* 10th ACP Ministerial Trade Committee
* 5th Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Committee
* 1st ACP-EC Joint Technical Monitoring Committee on EPA negotiations
* 2nd ACP Technical Follow-up Group on EPA negotiations
25-27 October 2004
ACP House, Brussels
Draft Agenda
10th ACP Ministerial Trade Committee
26 October 2004
1. Adoption of Draft Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 9th ACP Ministerial Trade
Committee
3. Consideration of the revised Rules of Procedure
4. Consideration of the Report of the ACP Technical Follow-up Group
on EPA negotiations:
i) State of progress on EPA Negotiations
ii) Trade related capacity building programmes
5. Progress on the Doha Work Programme: Exchange of views on report
of the Coordinator of the ACP Group in Geneva
6. Preparations for the 5th Joint ACP-EC Ministerial Trade Committee
meeting:
i) Draft Agenda
ii) Summary Record of the 4th Meeting of the Joint ACP-EC Ministerial
Committee
7. Report of the 1st Joint ACP-EC Technical Monitoring Committee
meeting
8. Any other business
9. Report to the 80th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers.
Draft programme of meetings
Follow-up to the EPA Negotiations
Ministerial Trade Committee
DRAFT PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS
25-27 October 2004
Monday 25 October 2004
9h30 - 13h00 : 2nd ACP Technical Follow-up Group on EPA negotiations
(Part 1)
13h00 – 15h00 : Lunch break
15h00 – 18h00 : 1st ACP-EC Joint Technical Monitoring Committee
on EPA negotiations
Tuesday 26 October 2004
9h30 – 10h30 : 2nd ACP Technical Follow-up Group on EPA negotiations
(Part 2)
10h30 – 13h00 : 10th ACP Ministerial Trade Committee
13h00 – 15h00 : Lunch Break
15h00 – 18h00 : 10th ACP Ministerial Trade Committee
Wednesday 27 October 2004
10h00 – 13h00 : 5th Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Committee
Draft programme
2nd
Meeting of the ACP technical follow-up mechanism
for Phase II
of the negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements
25-26 October 2004
Monday 25 October 2004
930 – 9.40 : Welcoming remarks by the Chairman of the Committee of
Ambassadors
9.40 – 9.50 : Adoption of the Agenda and Organisation of Work
[Item 1]
9.50 – 10.10 : Consideration of the draft Rules of Procedure [Item
2]
10.10 – 11.30 : Consideration of the State of Progress on EPA Negotiations
[Item 3]
11.30 – 12.00 : Preparations at the Regional Level: Resource Requirements
for EPA Negotiations [Item 4]
12.00 – 12.30 : Capacity Building Programmes [Item 5]
12.30 – 13.30 : Preparation for the Joint ACP-EC Technical Monitoring
Committee [Item 6]
13.30 – 13.45 : Any Other Business [Item 7]
13.45 : CLOSING
Tuesday, 26 October 2004
9.30 – 10.30 : Consideration of the report of the ACP MTC
Draft Agenda
1st JOINT ACP-EC TECHNICAL
MONITORING COMMITTEE
25 October 2004
1. Adoption of Draft Agenda
2. Consideration of the state of progress on regional EPA Negotiations:
3. Support Programmes for regional EPA negotiations
4. Consideration to the Joint report on state of play of regional
EPA negotiations
5. Any other business
Draft Agenda
2nd ACP TECHNICAL FOLLOW-UP GROUP
ON EPA NEGOTIATIONS
25-26 October 2004
1. Adoption of Draft Agenda
2. Consideration of the draft Rules of Procedure
3. Consideration of the state of progress on EPA Negotiations:
i) regional negotiations
ii) All-ACP negotiations
• Rules of origin
• Dispute Settlement
• Non-execution clause
4. Preparations at the regional level:
i) Resource requirements for EPA negotiations
5. Capacity-building programmes:
i) All ACP capacity-building programme in support of the Economic
Partnership Agreements (€20 million programme)
ii) Trade.Com ( All-ACP)
6. Preparation for the Joint ACP-EC Joint Technical Monitoring Committee:
- consideration of the draft agenda and ACP position on issues therein
7. Any other business.
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