The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aims to promote cooperation and integration leading to the creation of an Economic and Monetary Union for the promotion of economic growth and development in West Africa. To achieve this objective, the ECOWAS Revised Treaty provides in its Article 3 for the establishment of a common market through the liberalization of trade … Continue reading
The ECOWAS Commission will be organizing a training workshop for ETLS focal points from the 15 Member States in Lomé, Togo from 6th to 10th June 2022. The main objective of the training workshop is to ensure the optimal use of the ETLS website and the portal by the various Focal points from member states. The training on the Portal … Continue reading
In 2018, the Community revised the legal instruments relating to the ECOWAS rules of origin and origin recognition procedures. The main goal for this revision was to update and simplify the legal texts relating to the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS), while bearing in mind developments at the continental level and also respecting the commitment of members States to international … Continue reading
The regional meeting of experts to validate the regulation on procedures for the recognition and certification of the origin of products from the Economic Community of West Africa States and the regulation on the determination of the components of the ex-factory price and value of non-originating materials was held in Abidjan from 24 to 28 May 2021. Two (2) speeches … Continue reading
As part of the effort to strengthen the capacity of the National Approval committee from Member states on the seamless implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme, the ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with Trade Facilitation West Africa II program through GIZ will be organising a Virtual Training for Members of the National Approval Committee of Nigeria. This training is … Continue reading
The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with Trade Facilitation West Africa II program through GIZ will be organising a Virtual Training for Members of the National Approval Committee of Benin, Niger and Togo. This training is schedule to take place from the 9th -13th November 2020. The Virtual training will include: General presentation of ECOWAS texts on ETLS Elements of … Continue reading