Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Revised Treaty
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| Article Preamble |
Preamble
We, the Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); • The President of the Republic of…
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| Article 1 |
Definitions
For the purpose of this Treaty, "Arbitration Tribunal" means the Arbitration Tribunal of the Community established under Article 16 of this Treaty;…
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| Article 2 |
Establishment and composition
1. THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, by this Treaty, hereby re-affirm the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and decide that it…
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| Article 3 |
Aims and objectives
1. The aims of the Community are to promote co-operation and integration, leading to the establishment of an economic union in West Africa in order to raise the…
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| Article 4 |
Fundamental principles
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, in pursuit of the objectives stated in Article 3 of this Treaty, solemnly affirm and declare their adherence to the following…
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| Article 5 |
General undertakings
1. Member States undertake to create favourable conditions for the attainment of the objectives of the Community, and particularly to take all necessary…
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| Article 6 |
Institutions
1. The Institutions of the Community shall be: a) the Authority of Heads of State and Government; b) the Council .0fMinisters; c) the Community Parliament; d)…
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| Article 7 |
Authority of Heads of State and Government: establishment, composition and functions
1. There is hereby established the Authority of Heads of State and Government of Member States which shall be the supreme institution of the Community and shall…
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| Article 8 |
Sessions
1. The Authority shall meet at least once a year in ordinary session. An extraordinary session may be convened by the Chairman of the Authority or at the…
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| Article 9 |
Decisions
1. The Authority shall act by decision. 2. Unless otherwise provided in this Treaty or in a Protocol, decisions of the Authority shall be adopted, depending…
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| Article 10 |
The Council of Ministers: establishment, composition and functions
1. There is hereby established a Council of Ministers of the Community. 2. The Council shall comprise the Minister in charge of ECOWAS Affairs and any other…
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| Article 11 |
Meetings
1. The Council shall meet at least twice a year in ordinary session. One of such sessions shall immediately precede the ordinary session of the Authority. An…
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| Article 12 |
Regulations
1. The Council shall act by regulations. 2. Unless otherwise provided in this Treaty regulations of the Council shall be adopted, depending on the subject…
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| Article 13 |
The Community Parliament
1. There is hereby established a Parliament of the Community. 2. The method of election of the Members of the Community Parliament, its composition,…
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| Article 14 |
The Economic and Social Council
1. There is hereby established an Economic and Social Council which shall have an advisory role and whose composition shall include representatives of the…
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| Article 15 |
The Court of Justice: establishment and functions
1. There is hereby established a Court of Justice of the Community. 2. The status, composition, powers, procedure and other issues concerning the Court of…
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| Article 16 |
Arbitration Tribunal: establishment and functions
1. There is hereby established an Arbitration Tribunal of the Community. 2. The status, composition, powers, procedure and other issues concerning the…
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| Article 17 |
The Executive Secretariat: establishment and composition
1. There is hereby established an Executive Secretariat of the Community. 2. The Secretariat shall be headed by the Executive Secretary assisted by Deputy…
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| Article 18 |
Appointments
1. The Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the Authority for a 4-year term renewable only once for another 4-year period. He can only be removed from…
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| Article 19 |
Functions
1. Unless otherwise provided in the Treaty or in a Protocol, the Executive Secretary shall be the chief executive officer of the Community and all its…
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| Article 20 |
Relations between the Staff of the Community and Member States
1. In the performance of their duties, the Executive Secretary, the Deputy Executive Secretaries, and other staff of the Community shall owe their loyalty…
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| Article 21 |
Fund for Co-operation, Compensation and Development: establishment, status and functions
1. There is hereby established a Fund for Co-operation, Compensation and Development of the Community. 2. The status, objectives and functions of the Fund are…
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| Article 22 |
Technical Commissions: establishment and composition
1. There is hereby established the following Technical Commissions: a) Food and Agriculture; b) Industry, Science and Technology and Energy; c) Environment…
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| Article 23 |
Functions
Each Commission Shall, within Its Field of Competence: (a) prepare Community projects and programmes and submit them for the consideration of Council through…
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| Article 24 |
Meetings
Subject to any directives given by the Council, each Commission shall meet as often as necessary. It shall prepare its rules of procedure and submit them to the…
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| Article 25 |
Agricultural development and food security
1. Member States shall cooperate in the development of agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries in order to: (a) ensure food security; (b) increase…
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| Article 26 |
Industry
1. For the purpose of promoting industrial development of Member States and integrating their economies, Member States shall, harmonize their…
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| Article 27 |
Science and technology
1. Member States shall: (a) strengthen their national scientific and technological capabilities in order to bring about the socio economic transformation…
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| Article 28 |
Energy
1. Member States shall coordinate and harmonize their policies and programmes in the field of 2. To this end, they shall: (a) ensure the effective development…
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| Article 29 |
Environment
1. Member States undertake to protect, preserve and enhance the natural environment of the region and cooperate in the event of natural disasters. 2. To this…
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| Article 30 |
Hazardous and toxic wastes
1. Member States undertake, individually and collectively, to take every appropriate step to prohibit the importation, transiting, dumping and burying of…
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| Article 31 |
Natural resources
1. Member States shall harmonize and coordinate their policies and programmes in the field of natural resources. 2. To this end, they shall: (a) seek better…
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| Article 32 |
Transport and communications
1. For the purpose of ensuring the harmonious integration of the physical infrastructures of Member States and the promotion and facilitation of the movement of…
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| Article 33 |
Posts and telecommunications
1. Tn the area of postal services, Member States undertake to: (a) foster closer cooperation between their postal administrations; (b) ensure, within the…
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| Article 34 |
Tourism
For the purposes of ensuring the harmonious and viable development of tourism within the Community, Member States undertake to: (a) strengthen regional…
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| Article 35 |
Liberalisation of trade
There shall be progressively established in the course of a period of ten (10) years effective from 1 January, 1990 as stipulated in Article 54, a Customs Union…
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| Article 36 |
Customs duties
1. Member States shall reduce and ultimately eliminate Customs duties and any other charges with equivalent effect except duties notified in accordance with…
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| Article 37 |
Common external tariff
1. Member States agree to the gradual establishment of a common external tariff in respect of all goods imported into the Member States from third countries…
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| Article 38 |
Community tariff treatment
1. For the purposes of this Treaty, goods shall be accepted as eligible for Community tariff treatment if they have been consigned to the territory of the…
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| Article 39 |
Trade deflection
1. For the purposes of this Article, trade is said to be deflected if, (a) importsof any particularproductby a Member State from another Member State…
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| Article 40 |
Fiscal charges and internal taxation
1. Member States shall not apply directly or indirectly to imported goods from any Member State fiscal charges in excess of those applied to like domestic goods…
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| Article 41 |
Quantitative restrictions on community goods
1. Except as may be provided for or permitted by this Treaty, Member States undertake to relax gradually and to remove over a maximum period of four (4) years…
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| Article 42 |
Dumping
1. Member States undertake to prohibit the practice of dumping goods within the Community. 2. For The Purposes ofthisArticle, "dumping" means the transfer of…
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| Article 43 |
Most favoured nation treatment
1. Member States Shall Accord to One Another In Relation to Trade between Them the Most Favoured Nation Treatment. In No Case Shall Tariff Concessions Granted…
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| Article 44 |
Internal legislation
Member States undertake not to enact legislation and/or make regulations which directly or indirectly discriminate against the same or like products of…
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| Article 45 |
Re-exportation of goods and transit facilities
1. Where Customs duty has been charged and collected on any goods imported from third country into a Member State the re-exportation of such goods into…
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| Article 46 |
Customs cooperation and administration
Member States shall in accordance with the advice of the Trade, Customs Taxation, Statistics, Money and Payments Commission and the provisions of the Convention…
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| Article 47 |
Drawback
1. The procedure to determine the eligibility for Community tariff treatment of goods in relation to which drawback is claimed or made use of in connection with…
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| Article 48 |
Compensation for loss of revenue
1. The Council shall, on the report of the Executive Secretary and the recommendation of the Trade, Customs, Taxation, Statistics, Money and Payments…
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| Article 49 |
Exceptions and safeguard clauses
1. In the Event of Serious Disturbances Occurring In the Economy of a Member State Following the Application of the Provisions of this Chapter, the Member State…
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| Article 50 |
Trade promotion
1. Member States agree to undertake, through their public and private sectors, trade promotion activities such as: (a) promotion of the use of local…
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| Article 51 |
Money, finance and payments
In order to promote monetary and financial integration, and facilitate intra-Community trade in goods and services and the realization of the Community's…
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| Article 52 |
Committee of West African Central Banks
1. There is hereby established a Committee of West African Central banks comprising the Governors of Central Banks of Member States. This Committee shall, in…
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| Article 53 |
Movement of capital and Capital Issues Committee
1. For the purpose of ensuring the free movement of capital between Member States in accordance with the objectives of this Treaty, there is hereby…
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| Article 54 |
Establishment of an Economic Union
1. Member States undertake to achieve the status of an economic union within a maximum period of fifteen (15) years following the commencement of the regional…
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| Article 55 |
Completion of Economic and Monetary Union
1. Member States undertake to complete within five (5) years following the creation of a Custom Union, the establishment of an economic and monetary union…
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| Article 56 |
Political affairs
1. In Pursuit of the Integration Objectives of the Community, Member States Undertake to Cooperate on Political Matters, and in particular, to Take…
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| Article 57 |
Judicial and legal matters
1. Member States undertake to cooperate in judicial and legal matters with a view to harmonizing their judicial and legal systems. 2. The modalities for the…
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| Article 58 |
Regional security
1. Member States undertake to work to safeguard and consolidate relations conducive to the maintenance of peace, stability and security within the region. 2. In…
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| Article 59 |
Immigration
1. Citizens of the community shall have the right of entry, residence and establishment and Member States undertake to recognise these rights of Community…
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| Article 60 |
Human resources
1. Member States Undertake to Cooperate In the Full Development and Utilization of Their Human Right Resources. 2. To this end, they shall take measures to: (a)…
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| Article 61 |
Social affairs
1. Member States undertake to cooperate with a view to mobilize, the various sections of the population and ensuring their effective integration and involvement…
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| Article 62 |
Cultural affairs
1. Member States undertake to pursue the objectives of the Community Cultural Framework Agreement. 2. To this end, Member States undertake to: (a) encourage the…
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| Article 63 |
Women and development
1. Member States undertake to formulate, harmonize, coordinate and establish appropriate policies and mechanisms, for enhancement of the economic, social and…
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| Article 64 |
Population and development
1. Member States undertake to adopt, individually and collectively, national population policies and mechanisms and take all necessary measures in order to…
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| Article 65 |
Information, radio and television
Member States undertake to: (a) coordinate their efforts and pool their resources in order to promote the exchange of radio and television programmes at…
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| Article 66 |
The press
1. In order to involve more closely the citizens of the Community in the regional integration process, Member States agree to cooperate in the area of…
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| Article 67 |
Harmonization of policies in other areas
Subject to the provisions of this Treaty, Member States undertake to consult with one another, through appropriate Community institutions, for the purpose of…
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| Article 68 |
Land-locked and island member states
Member States, taking into consideration the economic social difficulties that may arise in certain Member States, particularly island and land-locked States,…
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| Article 69 |
Budget of the Community
1. There shall be established a budget of the Community and, where appropriate, of any of the Institutions of the Community. 2. All incomes and expenditure…
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| Article 70 |
Regular budgets of the Community
1. The regular budgets of the Community and its institutions shall be funded from a Community levy and such other sources as may be determined by the Council.…
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| Article 71 |
Special budgets of the Community
Special budgets shall be made available, where necessary, to meet the extra-budgetary expenditure of the Community. The Authority shall, on the recommendation…
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| Article 72 |
Community levy
1. There is hereby instituted a Community levy for the purpose of generating resources for financing Community activities. 2. The Community levy shall be a…
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| Article 73 |
Contributions by member states
1. The mode by which the contributions of Member States shall be determined and the currencies in which the contributions are paid shall be as determined by…
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| Article 74 |
Financial regulations
The Financial Regulations and Manual of Accounting Procedures of the Community shall govern the application of the provisions of this Chapter.
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| Article 75 |
External auditors
1. The External Auditors of the Community shall be appointed for a period of two years renewable for two other terms of two years each. They can be relieved…
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| Article 76 |
Settlement of disputes
1. Any dispute regarding the interpretation or the application of the provisions of this Treaty shall be amicably settled through direct agreement without…
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| Article 77 |
Sanctions applicable for non-fulfilment of obligations
1. Where a Member State fails to fulfil its obligations to the Community, the Authority may decide to impose sanctions on that Member State. 2. These…
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| Article 78 |
The Community and the African Economic Community
The integration of the region shall constitute an essential component of the integration of the African continent. Member States undertake to facilitate the…
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| Article 79 |
The Community and other regional economic communities
1. In the context of realizing its regional objectives, the Community may enter into cooperation agreements with other regional Communities. 2. Such cooperation…
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| Article 80 |
The Executive Secretariat and the Specialised Institutions
1. The Community shall determine the global integration policies and strategies to be adopted and define the integration objectives and programmes of all the…
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| Article 81 |
Relations between the Community and regional non-governmental organisations
1. The Community with a view to mobilizing the human and material resources for the economic integration of the region, shall cooperate with regional…
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| Article 82 |
Relations between the Community and Regional socio-economic organisations and associations
1. The Community with a view to mobilizing the various actors in socio economic life for the integration of the region, shall cooperate with socio economic…
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| Article 83 |
Co-operation agreements
1. The Community May Conclude Cooperation Agreements with Third Countries. 2. In Pursuit of Its Objective, the Community Shall Also Cooperate with the…
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| Article 84 |
Agreements concluded by member states
1. Member States may conclude agreements among themselves and with non-Member States, regional organizations or any other international organization, provided…
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| Article 85 |
International negotiations
1. Member States undertake to formulate and adopt common positions within the Community on issues relating to international negotiations with third parties in…
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| Article 86 |
Headquarters of the Community
The Headquarters of the Community shall be situated in the capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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| Article 87 |
Official and working languages
1. the Official Languages of the Community Shall Be All West African Languages so Designated by the Authority as Well as English, French and Portuguese. 2.…
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| Article 88 |
Status, privileges and immunities
1. The Community Shall Enjoy International Legal Personality. 2. the Community Shall Have In the Territory of Each Member State: (a) the Legal Powers Required…
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| Article 89 |
Entry into force and ratification
This Treaty and the Protocols which shall form an integral part thereof shall respectively enter into force, upon ratification by at least nine signatory…
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| Article 90 |
Amendments and revisions
1. Any Member State may submit proposal for the amendment or revision of this Treaty. 2. Any such proposals shall he submitted to the Executive Secretary who…
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| Article 91 |
Withdrawal
1. Any Member State wishing to withdraw from the Community shall give to the Executive Secretary one year's notice in writing who shall inform Member States…
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| Article 92 |
Transitional and savings provisions
1. Upon the entry into force of this revised Treaty in according with the provisions of Article 89, the provisions of the United Nations, Vienna Convention on…
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| Article 93 |
Depository authority
The present Treaty and all instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Executive Secretariat which shall transmit certified true copies of this…
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Treaty - ECOWAS Revised Treaty
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Revised Treaty
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