Member States shall adopt pursuant to article 60 of the Treaty establishing the UEMOA a unified customs and statistical nomenclature which will be conducted in a timely manner of any decision of the Council of Ministers.
Any modification of the customs and statistical nomenclature shall be decided by the Council of Ministers.
Chapter II. HARMONISATION OF MODEL DECLARATIONS
Article 33.
In order to ensure harmonization as a homogeneous and accurate as possible of the external trade statistics of member States, models of customs declaration, which are also used in compiling statistics are set as regards trade between member States that trade between member States and third countries.
As regards trade between member States, such harmonisation will focus on the customs and statistical information to be contained in those statements, which shall be the subject of a decision of the Commission.
For the exchange of member countries, harmonisation with third countries will be sought through import declarations of release for consumption and export.
Chapter III. The Role of the Commission In the Field of Customs and Statistical Cooperation
Article 34.
The Commission will ensure :
- the compilation of statistics on trade between Member States and the calculation of depreciation ;
- Work towards the harmonization of the texts governing the compilation of external trade statistics of Member States;
- to carry out studies to harmonize the concepts, standards, nomenclature and methodology used in the compilation of Member States' statistics, agricultural statistics, transport statistics, livestock statistics, fisheries statistics, etc;
- to collect and compile all statistics necessary for the functioning of the Commission's services.
Article 35.
In order to promote the development of trade in goods and services of the Member States, the Commission shall be responsible to seek to study and propose to the Council of Ministers all measures and actions to promote better knowledge of the production of Member States and all services, both within the Union and to third countries.
For the purposes of this Act, shall be regarded as benefits services normally provided for remuneration, in respect of activities of an industrial, commercial and craft.
Article 36.
With a view to the achievement of the objective set out in article 35 above, the Commission is a mandate to study and propose:
- All measures concerning harmonisation standardization, packaging, control
If any sanitary and phytosanitary and product quality control;
- All measures to improve the conditions of transport and marketing,
Transit of exportable products;
- All promotional measures likely to improve knowledge and dissemination
Products of the Member States within the Union;
- In collaboration with the competent authorities of the member States of any joint actions
Promotion of their production on third-country markets.
Article 37.
Where necessary, the member States of the union may have recourse to the safeguard clause, as provided for in article 86 of the Treaty Establishing the Economic and Monetary Union.
Article 38.
This Act, which will be annexed to the Treaty of the Union shall enter into force on 1 July 1996.
Conclusion
In witness whereof have affixed their signatures to this note on 10 May 1996 for the Republic of Benin for the Republic of Mali H.E. Mathieu kerekous.e. Alpha Oumar Konare
The President of the Republic
For Burkina Faso for the Republic of Niger
H.E. Mr. Blaise Compaore H.E. Colonel Ibrahim Mainassara Bare
President of Burkina Faso President of the National Salvation Council Head of State
For the Republic of Côte d'ivoire For the Republic of Senegal, H.E. Henri Konan Bédié H.E. President Abdou Diouf of the President of the Republic
For the Republic of Togo H.E. President Gnassingbé Eyadema of the Togolese Republic