L’APE concerne l’Union et ses États membres, seize pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cap-Vert, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Libéria, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Nigéria, Sénégal, Sierra Leone et Togo), la CEDEAO et l’Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA).
The Economic Partnership Agreement involves the EU and its member states, 16 West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo), the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).