The Understanding on Article XXIV defines a "reasonable time" as ten years and specifies that this should be exceeded "only in exceptional cases"; there is certainly scope to present the EU-ACP EPAs as exceptional cases as the level of development between the parties is so variable.
The Understanding on Article XXIV defines a "reasonable time" as ten years and specifies that this should be exceeded "only in exceptional cases"; there is certainly scope to present the EU-ACP EPAs as exceptional cases as the level of development between the parties is so variable.