CEMAC

CEMAC Acr. of: Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale.

Established by the Treaty of Ndjamena (Chad) of 16.3.1994 between the six Central African countries of theFrench franc area:

• Cameroon,
• Chad,
• Gabon,
• Equatorial Guinea,
• Central African Republic,
• Republic of Congo

is composed of two unions:

• the UEAC (Union Economique de l'Afrique Centrale)
• the UMAC (Union Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale).

A subsequent convention signed in Libreville on 5.7.1996 established the Cour de justice de la CEMAC.

CEMAC aims to promote a common Central African market so as to establish an ever closer union of the peoples of the Member States, to remove barriers to intra-EU trade, to coordinate development programmes, the harmonisation of industrial projects, and solidarity in favour of less developed areas.

It is governed by a Conférence des Chefs d'État, a Conseil des Ministres (3 ministers per country) for the direction of the two unions, a permanent Secrétariat Exécutif, a Comité Inter-Etats whose task is to prepare the deliberations of the Conseil des Ministres, the aforementioned Cour de Justice Communautaire with jurisdiction and control tasks.