ECOWAS REVISED TREATY 4. Decisions of the Authority shall be binding on the Member States and institutions of the Community, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 15 of this Treaty. 5. The Executive Secretary shall publish the decisions thirty (30) days after the date of their signature by the Chairman of Authority. 6. Such decisions shall automatically enter into force sixty (60) days after the date of their publication in the Official Journal of the Community. 7. Decisions shall be published in the National Gazette of each Member State within the period stipulated in paragraph 6 of this Article. ARTICLE 10 THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ESTABLISHMENT, COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS 1. There is hereby established a Council of Ministers of the Community. 2. The Council shall comprise the Minister in charge of ECOWAS Affairs and any other Minister of each Member State. 3. Council shall be responsible for the functioning and development of the Community. To this end, unless otherwise provided in this Treaty or a Protocol, Council shall: a) make recommendations to the Authority on any action aimed at attaining the objectives of the Community; b) appoint all statutory appointees other than the Executive Secretary; c) by the powers delegated to it by the Authority, issue directives on matters concerning co-ordination and harmonisation of economic integration policies; d) make recommendations to the Authority on the appointment of the External Auditors; e) prepare and adopt its rules of procedure; f) adopt the Staff Regulations and approve the organisational structure of the institutions of the Community; g) approve the work programmes and budgets of the Community and its institutions; h) request the Community Court of Justice, where necessary, to give advisory opinion on any legal questions; 10