DECISION No 2/2022 OF THE JOINT COUNCIL ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE SADC EPA STATES, OF THE OTHER PART

of 26 July 2022

on the request from Angola pursuant to Article 119(1) of the EPA [2022/1499]

THE JOINT COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Articles 100, 101 and 119 thereof and to Article 8(4) of Decision 1/2019 of the Joint Council (Rules of Procedure of the Joint Council),

Recalling that Article 119(3) of the Agreement provides that the Parties agree that in the case of a request from Angola to the Joint Council to accede to the Agreement, negotiations concerning the terms of accession should be conducted on the basis of the Agreement, taking into account the specific situation of Angola,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Joint Council agrees to the request from Angola to start negotiations concerning the terms of its potential accession to the EU-SADC EPA pursuant to Article 119(1) of the EPA.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels and Gaborone.

For the Joint Council

Representative of the SADC EPA States

Mmusi KGAFELA

EU representative

Valdis DOMBROVSKIS