ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
REVISED TREATY
Table of contents:
CHAPTER I: DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................................. 4
CHAPTER II: ESTABLISHMENT, COMPOSITION, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMUNITY....................................... 5
CHAPTER III: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY - ESTABLISHMENT,
COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER IV: COOPERATION IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE........................................... 14
CHAPTER V: COOPERATION IN INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY.......................................................................................... 15
CHAPTER VI: COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES .......................................................................................................................... 18
CHAPTER VII: COOPERATION IN TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS AND
TOURISM ............................................................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER VIII: COOPERATION IN TRADE, CUSTOMS, TAXATION,
STATISTICS, MONEY AND PAYMENTS......................................................................... 22
CHAPTER IX: ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPLETION OF AN ECONOMIC AND
MONETARY UNION ............................................................................................................ 29
CHAPTER X: COOPERATION IN POLITICAL, JUDICIAL AND LEGAL
AFFAIRS, REGIONAL SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION............................................ 30
CHAPTER XI: COOPERATION IN HUMAN RESOURCES, INFORMATION,
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS................................................................................ 31
CHAPTER XII: COOPERATION IN OTHER AREAS ................................................................ 34
CHAPTER XIII ................................................................................................................................... 34
CHAPTER XIV: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS................................................................................ 35
CHAPTER XV: DISPUTES .............................................................................................................. 36
CHAPTER XVI: SANCTIONS ......................................................................................................... 36
CHAPTER XVII: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE
AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY............................................................................. 37
CHAPTER XVIII: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER
REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES...................................................................... 37
CHAPTER XIX: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT AND
THE SPECIALISED INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY ..................................... 38
CHAPTER XX: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, THIRD
COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS........................................... 38
CHAPTER XXI: RELATIONS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES, NON-MEMBER
STATES, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................................................ 39
CHAPTER XXII: GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS .......................................................... 39
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