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Accession to the Revised Cotonou Partnership Agreement

The Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) was provisionally applied from 01 March 2000 and fully entered into force on 01 April 2003As per Article 95(3) of the CPA, parties to the agreement shall enter into negotiations to discuss any amendments to the agreement 10 months prior to the expiry of each

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Accession to the Revised Cotonou Partnership Agreement

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    1. Accession to the Revised Cotonou Partnership Agreement

    12. Second Revision of Cotonou Partnership Agreement DIRCO has tabled the Revised CPA requesting Parliament to accede to it The tabling appeared in the Announcements, Tablings and Committee Reports Notice No. 84/2009 (ATC) of Wednesday 28 October 2009 The Portfolio Committee considered and approved the Agreement on the 04th November 2009 As per procedure, the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations is, also, required to consider the Agreement and report to the National Council of Provinces It is important to bring to the attention of the Committee the following challenge: Parliament is left with one week to consider ratification of the Agreement before 2009

    13. Second Revision of Cotonou Partnership Agreement The Select Committee must discuss the matter with the Ministry of DIRCO and report to the NCOP. The NCOP then considers the Agreement for a resolution to accede to the International Agreement In a letter written by Minister Nkoana-Mashabane to Parliament, the letter was informed of Cabinet’s approval for accession to the Revised CPA, on 12 August 2009, between the ACP Group and the EU The Minister requests that the said Agreement be tabled in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces

    14. Second Revision of Cotonou Partnership Cont’d The Ministers request for the ACP-EU Council to allow SA to participate as observer in ACP-EU joint institutions can be granted under Article 8(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of Ministers and Article 6(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee of Ambassadors Observer status can be granted to SA from the moment it files its application for accession The accession procedure requires that SA request for accession is approved by the ACP-EC Council

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