– having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Communities and its Members States of the other part, signed in Cotonou, Benin on 23 June 2000
– ņemot vērā 2000. gada 23. jūnijā Kotonū (Beninā) parakstīto un 2003. gada 1. aprīlī spēkā stājušos Partnerattiecību nolīgumu