This article recommends the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and appeals to African countries to accede to the Luxembourg Protocol on Railway Rolling Stock (Rail Protocol). The discussion in this article focuses on the extent to which Article XXII of the Rail Protocol can be applied with respect to Africa. The article critically analyses the competence of the African Economic Community (AEC) and its sub-regional organizations to accede to the Cape Town Convention and Rail Protocol. The author provides a detailed argumentative analysis of the legal mandate of the AEC and the influence of African Union (AU) laws on the competence of the AEC’s sub-regional organizations to make declarations under the Cape Town Convention and Rail Protocol. The analysis confirms that competence to accede to the Convention and Rail Protocol resides with sovereign States in Africa and not with the AU, the AEC, the Organisation pour l’harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires, or any existing sub-regional organization in Africa.

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向非洲出口《移动设备国际利益公约》的卢森堡铁路议定书

本文推荐《关于移动设备国际利益的开普敦公约》，并呼吁非洲国家加入《铁路机车车辆卢森堡议定书》（Rail Protocol）。本文的讨论重点是《铁路议定书》第 XXII 条可在何种程度上适用于非洲。本文批判性地分析了非洲经济共同体 (AEC) 及其次区域组织加入《开普敦公约》和《铁路议定书》的能力。作者对 AEC 的法律授权以及非洲联盟 (AU) 法律对 AEC 的次区域组织根据《开普敦公约》和《铁路议定书》发表声明的能力的影响进行了详细的论证分析。