Nnneac common market protocol pdf files

East african common market scorecard 2014 world bank. Common market protocol east african court of justice. The east african community common market protocol for. On 30th november 1999, the treaty of the establishment of eac was signed and on 7th july 2000, it became operational. Types and sources of relevant documents in the eac. Customs union, a common market, subsequently a monetary union and ultimately a political federation in order to strengthen and regulate the industrial, commercial, infrastructural, cultural, social, political and other relations of the partner states to the end that there shall be accelerated. The eac is a market of over million people, with annual per capita growth of almost 4 percent over the past 6 years1. Valid travel documents allow you to cross borders within east africa. Negotiations to establish the eac monetary union are ongoing. The eac common market protocol entered into force on 1st july, 2010, an expansion of the blocs existing customs union. Part f of the common market protocol addresses the free movement of services applicability. The east african monetary union eamu is the third milestone of the eac integration process. Eac legal texts and policy documents tralac trade law centre.

To accelerate economic growth and development, it means that the eac partner states. The treaty establishing the common market for eastern and southern africa comesa provides, in article 48, that goods shall be accepted as eligible for common market treatment if they originate in the member states, and the definition of such products shall be as provided in a protocol on rules of origin to be concluded by the member states. The east african community eac is a regional intergovernmental organisation of 6 partner states. The common market is the second regional integration milestone of the east african community eac, which has been in force since 2010, in line with the provisions of the eac treaty. Establishment of the east african community common market 1.