Brussels, 04/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commission's legal services are presently looking into the legal implications of the Italian reservations over the ratification of the trade, development and co-operation agreement between the European Union and South Africa for the provisional implementation of this agreement.
Theoretically, the agreement concluded in March 1999 and signed last 13 October, has enter into force, provisionally, on 1 January 2000, without awaiting the ratification...