Assent: 30 December 2001
Commencement: 15 April 2002

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

ACP-EU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ACT
NO. 22 OF 2001

Arrangement of Sections

1.	Ratification
2.	Commencement

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Assent:		30 December 2001
Commencement:	15 April 2002

ACP-EU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ACT
NO. 22 OF 2001

An Act to provide for the ratification of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement 

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-

1	Ratification 

(1)	The ACP-EU Partnership Agreement signed in Contonou on 23 June 2000 a copy of which is attached is ratified.

(2)	The ACP-EU Partnership Agreement is binding on the Republic of Vanuatu in accordance with its terms.

2	Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

BILL FOR THE 
ACP-EU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ACT NO.	OF 2001

Explanatory Note

The purpose of this Bill is to ratify the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement signed in Contonou on 23 June 2000. This Agreement is commonly knows as the Contonou Convention. 

Minister of Foreign Affairs