* 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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