Regulation C/REG.19/12/07 Relating to the Increase of Standing Committees of the ECOWAS Parliament

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
15 December 2007
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.19/12/07 Relating to the Increase of Standing Committees of the ECOWAS Parliament

The Council of MinistersMINDFUL of Article 10, 11 and 12 of the ECOWAS Treaty as amended, establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions,MINDFUL of Article 13 of the Treaty on the ECOWAS Parliament;MINDFUL of Protocol A/P2/8/94 relating to the ECOWAS Parliament and more specifically, Article 10 of the Protocol which makes provision for an allowance to be paid to the members of the ECOWAS Parliament;MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.3/06/06 relating to the operation, the structure and administrative and financial management of the ECOWAS Parliament;CONSIDERING the assessment of the human and operational needs of the ECOWAS Parliament by an Ad Hoc Committee which recommended an increase in its standing committees;CONVINCED of the need for the Parliament to have a sufficient number of standing committees to be responsible for all aspects of regional integration and to enable it to give relevant advice to the Community authorities;WISHING to make the ECOWAS Parliament more efficient and, in this context, provide it with adequate resources;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the Administration and Finance Committee, meeting in Abuja from 26 to 3 December 2007;ENACTS

Article 1

An increase in the number of Standing Committees at the ECOWAS Parliament is hereby authorized. The number of these Committees is henceforth increased to 13.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community by the Commission within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers. It shall also be published within the same time frame in the National Gazette of each Member State
Done at Ouagadougou, this 15th day of December 2007H.E. Mrs Samaté CessoumaChairperson, for Council
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