EC/East African Community EAC Partner States agreement: framework for Economic Partnership Agreement FEPA

PURPOSE: to propose the signature and the provisional application of the agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on one part, and the East African Community Partner States, on the other part;

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

CONTENT: the content of this provisional Agreement is identical to that of the general Agreement. For more details, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial proposal of 30/09/2008.

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