The purpose of association shall be to promote the economic and social development of the countries and territories and to establish close economic relations between them and the Union.
Is é is cuspóir don chomhlachas forbairt eacnamaíoch agus shóisialta na dtíortha agus na gcríoch a chur chun cinn agus dlúthchaidreamh eacnamaíoch a bhunú idir iad agus an tAontas.