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for similar period, and a Decision of the EEC Council of
as the
25 February 1964. These are virtually the same
arrangements for the independent Associates in the economic field,
but the dependent Associates do not participate in the
institutions of the Association. At the time when the Yaoundé
Convention was signed, the EEC Council declared their readiness
to negotiate agreements with other countries in Africa who so
requested and whose economic structure and production were similar
to those of the existing Associates. Such agreements could take
the following forms:
(a) Accession to the Yaoundé Convention
(2)
(c)
More limited association agreements with mutual rights
and obligations, particularly in matters of trade, ör
Commercial agreements to facilitate and expand trade
between the Community and these countries.
to
In other words, the alternatives of accession to the new
(Yaoundé) convention and commercial agreements, which were agreed
in the negotiations with Britain, a third was added
association.
limited
1827. Since 1963 Nigeria has concluded a limited association
agreement with the Community, based on the trade provisions of the
Yaoundé Convention alone and not extending to aid or institutional
arrangements; and Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, acting together,
are negotiating for a similar agreement.
19.25.
In general terms, our objectives should be:
(1)
that those of our dependent territories, for whom
association under Part IV of the Rome Treaty was
agreed in the last negotiations to be appropriate,
should again be eligible for Association on terms no
less favourable than the existing dependent
Associates;
/(ii)
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