Lome iii trade agreement

THIRD ACP-EEC CONVENTION

Preamble

SIGNED AT LOME ON 8 DECEMBER 1984

His Majesty the King of the Belgians,

Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark,

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany,

The President of the Hellenic Republic,

The President of the French Republic,

The President of Ireland,

The President of the Italian Republic,

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg,

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands,

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, hereinafter referred to as "the Community", the States of the Community being hereinafter referred to as "Member States",

and the Council and the Commission of the European Communities,

of the one part, and

Her Majesty the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda,

The Head of State of the Bahamas,

The Head of State of Barbados,

Her Majesty the Queen of Belize,

The President of the People's Republic of Benin,

The President of the Republic of Botswana,

The President of the National Revolutionary Council, President of Burkina Faso, Head of the Government,

The President of the Republic of Burundi,

The President of the Republic of Cameroon,

The President of the Republic of Cape Verde,

The President of the Central African Republic,

The President of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros,

The President of the People's Republic of the Congo,

The President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast,

The President of the Republic of Djibouti,

The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica,

The General Secretary of the Ethiopian Workers' Party, Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and of the Council of Ministers and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Army of Ethiopia,

Her Majesty the Queen of Fiji,

The President of the Gabonese Republic,

The President of the Republic of the Gambia,

The Head of State and Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council of the Republic of Ghana,

Her Majesty the Queen of Grenada,

The President of the Republic of Guinea,

The President of the Council of State of Guinea-Bissau,

The President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,

The President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana,

The Head of the State of Jamaica,

The President of the Republic of Kenya,

The President of the Republic of Kiribati,

His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Lesotho,

The President of the Republic of Liberia,

The President of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar,

The President of the Republic of Malawi,

The President of the Republic of Mali,

The Chairman of the Military Committee for National Safety, Head of State of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,

Her Majesty the Queen of Mauritius,

The President of the People's Republic of Mozambique,

The President of the Supreme Military Council, Head of State of Niger,

The Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria,

The President of the Republic of Uganda,

Her Majesty the Queen of Papua New Guinea,

The President of the Rwandese Republic,

Her Majesty the Queen of St Christopher and Nevis,

Her Majesty the Queen of Saint Lucia,

Her Majesty the Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

The Head of Sate of Western Samoa,

The President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe,

The President of the Republic of Senegal,

The President of the Republic of Seychelles,

The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone,

Her Majesty the Queen of the Solomon Islands,

The President of the Somali Democratic Republic,

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan,

The President of the Republic of Suriname,

Her Majesty the Queen Regent of the Kingdom of Swaziland,

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania,

The President of the Republic of Chad,

The President of the Togolese Republic,

His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga,

The President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,

Her Majesty the Queen of Tuvalu,

The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu,

The President of the Republic of Zaire,

The President of the Republic of Zambia,

The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe,

whose States are hereinafter referred to as "ACP States",

of the other part,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, on the one hand, and the Georgetown Agreement constituting the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, on the other;

ANXIOUS to reinforce, on the basis of complete equality between partners and in their mutual interest, close and continuing co-operation in a spirit of international solidarity;

WISHING to demonstrate their common desire to maintain and develop the friendly relations existing between their countries, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

REAFFIRMING their adherence to the principles of the said Charter and their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small;

RESOLVED to step up their common efforts to contribute towards international co-operation and to the solution of international problems of economic, social, intellectual and humanitarian nature, in conformity with the aspirations of the international community towards the establishment of a new, more just and more balanced economic order;

RESOLVED to make, through their co-operation, a significant contribution to the economic development and social progress of the ACP States and to the greater well-being of their populations;

HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Convention and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS:

Mr François-Xavier DE DONNEA, State Secretary, Development Co-operation;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK:

Mr K.E. TYGESEN, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY:

Mr Peter SCHOLZ, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Togolese Republic;

Dr Volkmar KOHLER, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Co-operation;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC:

Mr Theodore PANGALOS, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC:

Mr Claude CHEYSSON, Plenipotentiary;

Mr Christian NUCCI, Minister responsible to the Minister for External Relations, Responsible for Co-operation and Development;

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND:

Mr Jim O'KEEFFE, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALlAN REPUBLIC:

Mr Mario FlORET, Under Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG:

Mr Robert GOEBBELS, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS:

Dr W.F. VAN EEKELEN, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND:

The Rt Honourable Timothy RAISON, M.P., Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Minister for Overseas Development;

THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:

Mr Peter BARRY, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ireland, President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities;

Mr Gaston THORN, President of the Commission of the European Communities;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA:

Mr Ronald SANDERS, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the European Communities;

THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS:

Mr Richard C. DEMERITTE, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom;

THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS:

The Honourable H. B. St JOHN, QC, M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF BELIZE:

Mr Rudolph I. CASTILLO, MBE, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Mission of Belize to the European Communities;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BENIN:

Mr Soule DANKORO, Minister for Trade, Craft Trades and Tourism;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA:

The Honourable Mrs G. K. T. CHIEPE, Minister for Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO, HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT:

Mr Youssouf OUEDRAOGO, Minister for Planning and Social Development;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI:

Mr Stanislas MANDl, Minister of the Presidency responsible for relations with the National Assembly;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON:

Mr Youssoufa DAOUDA, Minister of State for Planning and Regional Development;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE:

Mr Silvino DA LUZ, Minister for Foreign Affairs;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:

Mr Guy DARLAN, High Commissioner for Planning, responsible for Economic and Financial Co-operation;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF THE COMOROS:

Mr Yahaia DJAMADAR, Roving Ambassador and Plenipotentiary;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO:

Mr Pierre MOUSSA, Minister for Planning;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE IVORY COAST:

Mr Abdoulaye KONE, Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI:

Mr Ahmed Ibrahim ABDI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the European Economic Community;

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA:

Mr Romeo Arden Coleridge SHILLINGFORD, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom;

THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ETHIOPIAN WORKERS' PARTY, CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL AND OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND COMMANDER-INCHIEF OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OF ETHIOPIA:

Mr ljigu MERSIE, Minister responsible for General Planning;