Organisation for Harmonisation of African Business Law (Ohada) Treaty, 1993, Mauritius Francophone initiative, signed in Mauritius in 1993, entered into effect in July 1995 after the seventh ratification. Open to any member of the OAU (Organisation of African Unity).

Ohada Website Ohada homepage (French)

"Article 3 of the Treaty has set up an organization in charge of its implementation, named 'Organisation for Harmonisation of African Business Laws, (OHADA) which comprises a Council of Ministers and a Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA). The Council of Minister is assisted by a Permanent Secretary to which is attached a Regional Institute of Magistrates installed in Porto-Novo (Benin).

* the Uniform Act on General Business Law

* the Uniform Act on the Company Laws and Pooling of Economic Interest

* the Uniform Act on organization of securities

Three other Uniform Acts (on Bankruptcy law, Debt collection and Enforcement law, Accounting law) are being drafted and will probably be adopted on April 1st 1998."

A regional commercial arbitration court is to be established in Ivory Coast by the middle of 1999.

The Americas

Also see NAFTA

Legal Information Institute Cornell University School of Law

Mercosur Red Acad?mica Uruguaya

MERCOSUR Wikipedia entry

The Mercosur Economic Research Network

See Nafta in the section on Free Trade

Asia

ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations

ASEAN Wikipedia entry

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