On December 17, 2019, the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Partnership Agreement was extended until December 31, 2020.
The Partnership Agreement between the two parties entered into force in April 2003, and would be applied until February 29, 2020. The negotiations for a new Partnership Agreement started in September 2018. However, as there would not be an agreement by February 2020, both parties adopted measures to extend the current EU-ACP Partnership Agreement.