Article 9 — CEDEAO Traite-revise-1993

DECISIONS 1. 2. 3. The Authority shall act by decisions. Unless otherwise provided in this Treaty or in a Protocol, decisions of the Authority shall be adopted, depending on the subject matter under consideration by unanimity consensus or, by a two-thirds majority of the Member States. Matters referred to in paragraph 2 above shall be defined in a Protocol. Until the entry into force of the said Protocol, the Authority shall continue to adopt its decision by consensus. 4. ECOWAS REVISED TREATY Decisions of the Authority shall be binding on the Member States and institutions of the Community, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 15 of this Treaty. 5. The Executive Secretary shall publish the decisions thirty (30) days after the date of their signature by the Chairman of Authority. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. Such decisions shall automatically enter into force sixty (60) days after the date of their publication in the Official Journal of the Community. Decisions shall be published in the National Gazette of each Member State within the period stipulated in paragraph 6 of this Article.