The date of 1st July 2010 is the effective date when the EAC Common Market begins its journey towards full implementation.   What is now required of the EAC Partner States is to operationalize the Protocol by:-

(i)    Enacting relevant legislation to bring provisions of the Protocol into domestic laws,
(ii)    Undertaking a review of domestic laws with a view to cause necessary amendments to ensure the same are consistent with the EAC Treaty and Common Market Protocol, and
(iii)    Commencing the implementation of the Protocol by discharging the obligations arising there from by removing any existing restrictions on freedoms and rights enshrined in the Protocol.

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