According to a Joint Communiqué issued after the 19th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) on 23 February 2018, the Summit has directed Burundi and Tanzania to ratify the EAC double taxation agreement and deposit the instruments of ratification by July 2018. The multilateral agreement was signed on 30 November 2010 by Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It will enter into force after the ratification procedures have been completed by all countries and will apply from 1 January of the year following its entry into force.