Central African Customs and Economic Union

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The Central African Customs and Economic Union ( French : Union Douanière et Économique de l'Afrique Centrale / UDEAC ) was an economic and political union of the Central African states and former colonies of French Equatorial Africa : Gabon , Cameroon, agreed by the Treaty of Brazzaville on December 8, 1964 , People's Republic of the Congo , Chad and the Central African Republic and was ratified by 1966.

As early as December 1966, the Central African Republic and then Chad left the UDEAC again, and on April 2, 1968, on the initiative of the Congolese President Mobutu Sese Seko , the Union of Central African States (UEAC) founded its own customs union, which he became chairman .

On November 22, 1972, the UDEAC took over the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun (BCEAC) and founded its own Central African central bank, the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC).

At the summit of the heads of state and government of the UDEAC, the member states agreed on the formation of a larger economic community of the Central African states. The Central African Economic Community (CEEAC-ECCAS) was founded on October 18, 1983 in Libreville by the UDEAC members, São Tomé and Príncipe and the members of the Economic Community of the Countries of the Great Lakes (CEPGL), which has existed since 1976 . Equatorial Guinea joined UDEAC in January 1984 .

On March 14, 1994, the UDEAC member states signed the Treaty of Ndjamena (excluding the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to establish the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).

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