2008/0137(NLE) | [ParlTrack]

2008/0137(NLE) EC/Ghana stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement

Progress: Awaiting final decision

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	INTA	FJELLNER Christofer ( PPE)	KIRTON-DARLING Jude ( S&D), LOONES Sander ( ECR), TREMOSA I BALCELLS Ramon ( ALDE), KELLER Ska ( Verts/ALE)
Committee Opinion	DEVE
Former Committee Opinion	DEVE
Former Committee Opinion	DEVE

Lead committee dossier:

INTA/8/00023

Legal Basis:

TFEU 218-p6a

Subjects

Events

2016/12/01

EP - Results of vote in Parliament

Documents

Results of vote in Parliament

2016/12/01

EP - Decision by Parliament

Details

The European Parliament adopted, by 375 votes to 220 with 46 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part.

The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

As a reminder, this stepping stone Agreement ensures a contractual safety net, warranting a duty-free access to the EU market until the regional agreement comes into a fruition and it matches market access opportunities with provisions addressing technical barriers to trade.

Documents

T8-0466/2016

2016/11/30

EP - Debate in Parliament

Documents

Debate in Parliament

2016/11/14

EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading

Details

The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by Christofer FJELLNER (EPP, SE) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part.

The committee recommended that the European Parliament should give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

The committee recalled that with the signature of the EU-West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) taking additional time, Ghana (and subsequently Côte d'Ivoire) has decided to proceed with ratification of its Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, concluded back in 2007.

The deal ensures a contractual safety net, warranting a duty-free access to the EU market until the regional agreement comes into a fruition. The IEPA matches market access opportunities with provisions addressing technical barriers to trade and helping Ghanaian exporters meet Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) requirements.

No less important is the co-operation aimed at strengthening capacity in fiscal reforms, improving business climate, competitiveness, trade facilitation and customs co-operation.

Therefore, Parliament is called upon to give consent to this interim agreement which would open doors to its provisional application in order to allow Ghanaian exporters to preserve the duty-free preferences on the European market.

Documents

A8-0328/2016

2016/11/10

EP - Vote in committee

2016/10/24

EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament

2016/10/04

EC - Legislative proposal published

Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: 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, calls for the conclusion of WTO-compatible Economic Partnership Agreements.

On 12 June 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements with members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.

Negotiations for a stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement have been concluded with Ghana and the Agreement has been initialled on 13 December 2007.

The Agreement was signed on 28 July 2016 subject to its conclusion at a later date. It has been provisionally applied pending its entry into force. It is now necessary for it to be approved.

CONTENT: the draft Council Decision aims to approve on behalf of the Union the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part .

It is noted that the Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts and tribunals.

Documents

12396/2016

2016/09/21

EP - Committee draft report

Documents

PE589.325

2014/07/22

EP - FJELLNER Christofer (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in INTA

2014/06/30

CSL - Document attached to the procedure

Documents

12130/2008

2009/12/02

all - Additional information

Details

The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

These changes had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the Lisbon Treaty.

In addition, some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of procedure .

The Lisbon Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure . The old "codecision procedure" was extended to new areas and renamed the "ordinary legislative procedure". A new "consent procedure" replaced the old "assent procedure". New interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international agreements.

The ongoing proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 (COM(2009)0665).

In the case of the proposal for a Council Decision concluding the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part, the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts :

· the old legal basis – Treaty/EC/Art.133, Art 181, Art.300(3) 2nd para. - became Art 207(4) first para, Art.211, Art 218 (6)(a) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering of the old legal basis corresponds to the consolidated version of the Treaty that was applicable immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and may differ from the references in the original Commission proposal ;

· the proposal, which had previously fallen under the old assent procedure (AVC), was classified as an interinstitutional non-legislative procedure (NLE).

2008/11/21

CSL - Council Meeting

2008/07/10

EC - Document attached to the procedure

Details

PURPOSE: to propose the signature and the provisional application of a stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

CONTENT: the content of this provisional Agreement is identical to that of the general Agreement. For more details, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial proposal of 10/07/2008.

To recall, this stepping stone Agreement concerns trade and development cooperation issues linking the Community and its Member States and Ghana.

Documents

COM(2008)0440
EUR-Lex

2008/07/10

EC - Preparatory document

Documents

COM(2008)0441
EUR-Lex

2008/07/10

EP - Preparatory document

Documents

COM(2008)0441
EUR-Lex

Documents

Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Decision by Parliament: T8-0466/2016
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0328/2016
Legislative proposal published: 12396/2016
Committee draft report: PE589.325
Document attached to the procedure: 12130/2008
Document attached to the procedure: COM(2008)0440
Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
Preparatory document: COM(2008)0441
Preparatory document: EUR-Lex
Preparatory document: COM(2008)0441
Preparatory document: EUR-Lex
Document attached to the procedure: COM(2008)0440 EUR-Lex
Preparatory document: COM(2008)0441 EUR-Lex
Document attached to the procedure: 12130/2008
Committee draft report: PE589.325

Activities

Christofer FJELLNER
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate)
Nicola CAPUTO
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) IT
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate) IT
Notis MARIAS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) EL
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate) EL
Franz OBERMAYR
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) DE
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate) DE
Marie-Christine ARNAUTU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Jonathan ARNOTT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Zigmantas BALČYTIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) LT
Hugues BAYET
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
José BLANCO LÓPEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
Marie-Christine BOUTONNET
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Renata BRIANO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) IT
Steeve BRIOIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
James CARVER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Alberto CIRIO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) IT
Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) DE
Therese COMODINI CACHIA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Edward CZESAK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) PL
Daniel DALTON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Michel DANTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
William (The Earl of) DARTMOUTH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Rachida DATI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Mireille D'ORNANO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Norbert ERDŐS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HU
Georgios EPITIDEIOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) EL
Edouard FERRAND
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HU
Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
Brian HAYES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Marian HARKIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Ivan JAKOVČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HR
Philippe JUVIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Barbara KAPPEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) DE
Vladimír MAŇKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) SK
Ivana MALETIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HR
Dominique MARTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
David MARTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate)
Valentinas MAZURONIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) LT
Louis MICHEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) NL
Bernard MONOT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Marlene MIZZI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Sophie MONTEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Alessia Maria MOSCA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) IT
Liadh NÍ RIADA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Rolandas PAKSAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) LT
Marijana PETIR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HR
Franck PROUST
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Julia REID
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Fernando RUAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) PT
Tokia SAÏFI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Remo SERNAGIOTTO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) IT
Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
Siôn SIMON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner)
Monika SMOLKOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) SK
Davor ŠKRLEC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HR
Bart STAES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) NL
Beatrix von STORCH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) DE
Patricija ŠULIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) SL
Eleftherios SYNADINOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) EL
Adam SZEJNFELD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate) PL
Tibor SZANYI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HU
Dubravka ŠUICA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HR
Ivica TOLIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) HR
Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) FR
Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) PL
Ángela VALLINA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) ES
Miguel VIEGAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) PT
Jarosław WAŁĘSA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (debate)
Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) SK

Votes

A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner - Approbation #

2016/12/01 Outcome: +: 375, -: 220, 0: 46

		PL	ES	RO	HU	BG	SK	CZ	DE	FI	DK	BE	MT	SE	HR	IT	EE	SI	PT	NL	LV	LT	LU	IE	CY	GB	AT	FR	EL
	Total	49	40	24	16	16	12	17	81	13	9	21	6	16	11	64	6	8	20	23	7	9	5	10	4	59	16	60	18
PPE	189	Poland PPE For (22) Adam SZEJNFELD, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Andrzej GRZYB, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Dariusz ROSATI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Jan OLBRYCHT, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Jerzy BUZEK, Julia PITERA, Krzysztof HETMAN, Michał BONI, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tadeusz ZWIEFKA 22	Spain PPE For (15) Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos ITURGAIZ, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Gabriel MATO, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Pilar AYUSO, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ 15	Romania PPE For (10) Adina VĂLEAN, Cristian Dan PREDA, Csaba SÓGOR, Daniel BUDA, Iuliu WINKLER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN, Traian UNGUREANU 10	Hungary PPE For (10) Andor DELI, Andrea BOCSKOR, András GYÜRK, György SCHÖPFLIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, József SZÁJER, Kinga GÁL, Norbert ERDŐS, Tamás DEUTSCH, Ádám KÓSA 10	Bulgaria PPE For (7) Andrey KOVATCHEV, Andrey NOVAKOV, Emil RADEV, Eva MAYDELL, Mariya GABRIEL, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Vladimir URUTCHEV 7	Slovakia PPE For (5) Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Eduard KUKAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, József NAGY, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK 5	Czechia PPE For (5) Jaromír ŠTĚTINA, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Stanislav POLČÁK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ 5	Germany PPE For (32) Albert DESS, Andreas SCHWAB, Angelika NIEBLER, Axel VOSS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Burkhard BALZ, Christian EHLER, Daniel CASPARY, David MCALLISTER, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Elmar BROK, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Herbert REUL, Ingeborg GRÄSSLE, Jens GIESEKE, Joachim ZELLER, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Manfred WEBER, Markus FERBER, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Peter LIESE, Rainer WIELAND, Reimer BÖGE, Renate SOMMER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Thomas MANN, Werner KUHN, Werner LANGEN 32	Finland PPE For (3) Henna VIRKKUNEN, Petri SARVAMAA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN 3		Belgium PPE For (3) Ivo BELET, Pascal ARIMONT, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE Abstain (1) Claude ROLIN 4	Malta PPE For (3) David CASA, Roberta METSOLA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA 3	Sweden PPE For (2) Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lars ADAKTUSSON 2	Croatia PPE For (5) Dubravka ŠUICA, Ivana MALETIĆ, Ivica TOLIĆ, Marijana PETIR, Željana ZOVKO 5	Italy PPE For (12) Alberto CIRIO, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Antonio TAJANI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO, Giovanni LA VIA, Herbert DORFMANN, Lara COMI, Massimiliano SALINI, Salvatore CICU, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Stefano MAULLU 12	Estonia PPE For (1) Tunne KELAM 1	Slovenia PPE For (5) Alojz PETERLE, Franc BOGOVIČ, Milan ZVER, Patricija ŠULIN, Romana TOMC 5	Portugal PPE For (7) Carlos COELHO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Fernando RUAS, José Manuel FERNANDES, Nuno MELO, Paulo RANGEL, Sofia RIBEIRO 7	Netherlands PPE For (5) Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Esther DE LANGE, Jeroen LENAERS, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Wim van de CAMP 5	Latvia PPE For (3) Inese VAIDERE, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Sandra KALNIETE 3	Lithuania PPE For (2) Algirdas SAUDARGAS, Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ 2	Luxembourg PPE For (2) Frank ENGEL, Georges BACH 2	Ireland PPE For (4) Brian HAYES, Deirdre CLUNE, Mairead McGUINNESS, Seán KELLY 4			Austria PPE For (4) Claudia SCHMIDT, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Heinz K. BECKER, Paul RÜBIG 4	France PPE For (18) Alain CADEC, Alain LAMASSOURE, Angélique DELAHAYE, Anne SANDER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Brice HORTEFEUX, Constance LE GRIP, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Franck PROUST, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Michel DANTIN, Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, Nadine MORANO, Philippe JUVIN, Rachida DATI, Renaud MUSELIER, Tokia SAÏFI 18	Greece PPE For (3) Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Georgios KYRTSOS, Maria SPYRAKI 3
ECR	65	Poland ECR For (18) Anna FOTYGA, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Bolesław G. PIECHA, Czesław HOC, Edward CZESAK, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Karol KARSKI, Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Marek JUREK, Mirosław PIOTROWSKI, Ryszard CZARNECKI, Stanisław OŻÓG, Sławomir KŁOSOWSKI, Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA, Urszula KRUPA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI 18		Romania ECR For (1) Monica MACOVEI 1		Bulgaria ECR For (2) Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Nikolay BAREKOV 2	Slovakia ECR For (3) Branislav ŠKRIPEK, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Richard SULÍK 3	Czechia ECR For (2) Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Jan ZAHRADIL 2	Germany ECR For (6) Arne GERICKE, Bernd KÖLMEL, Bernd LUCKE, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Joachim STARBATTY, Ulrike TREBESIUS 6	Finland ECR For (2) Jussi HALLA-AHO, Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER 2	Denmark ECR For (2) Anders VISTISEN, Jørn DOHRMANN 2	Belgium ECR For (4) Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Helga STEVENS, Mark DEMESMAEKER, Sander LOONES 4			Croatia ECR For (1) Ruža TOMAŠIĆ 1	Italy ECR For (2) Raffaele FITTO, Remo SERNAGIOTTO 2				Netherlands ECR For (2) Bas BELDER, Peter van DALEN 2	Latvia ECR For (1) Roberts ZĪLE 1				Cyprus ECR For (1) Eleni THEOCHAROUS 1	United Kingdom ECR For (17) Anthea McINTYRE, Daniel DALTON, Daniel HANNAN, David CAMPBELL BANNERMAN, Emma McCLARKIN, Geoffrey VAN ORDEN, Ian DUNCAN, James NICHOLSON, John PROCTER, Julie GIRLING, Kay SWINBURNE, Nirj DEVA, Richard ASHWORTH, Sajjad KARIM, Syed KAMALL, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Vicky FORD 17			Greece ECR Against (1) Notis MARIAS 1
ALDE	62		Spain ALDE For (5) Carolina PUNSET, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS 5	Romania ALDE For (3) Mircea DIACONU, Norica NICOLAI, Renate WEBER 3		Bulgaria ALDE For (4) Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Nedzhmi ALI 4		Czechia ALDE For (4) Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Pavel TELIČKA, Petr JEŽEK 4	Germany ALDE For (3) Gesine MEISSNER, Michael THEURER, Ulrike MÜLLER 3	Finland ALDE For (4) Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Hannu TAKKULA, Nils TORVALDS, Paavo VÄYRYNEN 4	Denmark ALDE For (3) Jens ROHDE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Morten PETERSEN 3	Belgium ALDE For (6) Frédérique RIES, Guy VERHOFSTADT, Gérard DEPREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Lieve WIERINCK, Louis MICHEL 6		Sweden ALDE For (2) Fredrick FEDERLEY, Jasenko SELIMOVIC 2	Croatia ALDE For (2) Ivan JAKOVČIĆ, Jozo RADOŠ 2		Estonia ALDE For (3) Jana TOOM, Kaja KALLAS, Urmas PAET 3	Slovenia ALDE For (1) Ivo VAJGL 1	Portugal ALDE For (2) António MARINHO E PINTO, José Inácio FARIA 2	Netherlands ALDE For (6) Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan HUITEMA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Sophia IN 'T VELD 6	Latvia ALDE For (1) Iveta GRIGULE-PĒTERSE 1	Lithuania ALDE For (3) Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Valentinas MAZURONIS, Viktor USPASKICH 3	Luxembourg ALDE For (1) Charles GOERENS 1	Ireland ALDE For (1) Marian HARKIN 1		United Kingdom ALDE For (1) Catherine BEARDER 1	Austria ALDE For (1) Angelika MLINAR 1	France ALDE For (6) Dominique RIQUET, Jean ARTHUIS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Sylvie GOULARD 6
EFDD	34	Poland EFDD For (1) Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ 1							Germany EFDD For (1) Beatrix von STORCH 1					Sweden EFDD For (2) Kristina WINBERG, Peter LUNDGREN 2		Italy EFDD Abstain (16) Daniela AIUTO, Dario TAMBURRANO, David BORRELLI, Eleonora EVI, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Giulia MOI, Ignazio CORRAO, Isabella ADINOLFI, Laura AGEA, Laura FERRARA, Marco VALLI, Marco ZANNI, Marco ZULLO, Piernicola PEDICINI, Rosa D'AMATO, Tiziana BEGHIN 16						Lithuania EFDD Abstain (1) Rolandas PAKSAS 1				United Kingdom EFDD Abstain (12) Bill ETHERIDGE, David COBURN, Gerard BATTEN, James CARVER, Jill SEYMOUR, John Stuart AGNEW, Jonathan ARNOTT, Julia REID, Mike HOOKEM, Nathan GILL, Patrick O'FLYNN, William (The Earl of) DARTMOUTH 12		France EFDD For (1) Joëlle BERGERON 1
NI	14	Poland NI For (1) Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE 1			Hungary NI For (1) Zoltán BALCZÓ 1				Germany NI Against (1) Martin SONNEBORN 1							Italy NI For (1) Alessandra MUSSOLINI 1										United Kingdom NI For (1) Diane DODDS Against (2) Diane JAMES, Steven WOOLFE 3		France NI For (1) Aymeric CHAUPRADE Against (1) Bruno GOLLNISCH 2	Greece NI Against (5) Eleftherios SYNADINOS, Georgios EPITIDEIOS, Kostas PAPADAKIS, Lampros FOUNTOULIS, Sotirios ZARIANOPOULOS 5
ENF	35	Poland ENF For (2) Michał MARUSIK, Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK 2		Romania ENF Against (1) Laurenţiu REBEGA 1					Germany ENF Against (1) Marcus PRETZELL 1			Belgium ENF Against (1) Gerolf ANNEMANS 1				Italy ENF Against (4) Angelo CIOCCA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO 4				Netherlands ENF Against (3) Auke ZIJLSTRA, Olaf STUGER, Vicky MAEIJER 3						United Kingdom ENF Abstain (1) Janice ATKINSON 1	Austria ENF Against (4) Barbara KAPPEL, Franz OBERMAYR, Georg MAYER, Harald VILIMSKY 4	France ENF Against (18) Bernard MONOT, Dominique BILDE, Dominique MARTIN, Edouard FERRAND, Florian PHILIPPOT, Gilles LEBRETON, Jean-François JALKH, Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Joëlle MÉLIN, Marie-Christine ARNAUTU, Marie-Christine BOUTONNET, Mireille D'ORNANO, Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, Nicolas BAY, Philippe LOISEAU, Sophie MONTEL, Steeve BRIOIS, Sylvie GODDYN 18
GUE/NGL	38		Spain GUE/NGL Against (7) Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Ángela VALLINA 7					Czechia GUE/NGL Against (1) Kateřina KONEČNÁ Abstain (1) Jaromír KOHLÍČEK 2	Germany GUE/NGL Against (4) Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Martina MICHELS, Stefan ECK 4	Finland GUE/NGL Against (1) Merja KYLLÖNEN 1	Denmark GUE/NGL Against (1) Rina Ronja KARI 1			Sweden GUE/NGL Against (1) Malin BJÖRK 1		Italy GUE/NGL Against (3) Barbara SPINELLI, Curzio MALTESE, Eleonora FORENZA 3			Portugal GUE/NGL Against (3) João PIMENTA LOPES, Marisa MATIAS, Miguel VIEGAS 3	Netherlands GUE/NGL Against (3) Anja HAZEKAMP, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Dennis de JONG 3				Ireland GUE/NGL Against (4) Liadh NÍ RIADA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Lynn BOYLAN, Matt CARTHY 4	Cyprus GUE/NGL Against (1) Takis HADJIGEORGIOU 1	United Kingdom GUE/NGL Against (1) Martina ANDERSON 1		France GUE/NGL Against (2) Patrick LE HYARIC, Younous OMARJEE 2	Greece GUE/NGL Against (5) Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Nikolaos CHOUNTIS, Sofia SAKORAFA, Stelios KOULOGLOU 5
Verts/ALE	42		Spain Verts/ALE Against (3) Ernest MARAGALL, Ernest URTASUN, Florent MARCELLESI 3		Hungary Verts/ALE Against (1) Benedek JÁVOR 1				Germany Verts/ALE Against (12) Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Helga TRÜPEL, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Julia REDA, Klaus BUCHNER, Maria HEUBUCH, Martin HÄUSLING, Michael CRAMER, Rebecca HARMS, Ska KELLER, Sven GIEGOLD, Terry REINTKE 12	Finland Verts/ALE Against (1) Heidi HAUTALA 1		Belgium Verts/ALE Against (2) Bart STAES, Philippe LAMBERTS 2		Sweden Verts/ALE Against (3) Bodil VALERO, Jakop G. DALUNDE, Max ANDERSSON 3	Croatia Verts/ALE Against (1) Davor ŠKRLEC 1		Estonia Verts/ALE Against (1) Indrek TARAND 1	Slovenia Verts/ALE Against (1) Igor ŠOLTES 1		Netherlands Verts/ALE Against (2) Bas EICKHOUT, Judith SARGENTINI 2	Latvia Verts/ALE Against (1) Tatjana ŽDANOKA 1	Lithuania Verts/ALE Against (1) Bronis ROPĖ 1	Luxembourg Verts/ALE Against (1) Claude TURMES 1			United Kingdom Verts/ALE Against (5) Alyn SMITH, Ian HUDGHTON, Jean LAMBERT, Jill EVANS, Molly SCOTT CATO 5	Austria Verts/ALE Against (3) Michel REIMON, Monika VANA, Ulrike LUNACEK 3	France Verts/ALE Against (4) José BOVÉ, Karima DELLI, Michèle RIVASI, Pascal DURAND 4
S&D	161	Poland S&D Against (5) Adam GIEREK, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Janusz ZEMKE, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG 5	Spain S&D For (10) Clara AGUILERA, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elena VALENCIANO, Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO, Inés AYALA SENDER, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ 10	Romania S&D For (7) Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Maria GRAPINI, Sorin MOISĂ, Victor NEGRESCU Against (1) Andi CRISTEA Abstain (1) Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ 9	Hungary S&D For (2) Csaba MOLNÁR, István UJHELYI Against (1) Péter NIEDERMÜLLER Abstain (1) Tibor SZANYI 4	Bulgaria S&D Against (3) Georgi PIRINSKI, Iliana IOTOVA, Momchil NEKOV 3	Slovakia S&D For (2) Boris ZALA, Vladimír MAŇKA Against (1) Monika BEŇOVÁ Abstain (1) Monika SMOLKOVÁ 4	Czechia S&D For (1) Miroslav POCHE Against (3) Jan KELLER, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Pavel POC 4	Germany S&D Against (16) Arne LIETZ, Bernd LANGE, Birgit SIPPEL, Dietmar KÖSTER, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Gabriele PREUSS, Iris HOFFMANN, Ismail ERTUG, Jens GEIER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Maria NOICHL, Norbert NEUSER, Peter SIMON, Susanne MELIOR, Udo BULLMANN, Ulrike RODUST Abstain (5) Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER, Joachim SCHUSTER, Martina WERNER, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Tiemo WÖLKEN 21	Finland S&D For (1) Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI Against (1) Liisa JAAKONSAARI 2	Denmark S&D For (3) Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Jeppe KOFOD, Ole CHRISTENSEN 3	Belgium S&D Against (4) Hugues BAYET, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Marc TARABELLA, Maria ARENA 4	Malta S&D For (3) Alfred SANT, Marlene MIZZI, Miriam DALLI 3	Sweden S&D For (4) Anna HEDH, Jens NILSSON, Jytte GUTELAND, Olle LUDVIGSSON Against (1) Soraya POST Abstain (1) Marita ULVSKOG 6	Croatia S&D Against (2) Biljana BORZAN, Tonino PICULA 2	Italy S&D For (10) Alessia Maria MOSCA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Nicola DANTI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Pina PICIERNO, Simona BONAFÈ Against (13) Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Daniele VIOTTI, David Maria SASSOLI, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrico GASBARRA, Gianni PITTELLA, Mercedes BRESSO, Nicola CAPUTO, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI Abstain (3) Caterina CHINNICI, Patrizia TOIA, Silvia COSTA 26	Estonia S&D For (1) Marju LAURISTIN 1	Slovenia S&D Against (1) Tanja FAJON 1	Portugal S&D For (2) Carlos ZORRINHO, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Against (5) Ana GOMES, Francisco ASSIS, Manuel dos SANTOS, Maria João RODRIGUES, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS Abstain (1) Liliana RODRIGUES 8	Netherlands S&D Against (2) Agnes JONGERIUS, Paul TANG 2	Latvia S&D Against (1) Andrejs MAMIKINS 1	Lithuania S&D Against (2) Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Zigmantas BALČYTIS 2	Luxembourg S&D Against (1) Mady DELVAUX 1	Ireland S&D Against (1) Nessa CHILDERS 1	Cyprus S&D Against (2) Costas MAVRIDES, Demetris PAPADAKIS 2	United Kingdom S&D For (2) David MARTIN, Siôn SIMON Against (16) Alex MAYER, Anneliese DODDS, Clare MOODY, Claude MORAES, Dame Glenis WILLMOTT, Derek VAUGHAN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Julie WARD, Linda McAVAN, Lucy ANDERSON, Mary HONEYBALL, Paul BRANNEN, Richard CORBETT, Seb DANCE, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Theresa GRIFFIN Abstain (1) Neena GILL 19	Austria S&D Against (4) Eugen FREUND, Evelyn REGNER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Karin KADENBACH 4	France S&D Against (9) Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Edouard MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Guillaume BALAS, Isabelle THOMAS, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Pervenche BERÈS, Vincent PEILLON, Virginie ROZIÈRE 9	Greece S&D Against (4) Eva KAILI, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Nikos ANDROULAKIS 4

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary	PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex type Preparatory document body EC
docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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docs/1/summary

PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/1	date 2008-07-10T00:00:00 docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0441/COM_COM(2008)0441_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0441 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=441 title: EUR-Lex summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region. Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime. The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania . CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on: · Trade in Goods, · Customs and Trade Facilitation, · Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund. The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded. Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440). Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA. type Preparatory document body EC
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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the stepping stone EPA has been negotiated with Ghana in order to avoid disrupting trade between this country and the Community on the expiry on 31 December 2007 of the trade provisions set out in Annex V of the Cotonou Agreement and the WTO waiver that covered them, and pending the completion of a comprehensive EPA with the whole West African region.
Following the initialling of this Agreement respectively on 13 December 2007, Ghana was added to the list of countries benefiting from an EPA trade regime established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 , adopted on 20 December 2007. This Regulation provided for an advance application of the EPA trade regime.
The negotiation of a full EPA with the whole West African region continues, consistently with the negotiating directives for EPAs with the ACP States adopted by Council on 12 June 2002. The countries of this region are:
Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea Bissau, Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Mauritania .
CONTENT: the stepping stone EPA, which the Commission request the Council to conclude on behalf of the Community, after assent by the European Parliament, contains provisions on:
· Trade in Goods,
· Customs and Trade Facilitation,
· Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
There are also Development Cooperation provisions setting out priority areas of action for the implementation of the EPA. Each individual substantive chapter of the Agreement includes specific areas of cooperation and a Development Cooperation declaration establishes the link with the EU Aid for Trade strategy and recalls the Commission's and Member States’ intention to contribute to a regional development fund.
The Agreement also foresees the continuation of negotiations at regional level on investment, services and trade related issues and provides that the full regional EPA will supersede it once concluded.
Provisional application : pending the entry into force of the stepping stone EPA, the stepping stone EPA foresees the provisional application of the Agreement (see COM(2008)0440).
Lastly, the European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to the conclusion of the stepping stone EPA.

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docs/4	date 2016-10-04T00:00:00 docs url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=12396%2F16&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 12396/2016 summary PURPOSE: to conclude the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: 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, calls for the conclusion of WTO-compatible Economic Partnership Agreements. On 12 June 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements with members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. Negotiations for a stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement have been concluded with Ghana and the Agreement has been initialled on 13 December 2007. The Agreement was signed on 28 July 2016 subject to its conclusion at a later date. It has been provisionally applied pending its entry into force. It is now necessary for it to be approved. CONTENT: the draft Council Decision aims to approve on behalf of the Union the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part . It is noted that the Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts and tribunals. type Legislative proposal body CSL
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