This Committee shall be responsible for matters relating to:
Free Movement of Persons, Goods, Capital and Services;
The establishment of an economic and monetary union as stated in Articles 54 and 55 of the Treaty;
The role of the private sector and joint regional enterprises in the sub-regional economic integration process;
The establishment of an African Economic Union envisaged in the Treaty establishing the African Economic Union of 1991;
Intra-community trade in goods and services;
The promotion of the use of local materials, intermediate goods and inputs as well as finished products originating within the community;
The protection of export commodity prices on the international market;
ECOWAS trade fairs and similar events;
The establishment of an intra-community trade fair information network;
Promotion of better terms of trade for West African commodities and improving access to international markets for the Community;
The World Trade Organization (WT0) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD);
Customs regulations and procedures to ensure effective implementation of the provision of Chapter VIII of the Treaty;
Citizenship of the Community and adoption of measures to guarantee right of entry, residence and establishment of every community citizen, as provided for under Article 59 of the Treaty;
Closer cooperation among judicial and other competent authorities in Member States, in accordance with Article 57 of the Treaty.
The Common External Tariff (CET).
Application of the ACP-European/Union partnership.
