CHAPTER IX INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Article 48 Industry 1. For the purpose of promoting industrial development of Member States and integrating their economies, Member States shall within the Community harmonize their industrialisation policies. 2. In this connection, Member States shall: (a) Strengthen the industrial base of the Community, in order to modernize the priority sectors and foster self-sustained and selfreliant development; (b) Promote joint industrial development projects at regional and Community levels, as well as the creation of African multinational enterprises in priority industrial sub-sectors likely to contribute to the development of agriculture, transport and communications, natural resources and energy. Article 49 Industrial Development In order to create a solid basis for industrialisation and promote collective selfreliance, Member States shall: (a) Ensure the development of the following basic industries essential for collective self-reliance and the modernisation of priority sectors of the economy: (i) Food and agro-based industries; (ii) Building and construction industries; (iii) Metallurgical industries; (iv) Mechanical industries; (v) Electrical and electronics industries; (vi) Chemical and petro-chemical industries; (vii) Forestry industries; (viii) Energy industries; 35