Regulation C/REG.12/01/03 on the Additional List of Enterprises and Products Approved under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
28 January 2003
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.12/01/03 on the Additional List of Enterprises and Products Approved under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Article 10, 11 and 12 of the 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 Member States of the Community.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 on the cancellation of the criterion relating to the level of participation of community nationals in the equity capital of enterprises.MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.3/4/02 dated 23rd April 2002 of the council of Ministers defining the procedure for approval of industrial enterprises and products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme.ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the forty-fourth of the Trade, Customs, Taxation, Statistics, Money and payments Commission held in Abuja from 15th to 16th November 2002.ENACTS

Article 1

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

Article 2

The Executive Secretariat shall give each enterprises 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 he 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 Dakar, this 28th day of January, 2003Hon. Cheikh Tidiane GadioChairman for Council
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