EC/Eastern and Southern Africa States (ESA) agreement: interim agreement establishing a framework for Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
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Last active 17 Jan 2013
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
This proposal approves an interim trade and development agreement between the EU and Eastern and Southern Africa states.
Who it affects
It affects businesses, exporters, importers, investors, and consumers involved in trade between the EU and Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, and other ESA states.
Core of the proposal
- Approves the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement on behalf of the European Union.
- Sets a framework for progressive, asymmetrical liberalisation of trade between the parties.
- Covers trade in goods, rules of origin, customs cooperation, trade facilitation, and trade defence.
- Creates an EPA Committee to administer the agreement, including development cooperation.
Key provisions
- Transitional law
- The agreement has been provisionally applied since 14 May 2012 between the EU, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zimbabwe.
Latest update
26 May 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
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Documents
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