DECISION No 1/2010 OF THE ACP-EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 21 June 2010

concerning the accession of the Republic of South Africa to the revised ACP-EU Partnership Agreement

(2010/595/EU)

THE ACP-EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ACP’) of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000(1) and revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ACP-EU Agreement’)(2), and in particular Article 94(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The revised ACP-EU Agreement entered into force on 1 July 2008 in accordance with Article 93, paragraph 3 thereof.

(2) South Africa, having signed the revised ACP-EU Agreement on 25 June 2005, did not deposit an instrument of ratification under the terms of Article 93, paragraph 4, by the deadline of 30 June 2009.

(3) Article 94 of the revised ACP-EU Agreement stipulates that any request for accession by a State shall be presented to, and approved by, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers.

(4) South Africa presented a request for accession to the ACP-EU Agreement on 23 November 2009.

(5) In accordance with its Rules of Procedure(3), the ACP-EU Council of Ministers established under the ACP-EU Agreement may approve a request for accession by written procedure,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Approval of request for accession

The request of the Republic of South Africa to accede to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 and revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005, is hereby approved.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.

Done at Ouagadougou, 21 June 2010.

For the ACP-EU Council of Ministers

The President

P. BUNDUKU-LATHA

(1)  

OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3

.

(2)  Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (

OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27

).

(3)  

OJ L 95, 14.4.2005, p. 44

.