Objectives | ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance (original) (raw)

The objectives of Brown Card are summarized in nine (9) points below :

• To facilitate free movement for international motorists within the community
• To enable international carriers to comply with motor vehicles insurance requirements in force in the community member countries,
• To enhance the development of trade and tourism exchanges among states
• To establish a common scheme for the settlement of claims arising from free movement of goods and persons within ECOWAS ;
• To offer to ECOWAS Insurance market the means to develop international links and exchanges
• 14 countries have ratified the Protocol and are making Brown Card available to their nationals
• ECOWAS Council of Ministers has established a Permanent General Secretariat to monitor protocol implementation.
• The Council holds its annual meeting every year
• A headquarters agreement has been signed on 18th May 1998 between the Secretariat of Council and Togo.