Title X. Of Treaties and International Agreements
Article 95
The Head of State of the Transition negotiates, approves and ratifies Treaties and international Agreements.
The Head of State of the Transition delegates to the Prime Minister and relevant Ministers the negotiation and approval of cooperation Agreements, loan Agreements, financing covenants and international Agreements in matters of economic development.
Article 96
All negotiations leading to the conclusion of a treaty or of an international agreement, submitted or not to referendum, are led according to a decision of the Council of Ministers.
The Head of State of the Transition and the Prime Minister are to be informed of all negotiations leading to the conclusion of all international Agreements. They shall be promptly informed of its implementation.
The ratification or denunciation can only happen after authorization of the National Council of the Transition with regards to:
- Peace treaties;
Defense treaties; Commercial treaties; Treaties concerning the environment and natural resources; Agreements concerning the international order; Financing Agreements; Agreements involving the State’s finances; Agreements that modify provisions of a legislative kind; Agreements that concern the welfare of people and human rights; Agreements that include cession, exchange or addition of territory.
No cession, no exchange, no addition of territory is valid without the Central African people’s consent called upon to give its opinion by way of referendum.
Article 97
Agreements or Treaties properly ratified or approved, take precedence, once published, over laws, on the condition, for each Agreement or Treaty, of its application by the other parties.
Article 98
If the Constitutional Court of the Transition, referred to by the Head of State of the Transition, the Prime Minister, the President of the National Council of the Transition or by a third (1/3) of National Councilors, declares that an international commitment contains a clause that is contrary to the Constitutional Charter of the Transition, the authorization to ratify or approve the international commitment cannot take place until the Constitutional Charter of the Transition has been revised.
