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ECOWAS PROTOCOLS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PERSONS PRESENTED BY Dr M. SOLA AFOLABI

ECOWAS PROTOCOLS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PERSONS PRESENTED BY Dr M. SOLA AFOLABI Business Environment Adviser Borderless Alliance Borderless Alliance Conference Lagos February 26-28, 2014. OUTLINE 1 - CONTEXT 2- REGIONAL INTEGRATION 3 - PROTOCOLS 4 - WAY FORWARD

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ECOWAS PROTOCOLS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PERSONS PRESENTED BY Dr M. SOLA AFOLABI

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  1. ECOWAS PROTOCOLS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PERSONS PRESENTED BY DrM. SOLA AFOLABI Business Environment Adviser Borderless Alliance Borderless Alliance Conference Lagos February 26-28, 2014

  2. OUTLINE 1- CONTEXT 2- REGIONAL INTEGRATION 3- PROTOCOLS 4- WAY FORWARD 5- CLOSING THOUGHTS

  3. CONTEXT - CREATION OF ECOWAS COMMUNITY - COOPERATION 1993- - REVISED TREATY - INTEGRATION - SUPRANATIONALITY 2007- - TRANSFORMATION TO COMMISSION - REPLACE PROTOCOLS WITH SUPPLEMENTARY ACTS TO THE TREATY

  4. REGIONAL INTEGRATION MAJOR PROTOCOLS 1- ETLS 2- ISRT 3- FREE MOVEMENT 4- CET

  5. ECOWAS TRADE LIBERALIZATION SCHEME (ETLS) • ELIMINATION OF TARRIF AND NON TARIF BARRIERS • REMOVAL OF CUSTOMS DUTIES • 1975- RAW MATERIALS • 1990-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

  6. ETLS (Contd) 1- RULES OF ORIGIN-MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF APPROVAL 2- PROHIBITION OF PRODUCTS 3- STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS 4- CAPACITY BULDING FOR NATIONAL FOCAL POWERS 5- LACK OF INFORMATION

  7. INTER STATE ROAD TRANSIT (ISRT) FREE INTRA-REGIONAL MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND VEHICLES MAJORISSUES 1- TRANSIT FEES 2-NATIONAL GUARANTOR 3-ROAD BLOCKS AND “FACILITATION” PAYMENTS 4- NON CONFORMING VEHICLES 5- NON COMPLIANCE WITH TRANSIT PROCEDURES

  8. ECOWAS REGIONAL CUSTOMS CONNECTIVITY PROJECT (ALISA) • FEATURES • REPLACE NATIONAL GUARANTOR WITH ……. • ONE-POINT PAYMENT OF BOND AND TRANSIT FEES • SCAN, SEAL AND TRACK VEHICLES AND GOODS • CENTRAL DATABASE OF TRANSIT DECLARATIONS • ELIMINATION OF BILATERAL DATA EXCHANGE PROTOCOLS

  9. ECOWAS COMMON EXTERNAL TARRIF (CET) TARRIF BANDS 1- ESSENTIAL SOCIAL GOODS…………...0%, 85 TARIF LINES 2- GOODS OF PRIMARY NECESSITY…….5%, 2146 LINES 3-INPUT AND INTERMEDIATE GOODS……10%, 1373 LINES 4-FINAL CONSUMPTION GOODS……………20%, 2165 LINES 5- SPECIFIC GOODS ……………………...……35%,130 LINES

  10. MAJORISSUES 1- OTHER TAXES AND LEVIES 2-SMUGGLING 3-CLASSIFICATION-INADVERTENT OR DELIBERATE (MALICIOUS)

  11. ECOWAS FREE MOVEMENT PROTOCOL SCOPE - RIGHT OF ENTRY - RIGHT OF RESIDENCE - RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT

  12. MAJOR ISSUES. • COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL • RECIPROCITY • REDRESSE-DISCUSSION • ARBITRATION, COURT OF JUSTICE

  13. WAY FORWARD • ACCELERATED IMPLENTATION OF PROTOCOLS AND ACTS . • MONITORING OF PROTOCOLS • PUBLIC PRIVATE ADVOCACY PLATFORM • JOIN THE BORDERLESS ALLIANCE

  14. CLOSING THOUGHTS • FROM COOPERATION TO A WEST AFRICAN UNION • WORLD CLASS TEXTS • PROBLEM IS IMPLEMENTATION

  15. WAKE UP TO ACTIVATE THE DREAM

  16. THANK YOU

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