Page 40
Article 88
Status, Privileges and Immunities
1.
The Community shall enjoy international legal personality.
2.
The Community shall have in the territory of each Member State:
(a)
the legal powers required for the performance of the functions assigned to it under
this Treaty;
(b)
power to enter into contracts and acquire, hold and dispose of movable and
immovable property.
3.
In the exercise of its legal personality under this Article, the Community shall be represented
by the Executive Secretary.
4.
The privileges and immunities to be recognised and granted by the Member States to the
officials of the Community, its institutions and their respective headquarters shall be as provided for
in the General Convention on Privileges Immunities of the Community and the Headquarters
Agreements.
Article 89
Entry Into Force and Ratification
This Treaty and the Protocols which shall form an integral part thereof shall respectively enter
into force, upon ratification by at least nine signatory States, in accordance with the constitutional
procedures of each signatory State.
Article 90
Amendments and Revisions
1.
Any Member State may submit proposal for the amendment or revision of this Treaty.
2.
Any such proposals shall he submitted to the Executive Secretary who shall notify other
Member States thereof not later thirty (30) days after the receipt of such proposals. Amendments or
revisions shall not be considered by the Authority unless Member States shall have been given at least
three months notice thereof.
3.
Amendments or revisions shall be adopted by the Authority in accordance with the provisions
of' Article 9 of this Treaty and shall be submitted for ratification by all Member Sates in accordance
with their respective constitutional procedures. They shall enter into force in accordance with
Article 89 of this Treaty.