Regulation C/REG.8/12/00 Establishing the Implementation Organs of the West African Power Pool (WAPP)

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
12 December 2000
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.8/12/00 Establishing the Implementation Organs of the West African Power Pool (WAPP)

MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the revised Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and function;MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.3/5/82 of the Authority of Heads of State and Government adopting the Community Energy Policy;MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.5/12/99 establishing the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and its organs;AWARE of the need to speed up the establishment of WAPP and ensure its effective operation;WISHING to set up its coordinating organs without delay;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the ECOWAS Ministers of Energy meeting in Lome, Togo, on 29th September, 2000;

Article 1

The following implementation organs of WAPP are hereby established:Steering CommitteeImplementation CommitteeWorking GroupsThe permanent Secretariat

Article 2

The organs set out in Article 1 of this Regulation shall operate according to the following zones into which Member States are divided;Zone A: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.Zone B: Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Article 3

Each zone shall be managed by an implementation sub-committee and two working groups.

Article 4

Nigeria and Cote d’lovire shall be respectively responsible for coordinating the institutional and technical aspects of Zone A's activities.

Article 5

Guinea and Senegal shall be respectively responsible for coordinating the institutional and technical aspects of Zone B’s activities.

Article 6

Each meeting of the Steering Committee and Implementation Committee shall be chaired by the host country.

Article 7

ECOWAS Executive Secretarial shall act as the Permanent Secretariat of the implementation organs.

Article 9

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 by each Member State in its National Gazette.[Please note: numbering as in original.]
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