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PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC GROUP OF STATES OF THE ONE PART, AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES OF THE OTHER PART

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HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

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

Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, hereinafter referred to as "the Member States",

and

THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as "the Union" or "the EU", of the one part, and

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF BELIZE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA,

THE PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF THE COMOROS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ERITREA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GRENADA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI,

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 REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,

THE GOVERNMENT OF NIUE,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT LUCIA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,

THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF 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,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SOLOMON ISLANDS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME,

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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING 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 GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE,

which states are hereinafter referred to as "ACP States",

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the one hand, and the Georgetown Agreement establishing the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), on the other;

HAVING REGARD to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (hereinafter referred to as "the Cotonou Agreement");

CONSIDERING that Article 95(1) of the Cotonou Agreement lays down that the duration of the Agreement shall be 20 years, commencing on 1 March 2000;

CONSIDERING that the Agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement for the first time was signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and entered into force on 1 July 2008;

HAVE DECIDED to sign this Agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement for the second time and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

FOR HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

FOR HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

FOR HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,

FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

FOR THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

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

FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA,

FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,

FOR THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS,

FOR THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS,

FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF BELIZE,

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN,

FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GRENADA,

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  • Part   1 General Provisions 2
  • Title   1 Objectives, Principles and Actors 2
  • Chapter   1 Objectives and Principles 2
  • Article   1 Objectives of the Partnership 2
  • Article   2 Fundamental Principles 2
  • Article   3 Achievement of this Agreement's Objectives 2
  • Chapter   2 The Actors of the Partnership 2
  • Article   4 General Approach 2
  • Article   5 Information 2
  • Article   6 Definitions 2
  • Article   7 Capacity Building 2
  • Title   II The Political Dimension 2
  • Article   8 Political Dialogue 2
  • Article   9 Essential Elements Regarding Human Rights, Democratic Principles and the Rule of Law, and Fundamental Element Regarding Good Governance 2
  • Article   10 Other Elements of the Political Environment 2
  • Article   11 Peace Building Policies, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Response to Situations of Fragility 2
  • Article   10 Other Elements of the Political Environment 3
  • Article   11 Peace Building Policies, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Response to Situations of Fragility 3
  • Article   11A Fight Against Terrorism 3
  • Article   11B Cooperation In Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 3
  • Article   12 Coherence of Community Policies and Their Impact on the Implementation of this Agreement 3
  • Article   13 Migration 3
  • Part   2 Institutional Provisions 3
  • Article   14 The Joint Institutions 3
  • Article   14A Meetings of Heads of State or Government 3
  • Article   15 The Council of Ministers 3
  • Article   16 The Committee of Ambassadors 3
  • Article   17 The Joint Parliamentary Assembly 3
  • Part   3 Cooperation Strategies 3
  • Article   18 3
  • Title   I Development Strategies 3
  • Chapter   1 General Framework 3
  • Article   19 Principles and Objectives 3
  • Article   20 The Approach 3
  • Chapter   2 Areas of Support 3
  • Section   1 Economic Development 3
  • Article   21 Investment and Private Sector Development 3
  • Article   22 Macroeconomic and Structural Reforms and Policies 3
  • Article   23 Economic Sector Development 4
  • Article   23A Fisheries 4
  • Article   24 Tourism 4
  • Section   2 Social and Human Development 4
  • Article   25 Social Sector Development 4
  • Article   26 Youth Issues 4
  • Article   27 Culture and Development 4
  • Section   3 Regional Cooperation and Integration 4
  • Article   28 General Approach 4
  • Article   29 ACP-EU Cooperation In Support of Regional Cooperation and Integration 4
  • Article   30 Capacity Building In Support of ACP Regional Cooperation and Integration 4
  • Section   4 Thematic and Cross-cutting Issues 4
  • Article   31 Gender Issues 4
  • Article   31A HIV/AIDS 4
  • Article   32 Environment and Natural Resources 4
  • Article   32A Climate Change 4
  • Article   33 Institutional Development and Capacity Building 4
  • Title   II ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION 5
  • Chapter   1 Objectives and Principles 5
  • Article   34 Objectives 5
  • Article   35 Principles 5
  • Chapter   2 New Trading Arrangements 5
  • Article   36 Modalities 5
  • Article   37 Procedures 5
  • Article   37A Other Trading Arrangements 5
  • Article   38 Joint Ministerial Trade Committee 5
  • Article   38A Consultations 5
  • Chapter   3 Cooperation In the International Fora 5
  • Article   39 General Provisions 5
  • Article   40 Commodities 5
  • Chapter   4 Trade In Services 5
  • Article   41 General Provisions 5
  • Article   42 Maritime Transport 5
  • Article   43 Information and Communication Technologies, and Information Society 5
  • Chapter   5 Trade Related Areas 5
  • Article   44 General Provisions 5
  • Article   45 Competition Policy 5
  • Article   46 Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 5
  • Article   47 Standardisation and Certification 5
  • Article   48 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 5
  • Article   49 Trade and Environment 5
  • Article   50 Trade and Labour Standards 5
  • Article   51 Consumer Policy and Protection of Consumer Health 5
  • Article   52 Tax Carve-out Clause 5
  • Chapter   6 Cooperation In other Areas 5
  • Article   53 Fishery Agreements 5
  • Article   54 Food Security 5
  • Part   4 DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COOPERATION 5
  • Title   I GENERAL PROVISIONS 6
  • Chapter   1 Objectives, Principles, Guidelines and Eligibility 6
  • Article   55 Objectives 6
  • Article   56 Principles 6
  • Article   57 Guidelines 6
  • Article   58 Eligibility for Financing 6
  • Chapter   2 Scope and Nature of Financing 6
  • Article   59 6
  • Article   60 Scope of Financing 6
  • Article   61 Nature of Financing 6
  • Title   II FINANCIAL COOPERATION 6
  • Chapter   1 Financial Resources 6
  • Article   62 Overall Amount 6
  • Article   63 Methods of Financing 6
  • Article   64 On Lending Operations 6
  • Article   65 Co-financing 6
  • Chapter   2 Debt and Structural Adjustment Support 6
  • Article   66 Support for Debt Relief 6
  • Article   67 Structural Adjustment Support 6
  • Chapter   3 Support In Case of Exogenous Shocks 6
  • Article   68 6
  • Chapter   4 Support for Sectoral Policies 6
  • Article   69 6
  • Chapter   5 Microprojects and Decentralised Cooperation 6
  • Article   70 6
  • Article   71 6
  • Chapter   6 Humanitarian, Emergency and Post-emergency Assistance 7
  • Article   72 General Principle 7
  • Article   72A Objective 7
  • Article   73 Implementation 7
  • Chapter   7 Investment and Private Sector Development Support 7
  • Article   74 7
  • Article   75 Investment Promotion 7
  • Article   76 Investment Finance and Support 7
  • Article   77 Investment Guarantees 7
  • Article   78 Investment Protection 7
  • Title   III Technical Cooperation 7
  • Article   79 7
  • Article   80 7
  • Title   IV Procedures and Management Systems 7
  • Article   81 Procedures 7
  • Article   82 Executing Agents 7
  • Article   83 ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee 7
  • Part   5 General Provisions for the Least Developed, Landlocked and Island ACP States (LDLICS) 7
  • Chapter   1 General Provisions 7
  • Article   84 7
  • Chapter   2 Least Developed ACP States 7
  • Article   85 7
  • Article   86 7
  • Chapter   3 Landlocked ACP States 7
  • Article   87 7
  • Article   88 7
  • Chapter   4 Island Acp States 7
  • Article   89 7
  • Article   90 7
  • Part   6 FINAL PROVISIONS 7
  • Article   91 Conflict between this Agreement and other Treaties 7
  • Article   92 Scope of Territorial Application 7
  • Article   93 Ratification and Entry Into Force 7
  • Article   94 Accession 7
  • Article   95 Duration of the Agreement and Revision Clause 7
  • Article   96 Essential Elements: Consultation Procedure and Appropriate Measures as Regards Human Rights, Democratic Principles and the Rule of Law 8
  • Article   97 Consultation Procedure and Appropriate Measures as Regards Corruption 8
  • Article   98 Dispute Settlement 8
  • Article   99 Denunciation Clause 8
  • Article   100 Status of the Texts 8
  • ANNEX I  FINANCIAL PROTOCOL 8
  • ANNEX I-A  MULTI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK OF COOPERATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT 8
  • ANNEX IB  MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PERIOD 2008 TO 2013 8
  • ANNEX IC  MULTI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PERIOD 2014 TO 2020 8
  • ANNEX II  TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF FINANCING 8
  • Chapter   1 Investment Financing 8
  • Article   1 8
  • Article   2 Resources of the Investment Facility 8
  • Article   3 Operations of the Investment Facility 8
  • Article   4 Bank Own Resource Loans 8
  • Article   5 Conditions for Foreign Exchange Rate Risk 8
  • Article   6 Conditions for Foreign Exchange Transfer 8
  • Article   6A Annual Reporting on the Investment Facility 8
  • Article   6B Review of Performance of the Investment Facility 8
  • Chapter   2 Special Operations 9
  • Article   7 Cooperation 9
  • Chapter   3 Financing for Short-term Fluctuations In Export Earnings (FLEX) 9
  • Article   8 9
  • Article   9 Eligibility Criteria 9
  • Article   9A 9
  • Article   10 Advances 9
  • Article   11 9
  • Chapter   4 Other Provisions 9
  • Article   12 Current Payments and Capital Movements 9
  • Article   13 Qualification and Treatment of Business Entities 9
  • Article   14 Definition of "companies and Firms" 9
  • Chapter   5 Investment Protection Agreements 9
  • Article   15 9
  • ANNEX III  INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, CDE AND CTA 9
  • Article   1 9
  • Article   2 CDE 9
  • Article   3 CTA 9
  • ANNEX IV  IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES 9
  • Chapter   1 Programming (National) 9
  • Article   1 9
  • Article   2 Country Strategy Paper 9
  • Article   3 Resource Allocation 9
  • Article   4 Preparation and Adoption of the Indicative Programme 9
  • Article   5 Review Process 10
  • Chapter   2 Programming and Preparation (Regional) 10
  • Article   6 Scope 10
  • Article   7 Regional Programmes 10
  • Article   8 Regional Programming 10
  • Article   9 Resource Allocation 10
  • Article   10 Regional Indicative Programme 10
  • Article   11 Review Process 10
  • Article   12 Intra-ACP Cooperation 10
  • Article   12 A Intra-ACP Strategy Paper 10
  • Article   12B Requests for Financing 10
  • Article   12 Resource Allocation 10
  • Article   13 Intra-acp Indicative Programme 10
  • Article   14 Review Process 10
  • Chapter   3 Appraisal and Financing 10
  • Article   15 Identification, Preparation and Appraisal of Programmes and Projects 10
  • Article   16 Financing Proposal and Decision 10
  • Article   17 Financing Agreement 10
  • Article   18 Overrun 10
  • Article   19 Retroactive Financing 10
  • Chapter   4 Implementation 10
  • Article   19A Implementation Measures 10
  • Article   19B Tender Procedure with Suspension Clause 10
  • Article   19C Awarding Contracts, Awarding Grants and Performing Contracts 10
  • Article   20 Eligibility 11
  • Article   21 Participation on Equal Terms 11
  • Article   22 Derogations 11
  • Article   23 Competition 11
  • Article   24 Implementation by Direct Labour 11
  • Article   25 Emergency Assistance Contracts 11
  • Article   26 Preferences 11
  • Article   27 Award of Contracts 11
  • Article   28 General Regulations for Contracts 11
  • Article   29 General Conditions for Contracts 11
  • Article   30 Settlement of Disputes 11
  • Article   31 Tax and Customs Arrangements 11
  • Chapter   5 Monitoring and Evaluation 11
  • Article   32 Objectives 11
  • Article   33 Modalities 11
  • Chapter   6 Fund-resource Management and Executing Agents 11
  • Article   34 The Commission 11
  • Article   35 National Authorising Officer 11
  • Article   36 Head of Delegation 11
  • Article   37 Payments 11
  • Article   1 Least-developed acp states 11
  • Article   2 Landlocked Acp States 12
  • Article   3 Mali 12
  • Article   4 Island Acp States 12
  • Article   5 Nauru 12
  • Article   1 Objectives 12
  • Article   2 Intensified Political Dialogue Preceding Consultations Under Article 96 of the Agreement 12
  • Article   3 Additional Rules on Consultation Under Article 96 of the Agreement 12
  • Protocols 12
  • Chapter   1 Persons Taking Part In the Work of the Agreement 12
  • Article   1 12
  • Chapter   2 Property, Funds and Assets of the Council of Acp Ministers 12
  • Article   2 12
  • Article   3 12
  • Article   4 12
  • Article   5 12
  • Chapter   3 Official Communications 12
  • Article   6 12
  • Chapter   4 Staff of the Secretariat of the Acp States 12
  • Article   7 12
  • Article   8 12
  • Article   9 12
  • Chapter   5 Commission Delegations In the Acp States 12
  • Article   10 12
  • Chapter   6 General Provisions 12
  • Article   11 12
  • Article   12 12
  • Protocol 3: On South Africa 12
  • Article   1 Qualified Status 12
  • Article   2 General Provisions, Political Dialogue and Joint Institutions 12
  • Article   3 Cooperation Strategies 12
  • Article   4 Financial Resources 12
  • Article   5 Trade Cooperation 13
  • Article   6 Applicability of Protocols and Declarations 13
  • Article   7 13
  • Article   8 Applicability 13
  • Final Act 13
  • Declarations 13
    • Name
    Cotonou Agreement (2000)
    PDF Link
    Cotonou Agreement (2000)
    Signed date
    23 / Jun / 2000
    Date into force
    01 / Apr / 2003
    Treaty type
    Other International Investment Agreements
    Origin language
    en
    Party ISO codes
    ACP,EU
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    IT_OVERLAP Côte d'Ivoire - Italy BIT (1969) 23 / Jul / 1969
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    IT_OVERLAP East African Community Treaty (1999) 30 / Nov / 1999 07 / Jul / 2000
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    IT_OVERLAP Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (ECGLC) Investment Code (1982) 31 / Jan / 1982 04 / Oct / 1987
    IT_OVERLAP SADC Model BIT (2012)
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    IT_OVERLAP Barbados - Germany BIT (1994) 02 / Dec / 1994 11 / May / 2002
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    IT_OVERLAP Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Portugal BIT (2011) 03 / Mar / 2011
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    IT_OVERLAP Bulgaria - Ghana BIT (1989) 20 / Oct / 1989
    IT_OVERLAP Kenya - Netherlands BIT (1970) 11 / Sep / 1970 11 / Jun / 1979
    IT_OVERLAP SADC Investment Protocol (2006) 18 / Aug / 2006 16 / Apr / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Côte d'Ivoire BIT (1999) 01 / Apr / 1999 15 / Jun / 2016
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    IT_OVERLAP Ethiopia - Italy BIT (1994) 23 / Dec / 1994 08 / May / 1997
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    IT_OVERLAP Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Treaty (1993) 05 / Nov / 1993 08 / Dec / 1994
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    IT_OVERLAP Argentina - BLEU BIT (1990) 28 / Jun / 1990 20 / May / 1994
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    IT_OVERLAP France - Mozambique BIT (2002) 15 / Nov / 2002 06 / Jul / 2006
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    IT_OVERLAP Germany - Ghana BIT (1995) 24 / Feb / 1995 23 / Nov / 1998
    IT_OVERLAP Second Lomé Convention (1979) 31 / Oct / 1979 23 / Dec / 1980
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    IT_OVERLAP Madagascar - Sweden FCN (1966) 02 / Apr / 1966 23 / Jun / 1967
    IT_OVERLAP ECOWAS Treaty (1975) 28 / May / 1975 20 / Jun / 1975
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    IT_OVERLAP Chad - Germany BIT (1967) 11 / Apr / 1967 23 / Nov / 1968
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    IT_OVERLAP Agreement For Economic Unity Among Arab League States (1957) 03 / Jun / 1957 30 / May / 1964
    IT_OVERLAP Germany - Nigeria BIT (2000) 28 / Mar / 2000 20 / Sep / 2007
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    IT_OVERLAP ECOWAS Common Investment Code (2018) 01 / Jul / 2018 22 / Dec / 2019
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    IT_OVERLAP Germany - Togo BIT (1961) 16 / May / 1961 21 / Dec / 1964
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    IT_OVERLAP WAEMU Treaty (1994) 10 / Jan / 1994 01 / Aug / 1994
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    IT_OVERLAP Benin - Netherlands BIT (2001) 13 / Dec / 2001 15 / Dec / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP Jamaica - Netherlands BIT (1991) 18 / Apr / 1991 01 / Aug / 1992
    IT_OVERLAP Cuba - Greece BIT (1996) 18 / Jun / 1996 18 / Oct / 1997
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Mauritius BIT (2005) 30 / Nov / 2005 16 / Jan / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP Finland - Nigeria BIT (2005) 22 / Jun / 2005 20 / Mar / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP First Yaoundé Convention (1963) 20 / Jul / 1963
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    IT_OVERLAP Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Germany BIT (1969) 18 / Mar / 1969 22 / Jul / 1971
    IT_OVERLAP Germany - Jamaica BIT (1992) 24 / Sep / 1992 29 / May / 1996
    IT_OVERLAP Albania - BLEU BIT (1999) 01 / Feb / 1999 18 / Oct / 2002
    IT_OVERLAP Congo - Italy BIT (1994) 17 / Mar / 1994 10 / Jan / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Côte d'Ivoire - Germany BIT (1966) 27 / Oct / 1966 10 / Jun / 1968
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    IT_OVERLAP Investment Facilitation for Development (2024)
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    IT_OVERLAP Arab Maghreb Union Investment Agreement (1990) 23 / Jul / 1990
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    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Djibouti - France BIT (2007) 13 / Dec / 2007 15 / Jun / 2010
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    IT_OVERLAP Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Greece BIT (1991) 26 / Apr / 1991
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    IT_OVERLAP Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (1991) 03 / Jun / 1991 12 / May / 1994
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    IT_OVERLAP First Lomé Convention (1975) 28 / Feb / 1975 01 / Apr / 1976
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    IT_OVERLAP Third Lomé Convention (1984) 08 / Dec / 1984 01 / May / 1986
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    IT_OVERLAP Germany - Lesotho BIT (1982) 11 / Nov / 1982 17 / Aug / 1985
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    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - South Africa BIT (1998) 14 / Aug / 1998 14 / Mar / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP ECOWAS Protocol on Community Enterprises (1984) 23 / Nov / 1984 12 / May / 1989
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Bolivia, Plurinational State of BIT (1990) 25 / Apr / 1990 10 / Jan / 2004
    IT_OVERLAP Gabon - Romania BIT (1979) 11 / Apr / 1979 18 / Sep / 1982
    IT_OVERLAP Draft Pan-African Investment Code (2016)
    IT_OVERLAP Croatia - Cuba BIT (2001) 16 / Feb / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Netherlands - Zimbabwe BIT (1996) 11 / Dec / 1996 01 / May / 1998
    IT_OVERLAP Germany - Kenya BIT (1996) 03 / May / 1996 07 / Dec / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP Cape Verde - Germany BIT (1990) 18 / Jan / 1990 15 / Dec / 1993
    IT_OVERLAP Burundi - Germany BIT (1984) 10 / Sep / 1984 09 / Dec / 1987
    IT_OVERLAP ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Investments (2008) 19 / Dec / 2008 19 / Jan / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP Portugal - Zimbabwe BIT (1994) 05 / May / 1994
    IT_OVERLAP BLEU - Viet Nam BIT (1991) 24 / Jan / 1991 11 / Jun / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP Romania - Sudan BIT (1978) 08 / Dec / 1978
    IT_OVERLAP Gabon - Spain BIT (1995) 02 / Mar / 1995 12 / Dec / 2001
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