4th ACP-EU Lomé Convention: protocol following the 1995 enlargement

OBJECTIVE: to bring into force, within the Community, the protocol on the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the 4th Lomé Convention, following their accession to the EU. SUBSTANCE: the protocol to the 4th Lomé Convention, which was signed on 3 November 1995, enabled the new Community Member States (Sweden, Finland and Austria) to become contracting parties to the Convention following their own accession to the European Union on 1 January 1995. The sole purpose of the proposal for a Council Decision is to approve the protocol on behalf of the Community. �