Ec-Acp Meeting

Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the agenda of the EC-ACP meeting in Fiji on 28 and 29 March.

Mr. Maude
The ACP-EC Council of Ministers meeting in Fiji on 28 and 29 March will discuss: The state of implementation of the third Lomé convention.Transitional measures between the third and fourth Lomé conventions.Trade and customs co-operation.Commodities.Stabex (assistance for loss of export earnings from certain agricultural products).Sysmin (assistance for loss of export earnings from certain minerals).Sugar.Development finance co-operation.Industrial Co-operation.Agricultural co-operation.Treatment of ACP nationals in EEC member states.The ACP-EC joint assembly.Southern Africa.The single European Market.Developments in Eastern Europe and their implications for ACP-EC co-operation.ACP states' indebtedness.