(c) abstain from any measures likely to jeopardise the achievement of those objectives or the implementation of the provisions of this Treaty. 2. Each Partner State shall, within twelve months from the date of signing this Treaty, secure the enactment and the effective implementation of such legislation as is necessary to give effect to this Treaty, and in particular - 3. (a) to confer upon the Community the legal capacity and personality required for the performance of its functions; and (b) to confer upon the legislation, regulations and directives of the Community and its institutions as provided for in this Treaty, the force of law within its territory. Each Partner State shall (a) designate a Ministry with which the Secretary General may communicate in connection with any matter arising out of the implementation or the application of this Treaty, and shall notify the Secretary General of that designation; (b) transmit to the Secretary General copies of all relevant existing and proposed legislation and its official gazettes; and (c) where it is required under this Treaty, to supply to or exchange with another Partner State any information, send copies of such information to the Secretary General. 4. Community organs, institutions and laws shall take precedence over similar national ones on matters pertaining to the implementation of this Treaty. 5. In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Article, the Partner States undertake to make the necessary legal instruments to confer precedence of Community organs, institutions and laws over similar national ones. 15