acp states meaning
[Law]
The African, Caribbean, and Pacific states that are associated with the European Union through the Lome Convention. This convention, which was signed at Lome (Togo)in 1975, provides for cooperation in matters of commerce between ACPstates and EU states, including access to the EU market for products from the ACPcountries. The Convention also provides for cooperation in industrial and financial matters.
The African, Caribbean, and Pacific states that are associated with the European Union through the Lome Convention. This convention, which was signed at Lome (Togo)in 1975, provides for cooperation in matters of commerce between ACPstates and EU states, including access to the EU market for products from the ACPcountries. The Convention also provides for cooperation in industrial and financial matters.
Examples
More: Next- This Assembly is part of the revised Cotonou Agreement between the EU and the ACP States.
- As former European colonies, the 77 so-called ACP states receive special trade agreements with Europe.
- The Pacific ACP States are the countries in the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union.
- In all, some 70 ACP states are party to Lom� IV, compared with the 46 signatories of Lom� I.
- This it does, in part, through its magazine " Spore ", which is widely circulated in ACP states.
