26/10/23 (Agence Europe) – The signing ceremony for the Post-Cotonou Agreement - a renewed and modernised partnership agreement between the EU and the 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that are members of the Organisation of ACP States (OACPS) - will take place on Wednesday 15 November in Apia (Samoa, Pacific) (see EUROPE 13256/23, 13227/7), on the occasion of the 46th meeting of the ACP/EU Council of Ministers. This mixed agreement requires the signature of the EU, its Member States and the ACP countries. In a decision published by the Council of the EU on 25 October, the ACP/EU Committee of Ambassadors took the necessary steps to extend until 31 December 2023 the transitional measures enabling the application of the provisions of the current Cotonou Agreement, which has already been extended on several occasions. See the decision: https://aeur.eu/f/9a3 (AN)