COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
SEVENTIETH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Abidjan, 20 - 21 June, 2013
RECOMMENDATION C/REG.1/06/13 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTEGRATION COMMUNITY LEVY
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,
MINDFUL to articles 10, 11, and 12 of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty creating the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;
MINDFUL to article 72 of the said Treaty establishing the Community levy to generate resources for the financing of Community activities;
MINDFUL to articles 35, 36, and 37 of the Treaty relative to trade liberalization, customs duties, and the common external tariff concerning all imported products from third countries into member states with the view to establishing a customs union in the community;
MINDFUL to Protocol A/P1/7/96 relating to conditions for the application of the community levy;
MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC/10/01/03 relating to the postponement of the entry into force of the regime of full right of the community levy;
MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.1/9/03 on the adoption of measures to facilitate, accelerate, and render effective the application of the community levy;
MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.17/01/06 adopting the ECOWAS Common External Tariff, notably article 9 which authorizes the Council of Ministers through regulation to determine the list of products, tax base, rate, and the duration of the application of the import safeguard tax;
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES COMUNIDADE DOS ESTADOS DA AFRICA DO OESTE COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST
MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.14/01/06 on the creation, organization, and functioning of the joint ECOWAS-UEMOA committee for the management of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET);
MINDFUL of the Supplementary Act A/SA.1/06/09 on the amendment to the Decision A/DEC.17/01/06 on the adoption of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET);
MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.1/5/09 on the adoption of the 2007 version of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS);
CONVINCED that the application of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff will facilitate the establishment of an effective community mechanism that will strengthen and sustain the financing of integration efforts in West Africa;
DESIROUS to find the most effective and less costly means of generating resources to finance integration efforts of West Africa and establish the appropriate mechanism for this purpose;
ON THE PROPOSAL of the 12th meeting of the joint ECOWAS-UEMOA committee for the management of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff held in Abidjan from 11 to 14 December 2012;
UPON THE RECOMMENDATION of the fifty-first meeting of the Technical Committee on Trade, Customs, and Free Movement held in Praia on 18-19 March 2013;
RECOMMEND to the Authority of Heads of State and Government the adoption of the attached Draft Supplementary Act establishing the integration Community Level.
DONE AT ABIDJAN THIS 21ST DAY OF JUNE 2013
H.E. CHARLES KOFFI DIBY
CHAIRMAN FOR COUNCIL