LAW No 2017/009 OF 12 JUIL 2017
TO LAY DOWN THE POWERS, ORGANIZATION ANDFUNCTIONING OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OFCAMEROON
PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
SERVICE DU FICHIER LFGISUAIF ET REGLEMENTAIRE
COPIE CERTIFIEE CONFORME
# Chapter I General Provisions
Section 1: This law lays down the powers, organization and functioning of the Economic and Social Council, abbreviated "EsC", hereinafter referred to as "the Council", in pursuance of the provisions of Section 54 of the Constitution.
Section 2: The Economic and Social Council shall be a consultative assembly composed of representatives of various professional categories in the economic, social, cultural and environmental areas.
# Chapter II Duties and Powers
Section 3: The duty of the Economic and Social Council shall be to advise the Executive power on economic, social, cultural and environmental issues.
Section 4: (1) The Council shall give its opinion on bills, draft ordinances or draft decrees submitted to it by the President of the Republic.
(2) The President of the Republic may also consult the Economic and Social Council for studies or opinions on issues falling within its sphere of competence.
(3) The Council may, at the behest of the Head of Government, conduct studies on the implementation of economic, social, cultural and environmental development plans, and on prevailing economic trends, and propose measures likely to boost production and consumption.
(4) It may be involved to evaluate the government's economic, social, cultural and environmental policies.
(5) In the cases provided for in Section 4 (2) and (3) above, it shall give its opinion when due.
Section 5: The Council may, as and where necessary, submit to the President of the Republic or the Government to reforms it deems necessary in areas falling within its sphere of competence.
Section 6: (1) Each year, the Council shall prepare a work programme for the following financial year, which it shall submit to the President of the Republic for approval.
(2) The programme referred to in Section 6 (1) above shall be submitted to the President of the Republic no later than 30 November.
Section 7: (1) The Council shall submit to the President of the Republic a half-yearly report on the economic, social, cultural and environmental situation of the country.
(2) At the end of each year, the Council shall submit an annual report to the President of the Republic.
# Chapter III Organization
# I-Composition
Section 8: The Economic and Social Council shall be composed of 1 (one) President and 150 (one hundred and fifty) members.
Section 9: The Council President shall be a personality appointed by decree of the President of the Republic. His/Her duties shall be terminated by decree.
Section 10: (1) The Council members shall be appointed by decree of the President of the Republic, from among personalities who, on account of their skills or activities, contribute to the economic, social, cultural and environmental development of Cameroon.
(2) They shall be chosen from the following categories: