HC Deb 26 March 1990 vol 170 cc28-9W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the agenda of the EC-ACP meeting in Fiji on 28 and 29 March.

Mr. Maude

The ACP-EC Council of Ministers meeting in Fiji on 28 and 29 March will discussThe state of implementation of the third Lomé convention. Transitional measures between the third and fourth Lomé conventions. Trade and customs co-operation. Commodities. Stabex (assistance for loss of export earnings from certain agricultural products). Sysmin (assistance for loss of export earnings from certain minerals). Sugar. Development finance co-operation. Industrial Co-operation. Agricultural co-operation. Treatment of ACP nationals in EEC member states. The ACP-EC joint assembly. Southern Africa. The single European Market. Developments in Eastern Europe and their implications for ACP-EC co-operation. ACP states' indebtedness.