Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part,... (22016A1021(01))
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Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part
- STEPPING STONE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
- between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part
- TITLE I
- OBJECTIVES
- Article 1
- Framework Agreement
- Article 2
- Objectives
- TITLE II
- PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
- Article 3
- Development cooperation in the framework of this Agreement
- Article 4
- Development finance cooperation in the framework of this Agreement
- Article 5
- Business climate
- Article 6
- Support to the implementation of rules
- Article 7
- Reinforcing and upgrading of productive sectors
- Article 8
- Cooperation with respect to financial adjustment
- Article 9
- Cooperation in international fora
- TITLE III
- TRADE REGIME FOR GOODS
- CHAPTER 1
- Custom duties and non-tariff measures
- Article 10
- Customs duty
- Article 11
- Fees and other charges
- Article 12
- Customs duties on products originating in Ghana
- Article 13
- Customs duties on products originating in the EC Party
- Article 14
- Rules of origin
- Article 15
- Standstill
- Article 16
- Customs duties on exports
- Article 17
- More favourable treatment resulting from free trade agreements
- Article 18
- Prohibition of quantitative restrictions
- Article 19
- National treatment on internal taxation and regulation
- Article 20
- Food security
- Article 21
- Special provisions on administrative cooperation
- Article 22
- Management of administrative errors
- CHAPTER 2
- Trade defence measures
- Article 23
- Anti-dumping and countervailing measures
- Article 24
- Multilateral safeguards
- Article 25
- Bilateral safeguards
- Article 26
- Cooperation
- CHAPTER 3
- Customs and trade facilitation
- Article 27
- Objectives
- Article 28
- Customs and administrative cooperation
- Article 29
- Customs legislation and procedures
- Article 30
- Relations with the Business Community
- Article 31
- Customs valuation
- Article 32
- Regional integration in the West Africa region
- Article 33
- Continuation of negotiations in the field of customs and trade facilitation
- Article 34
- Special committee for customs and trade facilitation
- Article 35
- Cooperation
- CHAPTER 4
- Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- Article 36
- Multilateral obligations and general context
- Article 37
- Objectives
- Article 38
- Scope and definitions
- Article 39
- Competent authorities
- Article 40
- Sanitary and phytosanitary zoning
- Article 41
- Transparency of trade conditions and Information Exchange
- Article 42
- Cooperation in international bodies
- Article 43
- Cooperation
- TITLE IV
- SERVICES, INVESTMENT AND TRADE RELATED RULES
- Article 44
- TITLE V
- DISPUTE AVOIDANCE AND SETTLEMENT
- CHAPTER 1
- Objective and scope
- Article 45
- Objective
- Article 46
- Scope
- CHAPTER 2
- Consultations and mediation
- Article 47
- Consultations
- Article 48
- Mediation
- CHAPTER 3
- Dispute settlement procedures
- Section I
- Arbitration procedure
- Article 49
- Initiation of the arbitration procedure
- Article 50
- Establishment of the arbitration panel
- Article 51
- Interim panel report
- Article 52
- Arbitration panel ruling
- Section II
- Compliance
- Article 53
- Compliance with the arbitration panel ruling
- Article 54
- The reasonable period of time for compliance
- Article 55
- Review of any measure taken to comply with the arbitration panel ruling
- Article 56
- Temporary remedies in case of non-compliance
- Article 57
- Review of any measure taken to comply after the adoption of appropriate measures
- Section III
- Common Provisions
- Article 58
- Mutually agreed solution
- Article 59
- Rules of procedure
- Article 60
- Information and technical advice
- Article 61
- Languages of the submissions
- Article 62
- Rules of interpretation
- Article 63
- Arbitration panel rulings
- CHAPTER 4
- General provisions
- Article 64
- List of arbitrators
- Article 65
- Relation with WTO obligations
- Article 66
- Time-limits
- Article 67
- Modification of Title V
- TITLE VI
- GENERAL EXCEPTIONS
- Article 68
- General exception clause
- Article 69
- Security exceptions
- Article 70
- Taxation
- TITLE VII
- INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 71
- Modalities for the continuation of negotiations
- Article 72
- Definition of the Parties and fulfilment of obligations
- Article 73
- EPA Committee
- Article 74
- Outermost regions of the European Community
- Article 75
- Entry into force and duration
- Article 76
- Territorial application
- Article 77
- Accession of new EU Member States
- Article 78
- Dialogue on finance issues
- Article 79
- Collaboration in the fight against illegal financial activities
- Article 80
- Relations with other agreements
- Article 81
- Authentic texts
- Article 82
- Annexes
- Appendix I
- PRIORITY PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT FROM GHANA TO THE EC
- Appendix II
- COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
- A. Competent authorities of the European Community
- B. Competent authorities of Ghana
- ANNEX 1
- CUSTOMS DUTIES ON PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN GHANA
- ANNEX 2
- CUSTOMS DUTIES ON PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE EC PARTY
- Customs duties on products originating in the EC Party (Annex 2, Part 1)
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