ECOWAS
REVISED
TREATY
particularly agriculture, industry, transport, communications, energyand
scientific research;
ii)
the total elimination of all obstacles to the free movement of people, goods,
capital and services and the right of entry, residence and establishment;
iii)
the harmonisationof monetary, financial and fiscal policies, the setting up
of a West African monetary union, the establishment of a single regional
Central Bank and the creation of a single West African currency.
The Authority may at any time, on the recommendation of the Council, decide
that any stage of the integration process shall be implemented more rapidly than
otherwise provided for in this Treaty.
CHAPTER X
CO-OPERATION IN POLITICAL, JUDICIAL AND
LEGAL AFFAIRS, REGIONAL SECURITY AND
IMMIGRATION
ARTICLE 56
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
1.
In pursuit of the integration objectives of the Community, Member States undertake
to co-operate on political matters, and in particular, to take appropriate measures
to ensure effective application of the provisions of this Treaty.
2.
The signatory States to the Protocol on Non-Aggression, the Protocol on Mutual
Assistance on Defence, the Community Declaration of Political Principles and
the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights agree to co-operate for the
purpose of realising the objectives of these instruments.
ARTICLE 57
JUDICIAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
1.
Member States undertake to co-operate in judicial and legal matters with a view
to harmonising their judicial and legal systems.
2.
The modalities for the implementation of this arrangement shall be the subject
matter of a Protocol.
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