Decision No 1/2000 of the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors of 28 February 2000 on transitional measures valid from 1 March 2000 - Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation - Protocol 2 on the implementation of Article 9 - Protocol 3 containing the text of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar - Protocol 4 on beef and veal - Protocol 5: The second banana Protocol - Joint Declaration
1. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 56/47 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL DECISION No 1/2000 OF THE ACP-EC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS of 28 February 2000 on transitional measures valid from 1 March 2000 THE ACP-EC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Having regard to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989 as amended by the Agreement signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995, and in particular Article 366(3) thereof, Article 1 Subject to Articles 3 and 4, all the provisions of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention and of the acts adopted pursuant thereto shall continue to apply from 1 March to 1 August 2000. Having regard to the Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Minis- ters of 8 December 1999 delegating powers to the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors for the purpose of adopting trans- itional measures on the expiry of the Fourth ACP-EC Conven- tion, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) The Fourth ACP-EC Convention expires on 29 February 2000; agreement new partnership The the Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and ACP States, on the other hand, which is to be signed at Suva on 8 June 2000, cannot enter into force on the above date; between It is appropriate to extend most of the provisions of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention as transitional measures valid until 1 August 2000 and, at the same time, to apply the trade arrangements of the partnership as trans- itional measures; At its first meeting after the partnership agreement has been signed, the Council of Ministers will take a decision on the transitional measures applicable between 1 August 2000 and the entry into force of the partnership agreement, Article 2 At its first meeting after the partnership agreement has been signed, the Council of Ministers shall decide on the transitional measures applicable from 1 August 2000 until the entry into the partnership agreement. Those measures shall force of include the continued application of the trade arrangements referred to in Article 3. Article 3 By way of derogation from Article 1, the provisions concerning the arrangements applicable during the preparatory period to imports of products originating in ACP countries, as listed in the Annex hereto (1), which will be annexed to the partnership agreement, shall be applied as transitional measures from 1 March 2000 to 1 August 2000. Article 4 Notwithstanding Article 91 of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, the Committee on Industrial Cooperation is hereby authorised to appoint, as soon as possible before 1 August 2000, two following a fair and transparent selection procedure, Deputy Directors of the Development of the Centre for Industry (CDI) for the transitional period up to 31 August 2002. At the end of that period, the Committee of Ambassa- dors, acting on the basis of recommendations from the Execu- tive Board, shall take a decision, within the framework of the future guidelines for the Centre for the Development of Enter- prise (CDE), on the CDE's final structure and establishment plan. (1) This annex will be published as soon as possible. L 56/48 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 3. 2000 The ACP States, the Member States and the Community shall each take such measures as are required for the implementation of this Decision. Article 5 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2000. It shall apply until 1 August 2000. Article 6 Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000. For the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors The President V. VALENTE