The West African Economic and Monetary Union Sample Clauses

The West African Economic and Monetary Union. The same risk of fragmentation also exists in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (hereinafter ‘UEMOA’). The UEMOA is an organization of eight States established in 1994 with the ambition of creating a common market amongst its members. From an early stage, the UEMOA showed a deep interest in aviation policy. On 20 March 2003, the UEMOA adopted a regulation establishing rules regarding compensation in the case of denied boarding, cancellation and long flight delays.82 Although said UEMOA regulation has not yet been interpreted by the UEMOA Court, it would be interesting to observe whether this Court will rule any potential claim in the same direction as the CJEU or will adopt a different approach. In parallel, the UEMOA also adopted another regulation that, on one side reflects the content of EU Regulation 2027/97 and, on the other, supple- ments the 1929 Warsaw Convention insofar as said UEMOA regulation provides a definition83 of ‘accident’ under its Article 1(1)(a) as follows: Accident: événement, lié à l’utilisation d’un aéronef, qui se produit entre le moment où une personne xxxxx x xxxx de l’aéronef avec l’intention d’effectuer un vol et le moment où toutes les personnes qui sont montées dans cette inten- tion sont descendues, et au cours duquel: