AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR AN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND ITS PARTNER STATES
ON ONE PART
AND
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES
ON THE OTHER PART
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II TRADE REGIME FOR GOODS
Title I General provisions
Title II Free movement of goods
Title III Non tariff measures
Title IV Trade defence measures
Title V Administrative provisions
CHAPTER III FISHERIES
Title I General Provisions
Title II Marine Fisheries
Title III Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Development
CHAPTER IV ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
To be negotiated
CHAPTER V AREAS FOR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS
CHAPTER VI DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, SETTLEMENT, INSTITUTIONAL GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Title I Dispute avoidance and settlement
Title II General Exceptions
Title III Institutional, general and final provisions
Annex I EC tariff liberalisation schedule
Annex II EAC tariff liberalisation schedule
Annex III EAC exceptions on duties, taxes on exports
Annex IV Development matrix
Protocol I Concerning the definition of the concept of ‘ originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR AN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND ITS PARTNER STATES ON ONE PART AND
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES
ON THE OTHER PART
List of States Signatories of EAC-EU for Framework Agreement
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
THE PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
Contracting Parties to the Treaty Establishing the East African Community hereinafter named “EAC” and the States of the EAC being hereinafter referred to as “Partner States” and
THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
AND
On the one Part and
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,
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 THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,
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 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 establishing the European Community, hereinafter named “Community” and the States of the Community being hereinafter referred to as “Member States” and
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, on the other part
Have decided to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated their Plenipotentiaries:
PREAMBLE
Having regard to the Agreement establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the East African Community signed on November 30, 1999 and its Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Customs Union;
Reiterating their desire for a wider unity of Africa and the achievement of the objectives of the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community;
Having regard to the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) signed on 23 June 2000,
Having regard to the Treaty Establishing the European Community (EC);
Having also regard to the decision of the EAC Summit held in Kampala, Uganda on X September, 2002 on the EAC negotiating as a block for the purpose of negotiation of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union and in the World Trade Organisation;
Considering that the EAC and the EU are agreed that their trade and economic cooperation shall aim at fostering the smooth and gradual integration of the ACP states into the world economy with due regard to their political choices, levels of development and development priorities, thereby promoting their sustainable development and contributing to poverty eradication in the EAC;
Reaffirming also that the EPA shall be consistent with the objectives and principles of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement and, in particular, with the provisions of Part III, Title II thereof;
Reaffirming that the EPA must serve as an instrument of development and shall promote sustained growth, increase the production and supply-side capacity of the EAC, foster structural transformation of EAC economies and their diversification and competitiveness and lead to the development of trade, attraction of investment, technology and creation of employment in EAC Partner States;
Reiterating the need to ensure that particular emphasis shall be placed on regional integration and the provision of special and differential treatment to all EAC Partner States, while maintaining special treatment for least developed EAC Partner States
Cognizant that substantial investment are required to uplift the standards of living of EAC States;
Recalling the commitments of the Parties within the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO);
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS
