constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:13 Title IX: Of the Local Authorities • Municipal government • Subsidiary unit government Article 94 The local authorities of the Central African Republic are the regions and communes. They can be modified only by law. Other categories of local authorities can be created by law. Local authorities administer themselves freely through elected bodies. An organic law will determine the implementation procedure of this provision. Title X: Of Treaties and International Agreements • International law • Treaty ratification • Foreign affairs representative 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. • Treaty ratification 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. • Accession 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. Central African Republic 2013 Page 26