Regulation C/REG.11/12/00 Establishing an Additional List of Enterprises and Products Approved to Benefit from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme


Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.11/12/00 Establishing an Additional List of 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 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 of the Council of Ministers defining the procedure for approval of industrial enterprises and products to benefit from 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 27th July, 1996 abolishing the criterion relating to the level of participation of community nationals in the equity capital of enterprises wishing to benefit from the trade liberalisation scheme;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the forty-first meeting of the Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money and Payment Commission, held in Bamako from 27th to 30th November, 2000.ENACTS

Article 1

The industrial enterprises and products fulfilling the ECOWAS rules of origin and which are featured on the list hereto annexed are approved to benefit from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

Article 2

The Executive Secretariat shall give each enterprise concerned an approval number which must be stated on the certificate of origin and on the ECOWAS customs declaration.

Article 3

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

Article 4

This Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community by the Executive Secretariat within thirty (30) days after signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. It shall also be published by each Member State in its National Gazette within the same time-frame.
Done at Bamako this 12th day of December, 2000Mr. Bacari KoneChairman for the Council
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