The purpose of association shall be to promote the economic and social development of the countries anc territories and to establish close economic relations between them and the Community as a whole.
Is é is cuspóir don chomhlachas forbairt eacnamaíoch agus sóisialach na dtíortha agus na geríoch a chur chun cinn agus dlúthchaidreamh eacnamaíoch a bhunú idir iad agus an Comhphobal ina iomláine.