The Union of Comoros, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Seychelles, the Republic of Zambia, the Republic of Zimbabwe and the European Community have signed an interim agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement.

The rules of origin are set out in protocol 1. As proof of origin the Protocol provides in the use of movement certificate EUR.1 and invoice declarations.

Important objectives of cooperation in the area of trade are, amongst others:
- the provision of full duty free and quota free market access conditions for goods originating in the ESA States into the market of the EC Party on a secure, long term and predictable basis
- the progressive and gradual liberalisation of the goods market in ESA in accordance with the modalities established in the Agreement

More information can be found in the Official Journal of the European Union L 111 of 24 April 2012