The 7th meeting of the finance ministers of the member states of ECOWAS and Mauritania will take place on 26 November 2022 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is an initiative of the Department of Economic Affairs of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through the Directorate of Customs Union and Taxation.

An official note from the Department of Economic Affairs notified that “this important meeting is organized to examine and approve the various Community legislations relating to the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (TEC) and tax harmonization.

Indeed, according to this note, finance ministers will have to recommend, after consideration and approval, their adoption to the Council of Ministers of the West African Regional Organization. These are the draft Regulation which amends the list of categories of goods contained in the tariff and statistical nomenclature of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff, the draft Directive establishing regional guidelines on the code of ethics for the tax authorities of the ECOWAS member States, and the draft Directive amending Directive C/Dir.2/06/09 on the Harmonization of the laws of the member States of the ECOWAS in the area of excise duties.