Annexe VI. List of the least developed, landlocked and island ACP States (LDLICS)
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The following lists comprise ACP leastdeveloped, landlocked and Island States
Under this Agreement, the following countries shall be considered least-developed ACP States:
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Republic of Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoro Islands
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea (Bissau)
Guinea (Equatorial)
HaÔti
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Madagascar
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Samoa
S‚oTome and Principe
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Tuvalu
Togo
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
Specific measures and provisions have been made to support landlocked ACP States in their efforts to overcome the geographical difficulties and the other obstacles hampering their development so as to enable them to speed up their respective rates of growth.
The landlocked ACP States are:
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Ethiopia
Lesotho
Malawi
Mali
Niger
Rwanda
Swaziland
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Specific measures and provisions have been made to support island ACP States in their efforts to overcome the natural and geographical difficulties and the other obstacles hampering their development so as to enable them to speed up their respective rates of growth.
List of island ACP States:
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cape Verde the Comoros
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Fiji
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Kiribati
Madagascar
Mauritius
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
Samoa
S‚oTome and Principe
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
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The consultations envisaged in Article 96(2)(a) will take place, except in cases of special urgency, after exhaustive political dialogue as envisaged in Article 8 and Article 9(4) of the Agreement.
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Both Parties should conduct such political dialogue in the spirit of the Agreement and bearing in mind the Guidelines for ACP-EC Political Dialogue established by the Council of Ministers.
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Political Dialogue is a process which should foster the strengthening of ACP-EC relations and contribute towards achieving the objectives of the Partnership.
Intensified Political Dialogue preceding consultations under Article 96 of the Agreement.
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Political dialogue concerning respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law shall be conducted pursuant to Article 8 and Article 9(4) of the Agreement and within the parameters of internationally recognised standards and norms. In the framework of this dialogue the Parties may agree on joint agendas and priorities.
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The Parties may jointly develop and agree specific benchmarks or targets with regard to human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law within the parameters of internationally agreed standards and norms, taking into account special circumstances of the ACP State concerned. Benchmarks are mechanisms for reaching targets through the setting of intermediate objectives and timeframes for compliance.
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The political dialogue set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be systematic and formal and shall exhaust all possible options prior to consultations under Article 96 of the Agreement.
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Except for cases of special urgency as defined in Article 96(2)(b) of the Agreement, consultations under Article 96 may also go ahead without preceding intensified political dialogue, when there is persistent lack of compliance with commitments taken by one of the Parties during an earlier dialogue, or by a failure to engage in dialogue in good faith.
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Political dialogue under Article 8 of the Agreement shall also be utilized between the Parties to assist countries subject to appropriate measures under Article 96 of the Agreement, to normalise the relationship.
Additional rules on consultation under Article 96 of the Agreement.
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The Parties shall strive to promote equality in the level of representation during consultations under Article 96 of the Agreement.
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The Parties are committed to transparent interaction before, during and after the formal consultations, bearing in mind the specific benchmarks and targets referred to in Article 2(2) of this Annex.
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The Parties shall use the 30-day notification period as provided for in Article 96(2) of the Agreement for effective preparation by the Parties, as well as for deeper consultations within the ACP Group and among the Community and its Member States.
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During the consultation process, the Parties should agree flexible timeframes, whilst acknowledging that cases of special urgency, as defined in Article 96(2)(b) of the Agreement and Article 2(4) of this Annex, may require an immediate reaction.
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The Parties acknowledge the role of the ACP Group in political dialogue based on modalities to be determined by the ACP Group and communicated to the European Community and its Member States.
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The Parties acknowledge the need for structured and continuous consultations under Article 96 of the Agreement. The Council of Ministers may develop further modalities to this end.
