Regulation C/REG.13/12/99 on the Additional 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
7 December 1999
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.13/12/99 on the Additional 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 ECOWAS 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 amendments;MINDFUL of Decisions C/DEC.3/6/88 and C/DEC.4/7/92 of the Council of Ministers dated 21st June, 1988 and 25th July, 1992 respectively and 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;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the Fortieth meeting of the Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money and Payments Commission, held in Lomé from 22nd - 23rd November, 1999.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 the ECOWAS customs declaration form, and shall inform Member States accordingly;

Article 3

The approval originaly granted to the underlisted companies shall be recorded as follows:
a)Nigeria:GUINEA GLASS PLC to be registered as No 5660030191 in place of CMB TOYO Glass Pic;PATTERSON ZOCHONIS to be registered as No 5660050192 in place THERMOCOOL Engineering Company Plc,
b)Senegal:CHOLOSEN to be registered as Number 6860010199 in place of PATISEN,

Article 4

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

Article 5

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 in the National Gazette of each Member State within the same time-frame.
Done at Lomé, this 7th day of December, 1999.Abdoul Hamid S.B. DurodjayeChairman for Council.
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