Traité
Article 39 — CEDEAO Traite-1975
Traité — CEDEAO Traite-1975
Movement of Capital and Capital Issues Committee
- For the purpose of ensuring the free flow of capital between the Member States consistent with the objectives of this Treaty, there is hereby established a Capital Issues Committee, which shall consist of representatives designated one each by the Member States and shall, subject to this Treaty, determine its own procedure.
- The Member States, in designating their representatives referred to in paragraph I of this Article, shall designate persons with financial, commercial, banking or administrative experience or qualifications.
- In the exercise of its functions under paragraph I of this Article, the Capital Issues Committee shall: (a) seek to achieve the mobility of capital within the Community through the interlocking of any capital markets and stock exchanges; 31 (b) ensure that stocks and shares floated in the territory of a Member State are quoted on the stock exchanges of the other Member States; (c) ensure that nationals of a Member State are given the opportunity of acquiring stocks, shares and other securities or otherwise investing in enterprises in the territories of other Member States; (d) establish a machinery for the wide dissemination in the Member States of stock exchange quotations of each Member State; (e) organise and arrange the quotation of prices, timing, volume and conditions of issue of securities of new enterprises in the Member States; (f) ensure the unimpeded flow of capital within the Community through the removal of controls on the transfer of capital among the Member States in accordance with a time-table, to be determined by the Council of Ministers; and (g) seek to harmonise the rates of interest on loans prevailing in the Member States so as to facilitate the investment of capital from a Member State in profitable enterprises elsewhere within the Community.
- The capital envisaged in the provisions of this Article is that of Member States or their citizens.
- With regard to capital other than that referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Capital Issues Committee shall determine its movement within the Community. CHAPTER VIII INFRASTRUCTURAL LINKS IN THE FIELDS OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS