The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

Important legal notice

The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer, a copyright notice and rules related to personal data protection.

Disclaimer

The ACP Secretariat maintains this website to enhance public access to information about its initiatives and ACP-EU policies in general. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
However the ACP Secretariat accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site.

This information is:

of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date;
sometimes linked to external sites over which the ACP Secretariat services have no control and for which the ACP Secretariat assumes no responsibility;
not professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).

Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that a document available on-line exactly reproduces an officially adopted text. Only the printed text, signed by the appropriate authorities is deemed authentic.

It is our goal to minimize disruption caused by technical errors. However some data or information on our site may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error-free and we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. The ACP Secretariat accepts no responsibility with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using this site or any linked external sites.

This disclaimer is not intended to limit the liability of the ACP Secretariat in contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.

Copyright notice

© ACP Secretariat, 1995-2005
Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated.
Where prior permission must be obtained for the reproduction or use of textual and multimedia information (sound, images, software, etc.), such permission shall cancel the above-mentioned general permission and shall clearly indicate any restrictions on use.

Personal Data Protection

The ACP Secretariat is committed to user privacy.
All official mail sent to the ACP Secretariat is forwarded to the appropriate department which then takes the appropriate action. Personal information is never disclosed to third parties without prior approval.