The partnership agreement between the European Union and ACP countries, signed in Cotonou in 2000. The agreement acts as the framework for EU-ACP cooperation, in political dialogue, development assistance and trade, until 2020.
Agreement between EU and Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries signed in June 2002 in Cotonou, Benin. Replaces the Lome Convention
Trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States signed in Cotonou, Benin, on 23 June - replaces the Lome Convention. Trade & Economy http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/body/cotonou/agreement_en.htm
Will succeed the Lomé Convention. Covers relations (including trade) between the EU and former European colonies. Under the Lome convention poor countries were given access to EU markets without having to reciprocate but under the Cotonou Agreement that preferential treatment will be removed and poor countries will have to open up their markets to foreign competition.
The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP countries). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou , the capital of Benin, by 77 ACP countries and the then fifteen Member States of the European Union. It entered into force in 2002 and is the latest agreement in the history of ACP-EU Development Cooperation.
