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COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED)
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1. The Council for Trade and Economic Development shall consist of
Ministers designated by the Member States. Each Member State shall
be entitled to designate alternates to represent it on COTED.
2. Subject to the provisions of Article 12, COTED shall be responsible
for the promotion of trade and economic development of the Community.
In particular, COTED shall:
(a) promote the development and oversee the operation of the
CSME;
(b) evaluate, promote and establish measures to enhance production,
quality control and marketing of industrial and agricultural
commodities so as to ensure their international competitiveness;
(c) establish and promote measures to accelerate structural
diversification of industrial and agricultural production on
a sustainable and regionally-integrated basis;
(d) determine and promote measures for the accelerated development
and marketing of services;
(e) promote and develop policies and programmes to facilitate
the transportation of people and goods;
(f) promote measures for the development of energy and natural
resources on a sustainable basis;
(g) establish and promote measures for the accelerated development
of science and technology;
(h) promote and develop policies for the protection of and preservation
of the environment and for sustainable development;
(i) promote and develop, in collaboration with the Council for
Foreign and Community Relations, co-ordinated policies for the
enhancement of external economic and trade relations of the Community,
and
(j) undertake any additional functions remitted to it by the
Conference, arising under this Treaty.
Energy/Renewable Energy : a communications encounter
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