ECOWAS Trade Information System(ECOTIS)

Agriculture Products or Group Products

• C:DEC.16/12/90 DECISION to monitor inter state technical committee to monitor price tender for a specific agricultural products  

Animal Diseases

• C:DEC.7/6/89 DECISION on the support programme for development of agricultural products

ECOST and Rice Grain

• C:REG.18/12/13 REGULATION approving harmonised standard of ECOSTAND for rice grain

Food and Security

• C:RES.1/8/99 RESOLUTION relating to regional program for food security in ECOWAS Member States

West African Rice Development

• A:RES.1/7/86 RESOLUTION relating to support for the West African Rice Development Association

Trade Liberalization Scheme

• A/DEC.17:6:80 Decision on assessment of loss of revenue of Member States
• A/EC.19:5:79 DECISION on compensation budget for projected loss of revenue by member state as a result of ETLS in industrial product originated from ECOWAS Member State
• A/DEC.1:11:84 DECISION on a single trade liberalisation scheme for industrial products originating from Member States.
• C/REG.10:12:10:01 REGULATION on additional list of enterprises and product aproved under the ETLS
• C/DEC.15:6:89 DECISION on allocation of numbers to enterprises and industrial product approved to benefit from ECOWAS ETLS
• A/SP1:12:03 SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL on application of compensation procedure for loss of revenue
• A/REC.4:7:96 RECOMMENDATION relating to base rate for tariff reduction programme envisege for under the ETLS
• C/REC.5:7:96 RECOMMENDATION on the cancellation of the level of participation of community national equity capitalwishing to benefit from the etls
• A/DEC.8:12:92 DECISION ON compensation budget estimate for projected customs revenue by member states as aresult of ETLS
• A/DEC.1:5:83 DECISION on implementation of a single ETLS for industrial products originating from member states
• A:DEC.6:7:92 DECISION on list of industrial enterprises and product eligible to benefit from ETLS
• C:DEC:4:5:80 DECISION Relating to studies emanating from trade liberalisations scheme
• A:REG.4:7:96 REGULATION on list of industrial enterprises and product approved to benefit from ETLS
• C:REC.4:7:96 RECOMMENDATION on base rate for teriff reduction programme envisege for under the ETLS
• A:DEC 1:5:81 TRADE LIBERALISATION in respect of traditional handi-craft
• C:REG. 5:12:95 REGULATION withdrawing the approval to benefit from the ETLS  ranted to industrial products and enterprises

Certificate of Origin

• A:SP3:5:80 PROTOCOL amending vii of French text on the concept of product originating from member states
• C:REG.4:4:02 REGULATION on certificate of origin for products of ECOWAS origin
• A:SP:1:5:81 SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL defining the concept of product originating from member states

• Lagos treaty of 1975
• 1993 ECOWAS revised treaty doc.pdf

Customs declaration form 

• C:REG.4:8:99 REGULATION adopting single customs declaration form within ECOWAS

Import duty

• C:DIR.2:06:09 DIRECTIVE on ECOWAS Member State Legislations on Excise Duties Harmonisation
• DEC 8:5:79 DECISION on the consolidation of import duties and non-tariff barriers
• C:REG.05:06:13 REGULATIONS on the imposition of countervailing duties
• C:REG.3:06:13 REGULATION on procedure applicable to goods heavily taxed

Non-tariff barriers

• C:DEC4:5:82 DECISION on definition of nomenclature of non tariff bearer which must be eliminated at the discretion of the Member State within a period of 4 years

Customs value of product

• C:REG.2:06:13 REGULATION determining the customs value of products in ECOWAS

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

• A:DEC.17:1:06 DECISION Adopting the Common External Tariff
• A:DEC.14:01:06 DECISION on the creation, orgaisation and functioning of the ECOWAS UEMOA JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE on ECOWAS Common External Tariff

Tax and value added

• A:P2:7:96 PROTOCOL establishing the PROTOCOL Value Added Tax
• C:DIR.1:05:09 DIRETIVE on harmonization of ECOWAS Member States’ Legislations on Value Added Tax VAT
• C:RES 3:6:89 RESOLUTION on the consolidation of customs duties and taxes of equivalent effect and non tariff barriers
• C:DIR.1:12:13 DIRECTIVE Adopting the ECOWAS-Tax-Transition-Programme

Customs Code

• C:REG.1:05:09 REGULATION relating to 2007 version of nomenclature of the harmonised commodity desciption and coding system
• C:REG.1:06:13 REGULATION defining the categories of product contained in the ECOWAS tariff and statistical nomenclature
• C:DEC.3:7:93 DECISION adopting a common customs nomenclature based on the harmonised commodity descriptionand codification system
• C:REG.29:12:13 REGULATION on ECOWAS regional economic activities and products nomenclature

Import Dumped from Non-ECOWAS

• C:REG.6:06:13 REGULATION on defense measure to be impose on imports which are dumped from non member states of ECOWAS

Safeguard measures

• C:REG.4:06:13 REGULATION relating to safeguard measures

ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA)

• AC:REC.6:06:13 RECOMMENDATION amending A:SA.2:12:08 on the establisment of function and operation of Competition Authority in ECOWAS Member States
• A:SA.1:12:08 SUPPLEMENTARY  ACT adopting community competition rules
• A:SA.2:12:08 SUPPLEMENTARY ACT on the Establishment of the Functions and Operation of the REGIONAL COMPETITION AUTHORITY for ECOWAS

Free Movement of Persons, Rights of Entry and Establishment

• A:SP1/6/89 SUPPL. PROTOCOL amending the protocol on free movement, right of residence establishment
• A:SP.1/7/85 SUPPL. PROTOCOL on the code of conduct for the implementation of the protocol on free movement of persons, the right of residence and establishment
• REG.28/12/06 REGULATION establishing national monitoring structures on free movement of person on the high way and borders within ECOWAS region
• C:RES.2/5/90 RESOLUTION on the adoption of draft suppl. protocol on the implemetation of third phase (right of establishment ) of the protocol on free movement
• A:DEC.5/7/92 DECISION on the minimum agenda for action on free movement

Travel Certificate

• A:DEC.2/7/85 relating to the establishment of ECOWAS travel certificate for Member State