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2. The Executive Secretary (now President of the ECOWAS Commission)
3. The Council of Ministers
4. Community Institutions
5. Individuals
6. Corporate Bodies
7. Staff of any Community Institution
8. National Courts of ECOWAS Member States
45. Though these distinct legal personalities have access to the Court, the issues
that they can present to the Court for adjudication are laid down by Article 10 of
the Protocol, as amended. Thus, an applicant will lack tl1e requisite standing to
bring a claim to the Court for determination if the issue raised does not fall within
those over which they have been granted the right of access.
46. The plaintiff herein is a corporate body. It is only under Articles 9 (6) and 10
(c) of the Protocol as amended by the Supplementary Protocol that corporate
bodies have direct access to the Court.
Article 9 (6) provides that
The Court shall have jurisdiction over an matter provided for in an agreement
· where the parties provide that the Court shall settle disputes arising from the
agreement
Article 10 reads in part that
Access to the Court is open to the following:
(c) individuals and c01porate bodies in proceedings for the determination of an act
or inaction of a Community official which violates the rights of the individuals or
corporate bodies;
47. From the above provisions, corporate bodies such as the plaintiff herein can
access the Court only where there is a prior agreement between the pa1iies to a
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