4. On issues on which CARIFORUM signatories agree to act in concert, the CARIFORUM-CE Joint Council adopts decisions and recommendations agreed between the parties. For matters for which CARIFORUM signatory states are not prepared to act in concert, the adoption of a decision requires the approval of the Or of the signatory states concerned, the Cariforum. 2. In the absence of an agreement on compensation within 30 days of the expiry of the reasonable period or the Decision of the Article 212 Arbitration Panel that a compliance measure is not consistent with the provisions of this agreement, the complainant is entitled to take appropriate action after notification to the other party. In adopting these measures, the complainant endeavours to select the measures least detrimental to the achievement of the objectives of this agreement and takes into account their impact on the economy of the contracting party contested against and against each Cariforum State. While the EC party has the right to adopt such measures, it also has measures specifically aimed at bringing the Cariforum State or the CarIFORUM States whose measures deemed contrary to this agreement into compliance. The other States of Cariforum facilitate the adoption of measures to comply with the decision of the Cariforum State or the Cariforum States. In title IV litigation, Chapters 4 and 5, the appropriate measures do not include the suspension of trade concessions in this agreement. The complainant may take appropriate action 10 days after the date of notification. By 1 January 2014, the EC party and the signatory Cariforum States will enter into negotiations for an agreement on the protection of geographical indications in their respective territories, without prejudice to any individual protection requests that may have been submitted directly. 6. Such an agreement is consistent with the relevant provisions of the WTO agreement, including Article VII of the GATS.
Perhaps the most radical amendment introduced by the Cotonou Agreement concerns trade cooperation. Since the first Lomé Convention in 1975, the EU has not granted reciprocal trade preferences to ACP countries. However, under the Cotonou Agreement, this system has been replaced by the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), a new regime that came into force in 2008.
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