EC/South African Development Community (SADC) States agreement: interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

PURPOSE: to propose the signature and the provisional application of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the South African Development Community (SADC) EPA States, on the other part.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

CONTENT: the content of this provisional Agreement is identical to that of the general interim Agreement. For more details, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial proposal of 18/09/2008.

To recall, this interim Agreement concerns trade issues linking the Community and its Member States and the SADC.