EUEU--SADC Economic SADC Economic Partnership AgreementPartnership Agreement

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EUEU--SADC EPASADC EPAWhereWhere are are wewe nownow??

Four Four mainmain issuesissues::

1.1. ImplementationImplementation of IEPAof IEPA2.2. Outstanding Tariff Outstanding Tariff issuesissues3.3. ConcernsConcerns presentedpresented by Angola, Namibia, SAby Angola, Namibia, SA4.4. Services and investment Services and investment negotiationsnegotiations

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and investmentSADC EPA, Trade in Services and investmentLegal Legal frameworkframework (1)(1)

CotonouCotonou PartnershipPartnership AgreementAgreement,Ch,Ch 4, 4, Trade in Services:Trade in Services:

””The The PartiesParties…… agree on the objective of extending under the economic partnershipagreements, ….. their partnership to encompass the liberalisation of services…”

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and investmentSADC EPA, Trade in Services and investmentLegal Legal frameworkframework (2)(2)

EUEU--SA Trade, Development and SA Trade, Development and CooperationCooperation Agreement (TDCA): Agreement (TDCA):

(Art 30) (Art 30) FurtherFurther LiberalisationLiberalisation of of supplysupply of servicesof services

””The The PartiesParties willwill endeavourendeavour to to extendextend the the scopescope of the Agreement with of the Agreement with a view to a view to furtherfurther liberalisingliberalising trade in services trade in services betweenbetween the the PartiesParties..””The The objectiveobjective shallshall be be subjectsubject to a first examination at the to a first examination at the latestlatest fivefiveyearsyears after the after the entryentry intointo force of the Agreement (2000). force of the Agreement (2000). ((NoteNote: The : The revision of the trade and trade revision of the trade and trade relatedrelated issuesissues chapterschapters waswas movedmoved to to the EUthe EU--SADC EPA process SADC EPA process uponupon SASA’’ss inclusioninclusion in the group in 2007. in the group in 2007. The revision of the The revision of the otherother chapterschapters in the TDCA in the TDCA waswas concludedconcluded at the at the end of 2007)end of 2007)

OtherOther relevant relevant articlesarticles in the TDCA: (Art 63) Services in the TDCA: (Art 63) Services cooperationcooperation, (Art , (Art 52) Investment promotion and 52) Investment promotion and protectionprotection

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and investmentSADC EPA, Trade in Services and investmentLegal Legal frameworkframework

EUEU--SADC SADC InterimInterim EPA, Art 67 EPA, Art 67 ((NoteNote: In this : In this respectrespect the SADC EPA the SADC EPA negotiatingnegotiating group group currentlycurrently consistsconsists of Botswana, Lesotho, of Botswana, Lesotho, MozambiqueMozambique and and Swaziland) Swaziland)

I.aI.a)) Trade in Services Trade in Services

NegotiationsNegotiations to be to be completedcompleted by 31 by 31 DecDec 2008 on:2008 on:

1.1. LiberalisationLiberalisation scheduleschedule for for oneone service service sectorsector;;2.2. CommitmentCommitment to a to a standstillstandstill for all services for all services sectorssectors (GATS: V.1.b (ii));(GATS: V.1.b (ii));3.3. Agreement to Agreement to negotiatenegotiate progressive progressive liberalisationliberalisation withinwithin threethree yearsyears..

I.bI.b)) CooperationCooperation in Servicesin Services

II.aII.a)) InvestmentInvestment

II.bII.b)) CooperationCooperation on Investmenton Investment

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and Investment, SADC EPA, Trade in Services and Investment, First round of First round of negotiationsnegotiations 1919--23 23 MayMay

•• DiscussionsDiscussions focusedfocused on on clarificationclarification of a of a numbernumber of of issuesissues

•• ProposalProposal from the EU: from the EU: ””EstablishmentEstablishment, Trade in Services , Trade in Services and and EE--commercecommerce””((NoteNote: The text covers the : The text covers the establishmentestablishment phasephase of of investment.)investment.)

•• StandstillStandstill: GATS V.1.b (ii): : GATS V.1.b (ii): ””prohibitionprohibition of new or of new or moremorediscriminativediscriminative measuresmeasures, , eithereither at the at the entryentry intointo force of force of that agreement or on the basis of a that agreement or on the basis of a reasonablereasonable timetime--frameframe,,…”…”

•• Development Development cooperationcooperation ((nextnext slide)slide)

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and InvestmentSADC EPA, Trade in Services and InvestmentDevelopment Development CooperationCooperation

The principal legal Framework for Development The principal legal Framework for Development Cooperation remains the ACPCooperation remains the ACP--EU Partnership EU Partnership Agreement signed in Agreement signed in CotonouCotonou. E.g. Art 21 . E.g. Art 21 (Investment and private sector development), Art 23 (Investment and private sector development), Art 23 Economic sector development , Section 3 Regional Economic sector development , Section 3 Regional Cooperation and Integration.Cooperation and Integration.

Translated into programmes through the European Translated into programmes through the European Development Fund (EDF): Development Fund (EDF): Regional Indicative Programmes; Regional Indicative Programmes; National Indicative Programmes; National Indicative Programmes; and alland all--ACP programmes.ACP programmes.

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and InvestmentSADC EPA, Trade in Services and InvestmentDevelopment Development CooperationCooperation

Examples of relevant development cooperation Examples of relevant development cooperation assistance to date:assistance to date:

-- SADC SADC EPAEPA--FacilityFacility ((€€6.5m)6.5m)---- SADC SADC CustomsCustoms ModernisationModernisation programmeprogramme ((€€18m)18m)-- Economic integration support Economic integration support programmeprogramme to SACU to SACU

((€€6m)6m)-- Support to (SADC) Trade in Services (Support to (SADC) Trade in Services (€€1.1m)1.1m)-- Support to SADC Support to SADC FinanceFinance and Investment and Investment ProtocolProtocol

((€€13m, 13m, latestlatest phasephase))-- National programmesNational programmes

EUEU--SADC EPA, Trade in Services and InvestmentSADC EPA, Trade in Services and InvestmentDevelopment Development CooperationCooperation

Forthcoming (EDF10 2008Forthcoming (EDF10 2008--2013):2013):

SADC Regional SADC Regional IndicativeIndicative ProgrammeProgramme ((€€116m): 116m): DraftDraft proposalproposal for for SADC EPA SADC EPA AssistanceAssistance NeedsNeeds completedcompleted under RPTF under RPTF National National IndicativeIndicative ProgrammesProgrammes: : ((http://http://ec.europa.euec.europa.eu//developmentdevelopment//howhow//iqsgiqsg/documents_library_en.cfm#rsp10/documents_library_en.cfm#rsp10))

SourcesSources with with EPAEPA--relatedrelated fundingfunding availableavailable at present, at present, e.ge.g.:.:

SADC EPA SADC EPA FacilityFacility, , managedmanaged by SADC EPA Unit, SADC by SADC EPA Unit, SADC SecretariatSecretariatTradeComTradeCom FacilityFacility, http://, http://www.tradecomwww.tradecom--acpeu.orgacpeu.org//

EUEU--SADC EPA SADC EPA NegotiationsNegotiationsNextNext stepssteps

22--4 4 JulyJuly: : NextNext round of round of negotiationsnegotiations

Before that:Before that:

PossiblePossible feedfeed--backback on on ConcernsConcerns presentedpresentedby Angola, Namibia and SAby Angola, Namibia and SALikelyLikely: EU: EU--SACU SACU exchangeexchange of offers for of offers for agriculturalagricultural and and processedprocessed agriculturalagriculturalproductsproducts

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