Regulation C/REG.13/12/03 on the Additional List of Enterprises and Products Approved to Benefit from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
18 December 2003
Language
English
Type
Regulation

Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.13/12/03 on the 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 ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its compositions and functions;MINDFUL of Protocol A/P.1/03 dated 31st January, 2003 defining the concept of products originating from ECOWAS Member States;MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.6/7/92 dated 29th July, 1992 on the adoption and implementation of a single trade liberalization scheme for products originating from Member States of the Community;MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.3/4/02 dated 23rd April, 2002 establishing procedure for the approval of originating products to benefit under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme;ON THE RECOMMANDATION of the forty-sixth meeting of the Trade, Customs, Taxation, Statistics and Payments Commission held in Accra 4 to 6 December 2003,ENACTS

Article 1

The Industrial enterprises and products fulfilling the ECOWAS rules of origin listed in the attached annex are approved for the benefit of preferential treatment under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme.

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 and inform Member States accordingly.

Article 3

Member States and the Executive Secretariat shall take all necessary measures to ensure the implementation of the 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 it National Gazette within the same time frame.
Done at Accra, this 18th day of December, 2003Hon. (Dr) Kofi Konaku AprakuChairman for Council
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