Article 50.
Any Member State of the Community which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions to the budgets of the Community and which is in a situation where its arrears are equal to or greater than the contribution due by that Member State for the last two (2) financial years shall be deprived of certain rights in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of Heads of State and/or Government.
Chapter V. Miscellaneous, Transitional and Final Provisions
Section I. Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 51.
The working languages of the Community shall be English, Arabic and French.
Article 52.
This Treaty shall be open for signature by the Member States.
It shall enter into force as soon as it has been ratified by at least fifteen signatory States in accordance with their constitutional rules.
Article 53.
Any State of the Sahel-Saharan Space or of the periphery of the Sahel-Saharan Space may, after the entry into force of the present Revised Treaty, apply to the President of the Conference for accession to CEN-SAD. The Chairman of the Conference shall inform the Member States thereof.
Accession shall be decided by the Conference of Heads of State and/or Government unanimously.
Article 54.
Any Member State may submit to the Assembly of Heads of State and/or Government proposals to amend this Revised Treaty,
Any proposed modification shall be submitted in advance to the Executive Secretary who shall communicate it to the Member States no later than thirty (30) days after its receipt.
Amendments shall be approved unanimously by the Assembly of Heads of State and/or Government. They shall enter into force after being ratified by a majority (60% +1) of the States Parties, in accordance with their respective constitutional rules.
Article 55.
This Revised Treaty may be denounced by any Member State.
Unless special provisions are adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and/or Government, it shall cease to have effect with respect to the State in question on the last day of the sixth month following the date of receipt of the denunciation by the Executive Secretariat in its capacity as depositary.
In the event of denunciation, the Assembly of Heads of State and/or Government shall, by an act of the Assembly, make the adaptations to the provisions of this Treaty arising from such denunciation.
Article 56.
Any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application of the provisions of the present revised Treaty shall, failing an amicable solution, be submitted for consideration by the Assembly of Heads of State and/or Government.
Section II. Transitional Provisions
Article 57.
The provisions of the Treaty of 4 February 1998 establishing CEN-SAD shall remain in force until the entry into force of this revised Treaty.
The Permanent Council for Peace and Security and the Permanent Council for Sustainable Development provided for in Article 9 shall be established after the adoption of this Treaty, and in any event before its entry into force.
Section III. Final Provisions
Article 58.
This Revised Treaty, after its entry into force, shall replace the Treaty of 4 February 1998 establishing CEN-SAD.
No provision of this Revised Treaty may be subject to reservation by a signatory or acceding State.
Article 59.
The present Revised Treaty shall, as soon as it comes into force, be registered with the United Nations Organization in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and sent for information to the African Union.
Article 60.
The present Revised Treaty and all its instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the General Secretariat which shall transmit a certified copy to each signatory Member State. After its entry into force, the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Executive Secretariat.
The Executive Secretariat shall communicate to the Member States of the Community all notifications and communications concerning the Treaty, in particular ratifications and accessions.
Article 61.
The present Treaty shall be adopted in N'Djamena (Chad) on February 16, the year two thousand and thirteen in the Arabic, English and French languages, the three texts being equally authentic.
Conclusion
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have affixed their signatures to this Treaty.
Adopted ad N'Djamena, 16 February 2013
Signed:
For the Republic of BENIN
His Excellency Mr Thomas Yayi BONI, President of the Republic
For the Republic of COTE D'IVOIRE
His Excellency Mr. Alassane QUATTARA, President of the Republic
For the Republic of DJIBOUTI
Her Excellency Mr Ismaél Omar GUELLEH, President of the Republic
For the BURKINA FASO
His Excellency Francois Bozizé YANGOUVONDA President of the Republic
For the Arab Republic of EGYPT
His Excellency HESHAM KANDIL, Prime Minister
For the Republic of GHANA
His Excellency Kojo Hodari-OKAE Ambassador to Libya
For the State of LIBYA
His Excellency Mr. Ali Mohamed ZEIDAN, Prime Minister
For the Republic of GAMBIA
His Excellency Mr. Yahaya JAMMEH, President of the Republic
For the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
His Excellency Manuel Pinto DA COSTA President of the Republic
For the Republic of LIBERIA
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson SIRLEAF, President of the Republic
For the Republic of MALI
His Excellency Dioncounda TRAORE, Acting President of the Republic
For the Republic of Niger
His Excellency Mr Mahamadou ISSOUFOU, President of the Republic
For the Kingdom of Morocco
His Excellency SAAD EDDINE EL OTHMANI, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
For the Federal Republic of NIGERIA
His Excellency Goodluck Ebele JONATHAN, President of the Republic of Nigeria
For the Republic of SIERRA LEONE
His Excellency Abubakar JALLOW Ambassador to Libya
For the Federal Republic of SOMALIA
His Excellency Mr. Abdelghani Mohamed WEIS, Ambassador to Tripoli
For the Republic of CHAD
His Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby ITNO, President of the Republic
For the TUNISIAN Republic
His Excellency ABDALLAH TRIKI, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in charge of African and Arab Affairs
For the Republic of SUDAN
His Excellency Mr. Omar Hassan Ahmed EL BECHIR, President of the Republic
For the TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
His Excellency; Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBE, President of the Republic
For the Union of the COMOROS
His Excellency Mr. Noudine BOURHANE, Vice-President of the Union
For the Republic of GUINEA
His Excellency Alpha CONDE
For the Republic of GUINEA BISSAU,
His Excellency Mr. Manuel Serifo NHAMADJO, President of the Republic
For the Republic of KENYA
His Excellency Mr. _______________
For the Islamic Republic of MAURITANIA
His Excellency Mohamed OULD ABDELAZIZ President of the Republic
For the State of ERITREA
Isaias AFWERKI, Head of State