Regulation C/REG.2/11/96 on the List of Industrial Enterprises and Products Approved to Benefit from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
22 November 1996
Language
English
Type
Regulation

Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.2/11/96 on the List of Industrial Enterprises and Products Approved to Benefit from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;MINDFUL of the Protocol dated 5th November, 1976 defining the concept of products originating from ECOWAS Member States and its subsequent amendment Acts;MINDFUL of Decisions C/DEC.3/6/88 and C/DEC.4/7/92 dated 21st June, 1988 and 25th July, 1992 respectively of the Council of Ministers defining the procedure for approval of industrial enterprises and products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme;MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.6/7/92 dated 29th July, 1992 of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on the adoption and implementation of a single trade liberalisation scheme for products originating from Member States of the Community;MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.4/7/96 dated 22nd July, 1996 on the cancellation of the criterion relating to the level of participation of Community nationals in the equity capital of enterprises wishing to benefit from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the thirty-seventh meeting of the Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money and Payments Commission, held in Lagos from 16th to 18th October, 1996;ENACTS

Article 1

Industrial enterprises and products fulfilling the ECOWAS rules of origin and approved as being eligible for preferential treatment under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme are those contained in the list attached as an annex to this Regulation

Article 2

The Executive Secretariat shall give each enterprise concerned, an approval number which must feature on the certificate of origin and on the ECOWAS customs declaration form and inform Member States accordingly.

Article 3

Member States and the Executive Secretariat shall take all necessary measures to ensure the implementation of this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall be published by the Executive Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.It shall also be published within the same time­-frame in the National Gazette of each Member State.
Done at Lome, this 22nd day of November, 1996Hon. Ayo OgunladeChairman, for Council
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