Traduction de «Accord du Commonwealth sur l'Afrique australe » (Français → Anglais) :

The European Union and six countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) today signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the first of its kind between the EU and an African region pursuing economic integration.

E. whereas the original Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) group which launched the negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union on 7 February 2004 comprised 16 countries, which include Indian Ocean Islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles), Horn of Africa countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan), the East African Community (EAC) members (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and Southern African countries (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe); whereas only six of these 16 countries have initialled the ‘ESA’ interim EPA, of which two have decided not to sign (Zambia and Comoros), t ...[+++]wo have notified provisional implementation (Mauritius and Madagascar) and only two have ratified (Zimbabwe and Seychelles);

D. whereas the original Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) group that launched the negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union on 7 February 2004 comprised 16 countries, which include Indian Ocean Islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles), Horn of Africa countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan), the East African Community (EAC) members (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and Southern African countries (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe);

7. Calls for South Africa to clarify the relationship between SADC, SACU and TDCA , with a view to devising a more orderly regional development policy; calls on the Commission to clarify EU policy in relation to SADC, SACU and TDCA, taking into account the EPA negotiations;

having regard to the various free trade agreements, involving varying degrees of integration, by the Arab League, the Association of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the South American Common Market (MERCOSUR), the South African Development Community (SADC) (and the South African Customs Union - SACU - established by members of the SADC), the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), PI ...[+++]CTA (the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement) and the Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership,

With the new EU-ACP Convention being successfully concluded a few months ago and with the EU-South Africa cooperation agreement now being implemented as planned, we have two very important additions to the MEDA cooperation and the Barcelona process.