1. This Order may be cited as the European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Economic Partnership Agreements and Trade Agreement) (Eastern and Southern Africa States, Southern African Development Community States, Ghana and Ecuador) Order 2018.

2. In respect of each treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order, this Order comes into force on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom( 2 ). This Order ceases to have effect on the day on which the European Communities Act 1972 is repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 3 ).

3. The treaties specified in the Schedule to this Order are to be regarded as EU Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 4 ).

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SCHEDULE

1. The Interim Agreement establishing a Framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community (EC) and its Member States, on the other part, signed at Grand Baie, Mauritius, on 29th August 2009( 5 ).

2. The Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and its Member States, of the one part, and the Southern African Development Community Economic Partnership Agreement (SADC EPA) States, of the other part, signed at Kasane, Botswana, on 10th June 2016( 6 ).

3. The Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed at Brussels, Belgium, on 28th July 2016( 7 ).

4. The Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador, signed at Brussels, Belgium, on 11th November 2016( 8 ).