The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Côte d’Ivoire Economic Partnership Agreement) Order 2010

Made: 15th December 2010

Coming into force in accordance with Article 3

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Signed

Judith Simpson — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On 22 January 2009 the European Community and its Member States signed the Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (the “Agreement”). Côte d’Ivoire signed the agreement on 26 November, 2008.

This Order declares the Agreement to be a Community Treaty as defined by section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. The principal effect of declaring the Agreement to be a Community Treaty, as so defined, is that the provisions of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 (which provide for the implementation of Community Treaties) apply to it.

A full Impact Assessment has not been carried out for this Order as an initial assessment determined that the costs and benefits for business, the voluntary sector and public finances in the United Kingdom are expected to be negligible.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00002]: OJ No L 59, 3.3.09, p3.

Editorial notes