HL Deb 26 October 1999 vol 606 c15WA
Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, in the context of the Lomé Agreement and its anticipated successor, Regional Economic Partnership Agreements will be suitable for all African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries covered by the agreement. [HL4253]

Baroness Amos

It will be for the ACP countries themselves to determine whether Regional Economic Partnership Agreements (REPA) will be suitable for some or all of them.

However, to cover the case of the countries which find REPAs unsuitable, the European Union's (EU) Post Lomé negotiating mandate includes a commitment to seek ways of maintaining levels of market access equivalent to current levels for all ACP countries after the expiry of the Lomé IV Convention.