIT, Minister of Finance;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF FIJI:

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  • Title   I TRADE COOPERATION 2
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  • Chapter   1 Trade Arrangements 2
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  • Chapter   2 Special Undertakings on Rum and Bananas 3
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  • Chapter   3 Trade Promotion 3
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  • Title   II EXPORT EARNINGS FROM COMMODITIES 3
  • Chapter   1 Stabilization of Export Earnings 3
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  • Chapter   2 Special Undertakings on Sugar 4
  • Article   48 4
  • Title   III MINERAL PRODUCTS 4
  • Chapter   1 Project and Programme Aid 4
  • Article   49 4
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  • Chapter   2 Development of the Mining and Energy Potential of the ACP States 4
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  • Title   IV INVESTMENTS 4
  • Article   60 4
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  • Article   64 4
  • Title   V INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION 4
  • Article   65 4
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  • Title   VI AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION 5
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  • Title   VII FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION 5
  • Chapter   1 General Provisions 5
  • Article   91 5
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  • Chapter   2 Financial Resources and Methods of Financing 6
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  • Chapter   3 ACP and EEC Responsibilities 6
  • Article   108 6
  • Chapter   4 Programming, Appraisal, Implementation and Evaluation 6
  • Article   109 6
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  • Article   114 7
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  • Chapter   5 Policy and Guidelines 7
  • Article   119 7
  • Chapter   6 Execution of Financial and Technical Cooperation 7
  • Article   120 7
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  • Chapter   7 Competition and Preferences 7
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  • Chapter   8 Regional Cooperation 7
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  • Chapter   9 Emergency Aid 8
  • Article   137 8
  • Chapter   10 Technical Cooperation 8
  • Article   138 8
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  • Chapter   11 Technical Assistance and the Financing of Small- and, Medium-sized Undertakings 8
  • Article   144 8
  • Chapter   12 Micro-projects 8
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  • Chapter   13 Taxation, Customs and other Provisions 8
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  • Title   VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE LEAST-DEVELOPED, LAND-LOCKED AND ISLAND ACP STATES 8
  • Article   155 8
  • Title   IX PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYMENTS AND CAPITAL MOVEMENTS, ESTABLISHMENT AND SERVICES 9
  • Chapter   1 Provisions Relating to Current Payments and Capital Movements 9
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  • Chapter   2 Provisions Relating to Establishment and Services 9
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  • Title   X INSTITUTIONS 9
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  • Title   XI GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 10
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  • ANNEX VIII  Joint declaration on the encouragement of mining investment 10
  • ANNEX IX  Joint declaration on investments relating to Article 64 of the Convention 10