Table of Contents
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES ... 3 ARTICLE 1 ... 3 ARTICLE 2 ... 4 ARTICLE 3 ... 4 New Article 3 Designation ... 4 New Article 4 The Life of the Legislature ... 4 Article 7-2 (1) Terms of Office ... 5 New Article 14 -1(a) ... 5 New Article 14 - 1(b) ... 5 New Article 14 - 1(c) ... 5 New Article 15 ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER ... 5
FUNCTIONS OF THE SPEAKER ... 5 New Article 16 STRUCTURE OF THE PARLIAMENT ... 6 The Plenary ... 7 The Bureau ... 7 The Conference of Committees' Bureaux ... 8 New Article 19 RULES OF PROCEDURE ... 9 New Article 21 ... 9 ARTICLE 4 ... 9 ARTICLE 5 ... 10 ARTICLE 6 ... 10 ARTICLE 7 ... 11 ARTICLE 8 ... 11
SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL A/SP.3/06/06
AMENDING PROTOCOL A/P.2/8/94 RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY PARLIAMENT
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,
MINDFUL of Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State and Government and defining its composition and functions;
MINDFUL of Articles 6 and 13 of the said Treaty relating to the Institutions of the Community and the establishment of the Community Parliament respectively;
MINDFUL of Protocol A/P2/8/94 relating to the Community Parliament;
MINDFUL of Decision A/Dec.6/01/06 adopted by the 29th session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government relating to modalities for the effective implementation of Article 6 of Protocol A/P2/8/94 relating to the Community Parliament;
MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.20/01/05, giving directives for the restructuring of the Community Parliament to permit its effective participation in the ECOWAS decision-making process and to create the necessary synergy and cooperation between it, the Parliament of Member States and the Institutions of the Community; with a view to complementing efforts at accelerating the process of integration;
RECALLING that the above mentioned directives were aimed at establishing a restructured Parliament with a distinct Political arm and an administrative wing adequately staffed by competent professional and administrative personnel that will provide the necessary administrative services for the work of the members of the Parliament;
DESIROUS of enhancing the performance of the Community Parliament and progressively transforming its mandate from advisory to co-decision, upon the election of its members by direct universal suffrage;
DESIROUS of establishing greater harmony between the activities of the Parliament and Community Programmes;
DESIROUS of amending relevant provisions of Protocol A/P2/8/94 relating to the Community Parliament to achieve the above stated objectives.
HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
All references to "Executive Secretariat" and "Executive Secretary" in Protocol A/P2/8/94 are hereby deleted and substituted respectively with "Commission" and "President".
ARTICLE 2
The following terms shall be added to those enumerated in Article 1 of Protocol A/P2/8/94 and shall be defined as follows:
"Protocol" means Protocol A/P2/8/94 and its amendments as contained in this Supplementary Protocol amending Protocol A/P.2/8/94 relating to the Community Parliament and other amendments as may be made from time to time;