Legal instruments

The Constitutive Convention of ATLAFCO, the “Regional Convention on Fisheries Cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean”, adopted on July 5, 1991, in Dakar, Senegal, defines the areas and modalities of Regional Fisheries Cooperation among Member States.

The Protocol on the institutional framework of ATLAFCO was adopted on October 15, 1999, in Conakry, Guinea. Its purpose is to define the organization and functioning of the institutional framework of COMHAFAT, which includes the Conference of Ministers, the Bureau, and the Secretariat.

The General Rules of Procedure of the Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, adopted in Conakry on October 15, 1999

The Headquarters Agreement, concluded in 2009, defines the rights and obligations of ATLAFCO and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, which hosts its headquarters, in order to enable it to carry out its functions.