TITLE IX. TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
ARTICLE 144
The President of the Republic shall negotiate and ratify treaties and international agreements.
ARTICLE 145
Peace treaties, treaties or agreements relating to international organization, those which involve the finances of the State, those which modify the internal laws of the State, those which allow transfer, exchange or addition of territory may be ratified only in accordance with a law.
No transfer, no exchange, nor addition of territory shall be valid without the consent of the interested populations.
ARTICLE 146
If the Constitutional Court, upon a submission by the President of the Republic or by the President of the National Assembly, shall have decided that an international obligation allows a clause contrary to the Constitution, the authorization to ratify it may occur only after the revision of the Constitution.
ARTICLE 147
Treaties or agreements lawfully ratified shall have, upon their publication, an authority superior to that of laws, without prejudice for each agreement or treaty in its application by the other party.
ARTICLE 148
The Republic of Bénin may conclude with other States agreements of cooperation or of association based on the principles of equality, of mutual respect for sovereignty, of reciprocal advantages and of national dignity.
ARTICLE 149
The Republic of Bénin, anxious to realize African unity, may conclude any agreement of sub-regional or regional integration in accordance with Article 145.
