Cotonou Agreement

ACP States
  Caribbean group
  East and South Africa group
  Pacific group
  West African group
  Southern African group
  Central African group
  East Africa group

The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ("ACP countries"). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin's largest city, by 78 ACP countries[1] (Cuba did not sign) and the then fifteen Member States of the European Union. It entered into force in 2003 and was subsequently revised in 2005 and 2010.

Following the 2010 revision, the agreement was due to expire on 29 February 2020, but it was extended temporarily to no later than 31 October 2023, pending adoption of a new agreement (the Samoa Agreement).[2]

  1. ^ "The Cotonou Agreement". Archived from the original on 3 February 2011.
  2. ^ Pichon, E., After Cotonou: Towards a new agreement with the African, Caribbean and Pacific states, European Parliamentary Research Service, published September 2023, accessed 23 November 2023

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