Article 17 (1) of the ECOWAS Energy Protocol
Article from: OGEL 3 (2008), in Africa
Introduction
In 2003, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) created an Energy Protocol (the ECOWAS Energy Protocol or Energy Protocol), deliberately copying much of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The ECOWAS parties explained that they utilized so much of the ECT verbatim, since it "represent[s] the leading internationally accepted basis for the promotion, cooperation, integration and development of energy investment projects and energy trade among sovereign nations[.]" They also justified the ECT as "the outcome of a thorough and thoughtful debate, deliberation and ...