Suchergebnisse

I. The European Economic Community, The Associates and "Associables": Historical Background and Developments -- 1.1 The Concept of Association -- 1.11 The Content of the Convention of Association -- 1.24 The Enlarged Community and Its Repercussions -- II. Institutional Provisions -- 2.1 Comparative Analysis of Institutional Provisions of the Yaounde Conventions -- 2.7 Powers and Functions of the Association Council -- 2.20 The Association Committee -- 2.21 Parliamentary Conference -- 2.23 Functions and Powers of the Parliamentary Conference -- III. A Historical Study of Certain Provisions of the Yaounde II Convention as a Basis for Interpretation of the ACP-EEC Convention Of Lomé -- 3.2 Legal Basis of Association -- 3.10 Is There an "Association Law"? -- 3.13 Does the Association Have International Status ? -- 3.37 On the Question of Sovereignty -- 3.42 Some Jurisdictional Issues -- 3.43 Miscellaneous Private International Law Questions -- 3.44 On the Choice of Law -- 3.45 The Law Governing Contracts of Employment of Association Servants -- 3.46 The Attitude of Municipal Courts to Questions of Jurisdictional Immunity -- 3.47 The Association and Immovable Property -- 3.48 The Proper Law of Association Contracts -- 3.49 Legal Questions relating to Proceedings in Municipal Courts -- 3.50 Venue -- 3.51 Application of Adjective Law by Municipal Courts -- 3.52 Security for Costs -- 3.53 Discovery of Documents and Interrogatories -- 3.54 Execution of Judgments -- 3.55 Voting Procedures -- 3.56 The General Principles of Law Recognised by "Civilised Nations" and the Evolution of "Association Law" -- 3.74 The General Principles of Law in African Customary Law and Other Systems -- 3.98 Conclusions — I -- 3.100 Conclusions — II -- 3.101 Conclusions — III -- 3.102 The General Principles of Law recognised by Member States and Associated States? -- IV. Political and Economic Considerations and Their Legal Effects -- 4.1 General Observations -- 4.3 Africa and the National Territorial State -- 4.8 Berlin Conferences (1884—85) compared with the Brussels Conferences (1973—75) -- 4.16 Reflections on the Negotiations between the Enlarged EEC and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States -- 4.16 Financial and Technical Co-operation -- 4.21 Trade -- 4.23 Stabilization of Export Earnings -- 4.24 Agriculture -- 4.27 Future Perspectives -- 4.29 Reciprocity or Reverse Preferences -- 4.32 Industrial Co-operation -- 4.35 Banking and Related Problems -- 4.39 European Investment Bank Loans to Associated States -- 4.44 The Association and the International Monetary Fund -- 4.45 Problems of Exchange Control -- 4.47 Conclusions -- V. The ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé -- 5.1 General Observations -- 5.2 Title I — Trade -- 5.3 Title II — Export Earnings from Commodities -- 5.4 Title III — Industrial Co-operation -- 5.5 Title IV — Financial and Technical Co-operation -- 5.6 Title V — Provisions relating to Establishment, Services, Payments and Capital Movements -- 5.7 Title VI — Institutions -- 5.8 Title VII — General and Final Provisions -- VI. General Conclusions -- Appendix: Synoptic Information on the ACP States which Negotiated the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé with the Enlarged European Economic Community -- African States -- Caribbean States -- Pacific States -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Cases.

The European Common Market and forty odd African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (ACP) signed a trade and aid Convention in February 1975. The negotiations leading to the Lome Convention and the provisions of the Lomé Convention constitute an instructive vehicle for an examination of North-South bargaining. The organization, tenacity, and skill of the ACP states, as well as some re-thinking regarding their own situation on the part of European states produced some innovative and groundbreaking moves toward more equitable trade and aid relations. But even the most innovative components of the Lome Convention, STAB EX, sugar indexing and focus on industrial development, are perhaps less significant for their short-term economic effects than they are for a general understanding regarding the structure of North-South relations.