Press Release: East African Community: EU to sign economic partnership agreement with Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union authorised, on behalf of the EU, the signature and provisional application of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the EU and the East African Community (EAC). The East African Community comprises Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

• Primary Source

Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the East African Community Partner States, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-on-the-signing-and-provisional-application-of-the-economic-partnership-agreement-between-the-east-african-community-partner-states-of-the-one-part-and-the-european-un/

ESO: Background information: Foreign Affairs Council, 20 June 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/foreign-affairs-council-20-june-2016/

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