Contrary to what we wrote in the article on the signing of the Samoa Agreement between the EU, its Member States and the 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that are members of the Organisation of ACP States (OACP or OACPS) (see EUROPE B13293A19), the regional parliamentary assemblies (PAs) will not replace but complement the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) (which is referred to as the ACP-EU JPA in the Cotonou Agreement).
There will therefore be an Africa-EU PA, a...