ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) countries which are not among the group of least advanced countries have until 1 October to ratify an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union or their preferential access to the EU market will be withdrawn by the European Commission, by means of a delegated act under the terms of the regulation on market access (1528/2007).
This course of action and the very use of delegated acts drew the disapproval of left-wing MEPs during the course of...